Specialist Learning Support Tutor
SCFA Teachers main scale points 1-9 (dependent on experience)
Term time only (39 weeks)
Up to 31 hours per week (up to 25 hours student contact/face to face delivery)
Starting September 2025
Join Our Inclusive Education Team!
Are you passionate about inclusive education and skilled in supporting learners with specific learning differences? We are expanding our Additional Learning Support services as part of a trust-wide commitment to increase our inclusive offer for students1. As a Specialist Learning Support Tutor, you will play a key role in a new cross-college team dedicated to supporting students with specific learning differences (including dyslexia, autism, ADHD, and related needs) across St Vincent College and Richard Taunton Sixth Form College. This is a newly created role offering you the chance to shape our specialist provision and directly help students overcome barriers to learning.
About the Role
In this specialist teaching position, you will provide expert assessment, targeted teaching, and collaborative support to ensure that learners with additional needs can thrive. Reporting to the Specialist Learning Support Manager, you will work both one-on-one with students and alongside colleagues to embed inclusive practices. Your efforts will directly contribute to the trust’s mission of making education accessible to all.
Join our dynamic, inclusive education team as a Specialist Learning Support Tutor and make a real impact on students with learning differences across St Vincent College and Richard Taunton Sixth Form College. You’ll assess learners’ needs, create tailored support plans, and deliver expert one-on-one and small-group teaching, using innovative strategies and assistive technologies to break down barriers to learning. Collaborating with staff to embed inclusive practices, you will also manage exam access arrangements and monitor student progress, while sharing your expertise through staff training and resource development. If you’re passionate about empowering every learner and driving positive change in education, we want to hear from you!
Closing date: Thursday 7th August at midnight
Interview date: 19th and 20th August
Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application
Lighthouse Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
