Progress & Support Tutor

Closing date: 1 June 2025

Interview date: 10 June 2025

Progress & Support Tutor

If you have been working with young people and are looking for a new challenge, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the College’s well established Guidance team in the post of Progress and Support Tutor. Working closely with other colleagues, Progress and Support Tutors provide appropriate guidance and support for students, monitoring their progress in order to support their personal and academic development and to assist them in fulfilling their potential.

Job details

Pro rata salary from £27,945 up to £31,731 depending on experience and qualifications

(Support Staff Pay Spine Point 16 £31,954 FTE to Point 20 £36,283 FTE per annum)

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (37 hours per week)

Closing date: Monday 2 June 2025 at 9am

Interviews: Wednesday 11 June 2025

About this role

Progress and Support Tutors are responsible for a minimum of 7 tutor groups, with about 25 students in each group. Each tutor group comprises students from a single year group and has timetabled weekly Future Ready sessions. Each tutor has a significant allocation of time to conduct one to one discussions with tutees at mutually convenient times throughout the week. Progress and Support Tutors will also be required to mentor up to four periods of Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) per week and deliver one period of enrichment.

This role will ideally suit somebody who has experience and an interest in the development of young people. Recent knowledge and experience of post-16 education and dealing successfully with parents, students and staff is essential. An understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues of young people is also a key requirement, together with an awareness of the range of needs of people from diverse ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. All candidates will need up to date knowledge of the legislative and best practice requirements pertaining to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.

Recently rated ‘outstanding’ again, Hills Road Sixth Form College continues to enjoy a strong national reputation for excellence in education. In part, this is because we continually review and refine our practice to enhance the experiences of our students and staff, for example, through our collaborative evidence-based approach to professional development. We also appreciate that academic success requires a happy, healthy and caring community, so our coaching culture ensures that the wellbeing of our students and staff is at the heart of all we do.

We offer a wide range of competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, free use of the College sporting facilities, free on-site parking, cycle to work scheme, as well as discounts on all our Adult Education courses.