Sixth Form Academic Coach and Fast Track Leader

Northfleet School for Girls, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  22 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,005.00 - £24,155.00 Annually (Actual)

Sixth Form Academic Coach and Fast Track Leader job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Sixth Form Academic Coach and Fast Track Leader to join our experienced and committed Sixth Form Team.

This is a permanent post for 37 hours per week and term time only (39 weeks). The working pattern is 08:30 - 16:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:30 - 16:00 on a Friday.

The postholder will work closely with Sixth Form students to further develop a culture of high achievement through supervising the Sixth Form study area at agreed times, act as an Academic Coach for a caseload of students and lead on the Fast Track programme in the Sixth Form.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working with young people in education or another related area.

Why work at our school?

A clear commitment to staff wellbeing through our wellbeing charter, including workload reviews, wellbeing meeting slots, paid staff social organiser, wellbeing spaces and free use of our professional fitness suite.

Outstanding facilities, including our community farm, fitness suite, recording studio, expansive library, new MUGA and professional performing arts spaces.

Very strong use of IT across the school including 1-1 laptop scheme and interactive touch screens in all classrooms.

Please visit our website and see the attached documents for further information on the school and the role.

Northfleet Schools for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 statutory guidance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert before the published closing date should a suitable candidate be appointed before. 

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Northfleet School for Girls and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 statutory guidance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Northfleet School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1302 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfleet School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfleet-school-for-girls

Northfleet School for Girls is a vibrant and caring school with a great community feel. Over recent years we have been growing rapidly (62% increase in student roll since 2017) and we believe this is down to the following key areas:

- A real passion to develop the whole student as well as achieve excellent academic progress
- A dedicated staffing team who really care and a clear commitment by leaders to staff wellbeing
- Great student behaviour and engagement, allowing staff and students to flourish

Our vision is that all students should "dream big and achieve" through the following:

- High expectations in all aspects of school life including uniform, attendance, behaviour and academic achievement
- Working together through truly valuing positive working relationships with staff, students and parents
- Enjoying the journey, we strongly believe that all involved in our community can enjoy being at our school and create lasting positive memories.

We are at a very exciting stage of realising our aspirational vision through the following:

- Very strong academic achievement, significantly above Kent similar school averages
- Continued oversubscription across school
- A key emphasis that we are not an exam factory, we seek to develop the whole person with equal importance to academic performance
- Valuing and developing our committed staff team through wellbeing support and further career opportunities
- A strong financial position allowing us to invest for the future

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