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Role:Reading Tutor
Contract:Fixed Term until 31st July 2026
Hours:37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)
Salary:Scale 5 Points 9-12 £26409 - £27711 FTE (Actual Salary £22640 - £23756)
Closing Date:16th June 2025 12pm Midday
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Reading Tutor to lead targeted reading intervention sessions for students who have been identified as reading below their chronological age. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in providing tailored support and strategies to improve students' literacy skills. Alongside one-to-one literacy intervention, we seek someone who is able to support individual students with SEND in their lessons. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a dedicated individual to make a real difference in the lives of students by leading targeted reading intervention sessions and supporting their journey toward improved literacy skills.
What you'll need to succeed:
Excellent communication
A positive 'can-do' attitude
A team player
Good organisational skills
Duties involved:
Assessment: Conduct assessments to identify students' reading levels and areas requiring improvement.
Intervention: Plan and deliver targeted intervention sessions focusing on reading improvement strategies using the Thinking Reading programme of study.
Record-Keeping: Maintain accurate records of student progress and development, collaborating with the Lead Practitioner in English
We can offer you:
The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious school
A commitment to a personalised progamme of CPD
Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools
Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.
Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts
Access to the LGPS Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Tech Scheme
24/7 GP
Contact us:
For more information about the school, please visitwww.boswells-school.comor contact Maria Williams onmho@boswells-school.comor phone 01245264451.
Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.
Information about the School
The Boswells School is a large 11-18 secondary school that serves the area of north Chelmsford. The school is an extremely popular, over-subscribed convertor academy that enjoys an excellent reputation in the local and wider community. We were graded ‘Good’ in every area by OFSTED in February 2017 and are working towards our goal of becoming a truly great school.