About the Role
Learning Champions Tutoring Limited is seeking an experienced and academically accomplished KS3 and IGCSE Home Education Tutor/Teacher to join our team permanently in Leicester.
You will deliver structured, engaging lessons to home-educated learners at KS3 and IGCSE level. Classes operate on a hybrid basis, combining face-to-face teaching in Leicester with live online tuition.
This is a daytime position with a fixed teaching schedule. Applicants must therefore have reliable weekday availability and be able to commit consistently to the agreed timetable.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver high-quality lessons for KS3 and IGCSE learners.
- Teach engaging and appropriately challenging face-to-face and online classes.
- Adapt teaching to learners’ individual abilities, needs and educational goals.
- Follow appropriate KS3 curricula and relevant IGCSE specifications.
- Prepare lesson plans, teaching materials, activities and assessments.
- Assess learners’ starting points and monitor their academic progress.
- Set and mark classwork, homework and assessments where required.
- Provide constructive feedback to students, parents and the organisation.
- Identify gaps in knowledge and create suitable intervention or support plans.
- Maintain accurate records of attendance, progress and concerns.
- Create a positive, structured and inclusive learning environment.
- Use online teaching platforms and digital educational resources effectively.
- Maintain professional boundaries and comply with all safeguarding, confidentiality and data-protection requirements.
- Report safeguarding concerns immediately through the organisation’s established procedures.
- Attend training, staff meetings and progress reviews when required.
Essential Requirements
Applicants must:
- Currently live in Leicester.
- Be able and willing to travel throughout Leicester for face-to-face teaching.
- Have at least two years of tutoring or teaching experience.
- Have experience teaching learners at KS3 and/or IGCSE level.
- Have a strong educational history and be able to provide evidence of relevant qualifications and grades.
- Demonstrate excellent subject knowledge in the subjects they intend to teach.
- Be available during weekday daytime hours according to a fixed schedule.
- Be able to commit reliably to a permanent position.
- Be confident delivering both in-person and live online lessons.
- Have excellent written and spoken English.
- Possess strong lesson-planning, communication and organisational skills.
- Be able to explain difficult concepts clearly and patiently.
- Understand how to assess progress and adapt teaching accordingly.
- Be dependable, punctual, professional and committed to improving student outcomes.
- Be confident using digital teaching platforms and standard educational technology.
- Have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Please clearly state in your application which subjects you are qualified and confident to teach at KS3 and IGCSE level.
Desirable Criteria
The following would be particularly beneficial:
- Substantial experience delivering face-to-face tuition.
- A relevant degree or recognised teaching qualification.
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent teaching experience.
- Experience working with home-educated learners.
- Experience teaching small groups or hybrid classes.
- Familiarity with recognised IGCSE examination specifications.
- Experience supporting learners with SEND or additional educational needs.
- Experience preparing learners for formal examinations.
- Training in safeguarding, Prevent, first aid or SEND.
- An existing Enhanced DBS certificate registered with the DBS Update Service.
A teaching qualification is desirable but may not be essential where an applicant can demonstrate excellent academic credentials, strong subject knowledge and substantial relevant teaching or tutoring experience.
Working Pattern
This is a daytime role, delivered according to a fixed weekly timetable. It is not suitable for applicants who are available only during evenings or weekends.
Lessons will include:
- Face-to-face teaching at agreed locations in Leicester.
- Live online teaching.
- Hybrid classes involving both in-person and online learners.
The successful candidate must be able to travel reliably between agreed teaching locations within Leicester.
Recruitment Process
Successful applicants will complete a three-stage selection process:
- General interview – covering experience, qualifications, subject knowledge, availability and suitability for the position.
- Safeguarding interview – assessing safeguarding knowledge, professional boundaries, judgement and suitability to work with children and young people.
- Mock teaching session – demonstrating lesson delivery, communication, subject knowledge, learner engagement and classroom management.
Progression through each stage is subject to satisfactory performance at the previous stage.
Safeguarding
Learning Champions Tutoring Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to complete all relevant safer-recruitment checks. These may include:
- An Enhanced DBS check, including a check of the Children’s Barred List where legally appropriate.
- Identity and right-to-work checks.
- Verification of qualifications and employment history.
- Satisfactory professional references.
- Completion of the organisation’s safeguarding and Prevent training.
- Disclosure and satisfactory explanation of any gaps in education or employment history.
Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory completion of the required checks.
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter together with a short supporting statement explaining:
- The subjects and levels you can teach.
- Your relevant qualifications and academic results.
- Your tutoring or teaching experience.
- Your experience delivering face-to-face and online lessons.
- Your current daytime availability.
- Confirmation that you live in Leicester and can travel throughout the city.
- Why you would be suitable for this role.
Learning Champions Tutoring Limited is an equal-opportunities organisation. Applications are considered according to the requirements of the role, the applicant’s experience and their suitability to work safely and effectively with children and young people.
Pay: £15.00-£25.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 5.0 per week
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- Have you ever worked in a school before in any capacity? Do you have experience tutoring or teaching students In Person in Groups? (Yes or No + Short Description)
Experience:
- Tutoring/Teaching: 2 years (required)
Location:
- Leicester, Leicestershire (required)
Work Location: In person
