Academic Tutor Literacy

About Us

Harris Academy Orpington opened in September 2016, joining the highly successful Federation of Harris academies in London and the senior leaders here are experienced in creating and running great schools, and that is what we are doing in BR5. We are a community school that serves families in and around Orpington and we are well on our way towards providing an outstanding education for the students who come here.

We want our students to succeed and have choices in their lives; to take control of their futures and achieve beyond their dreams. We are ambitious, tenacious and enterprising and committed to helping our students succeed. Our work as a Health Science Specialist school, with students being given access to recognised professional qualifications, work experience and careers, is unique and is designed to help and support the whole community who are regularly invited into the Academy to hear from guest speakers.

We have the most incredible facilities; with brand new science labs, 3 Main Halls, Dance Studios, 3 Astro Turfs, Drama Studios, dedicated Art and DT blocks. We have developed a curriculum that is ambitious and broad, nurturing an appreciation of human creativity and achievement. We believe in ensuring every student is inspired and supported to achieve his/her personal best and learning comes first.

Our motto is “Together We Can.”

Are you Ambitious, Tenacious, Enterprising? We are looking for an Academic Tutor specialising in Literacy to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, progress within the subject and achieve academic success. The role includes supporting teachers in whole class lessons when not administering your own 1:1 or group sessions, with some before and after school sessions.

This role is suitable for graduates with a degree in the subject area, looking to work in a school in preparation for starting teacher training.

Hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm. You will also be asked to provide some sessions within the school holiday period, up to five days, for reception support, interventions and summer school work.

The salary for this role will be £25,394-£25,865.

• Deliver programmes of study to small groups of students (usually between one and three)
• Ensure all students identified for intervention are given every opportunity to meet their targets
• Liaise with parents regarding the attendance, progress and attitude of designated students
• Maintain records of students’ progress
• Complete relevant marking and feedback
• Use behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
• Support identified students in tutor group time
• Highlight individual students' learning needs to teachers and agree how they will be supported in each lesson
• Assist in evaluating students’ progress
  
  Support identified students to engage with learning objectives in lessons

• Relevant qualifications at A Level or undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in English, Maths or Science.
• Excellent numeracy/literacy skills.
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours.
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and, in particular, barriers to learning.
• Ability to plan effective actions for students at risk of underachieving.
• Understanding of a range of support services/providers.
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty…