Ks2 Tutor

_**Urgently seeking KS2 Tutors with ASC and PDA experience.**_

**About**

Bright Heart is an award-winning London-based tuition agency - we won the _Tuition Business of the Year award_ in the 2022 National Tutoring Awards arranged by The Tutors’ Association (runner-up in 2023). We are also an accredited National Tutoring Programme (NTP) Tuition Partner.

We offer a more nurturing approach and help students with special educational needs (SEN) and those lacking confidence or motivation. Our heart-based approach - the ‘Bright Heart Approach’ - involves meeting the whole person from their unique perspective with warmth to build trust, self-esteem and self-belief, before building on academic abilities.

Bright Heart is committed to providing the best possible care to its students and vulnerable adults and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

**The role**

Bright Heart Education’s tuition agency (an employment business) seeks a **qualified KS2 tutor with excellent written and spoken English**who can tutor support with skills and communication - experience working with students with ASC strongly desired. Tutors must be **available in Southwark.**

We strongly prefer tutors with good availability for in-person tutoring (and can offer many hours of tutoring, including during the daytime).

Key qualities we look for in our tutors include:

- Ability to provide engaging and informative lessons that motivate students
- Ability to create bespoke lessons according to the student’s needs
- Caring, patient and empathetic
- Professional and diligent with a strong commitment to safeguarding

Main areas we serve (in-person):

- South West London (Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton and Wandsworth)
- South London (Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich)
- Central London (Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster)
- West London (Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow)
- North West London
- Barking
- Surrey (Epsom & Ewell)

**Benefits of the role**

You will be working as a self-employed, part-time tutor, so you can choose which clients/students you wish to provide tuition to. Based on client demand, we are ideally looking for tutors who are looking to tutor at least 12 hours per week (and have good opportunities for those wishing to tutor many hours each week). Bright Heart provides its tutors with opportunities for professional development, including the potential for an employment contract if of interest.
- A respectful working environment for tutors
- On-going training and support from experienced education professionals
- Access to comprehensive CPD and upskilling opportunities through TES Develop
- Tutor of the Month award (prize of £150) selected each month

**Key qualifications**

Please review the safer recruitment policy on our website for further details.
- At least 12 months of relevant tutoring and/or teaching experience in the UK
- Excellent spoken and written English
- University qualification or studying towards one and A-levels
- SEN tuition/teaching experience and a passion for working with students with SEN

**Safeguarding and safer recruitment**

Bright Heart has a moral and legal obligation to ensure that, when given responsibility for young people and vulnerable adults, they are treated with the highest possible standard of care.

We appreciate your interest.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: £26.50-£48.40 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

**Experience**:

- SEN: 1 year (required)
- Teaching/ Tutoring: 1 year (required)

**Location**:

- Southwark SE22 (preferred)

Work Location: In person