Thriving Minds Tuition provides personalised, relationship-led and confidence-building tuition for children, young people and adult learners. We support students across Primary, Secondary, GCSE, Functional Skills and/or SEND, offering online and face-to-face tuition where appropriate.
Our approach is deliberately different from simply recreating school at home.
We believe tuition should be bespoke to the individual learner. That means understanding the child or young person in front of us, identifying what helps them feel safe and ready to learn, and adapting sessions around their interests, strengths, needs, confidence and pace. For some students, that might mean structured GCSE preparation and exam technique. For another, it might mean using practical activities, games, visuals or a favourite interest to rebuild confidence in maths. For another, success might begin with simply feeling comfortable enough to engage with learning again.
Many of the students who come to us have experienced anxiety, low confidence, SEND, gaps in learning, difficulties within school or a belief that they are simply “not good” at a subject.
Our tutors help change that experience.
We are now expanding our team and recruiting across two tutor pathways:
- Experienced Tutors
- Qualified Tutors
Both roles are equally important within Thriving Minds Tuition, but recognise different levels of professional experience, qualification and responsibility.
Our Tutor Structure
Our Experienced Tutor pathway is designed for people who have strong experience working with children, young people or learners but who may not hold Qualified Teacher Status.
You might be:
- An experienced teaching assistant
- A higher-level teaching assistant
- An experienced private tutor
- A learning support assistant
- A cover supervisor
- A youth or education practitioner
- A subject specialist
- A former education professional
- Someone with substantial experience supporting children with SEND
- Someone with strong experience in intervention or small-group learning
Experienced Tutors will usually work with students in areas where their knowledge, experience and skill are a strong match.
You will be supported to work within the Thriving Minds approach and will be matched carefully with students according to your strengths and experience.
Our Qualified Tutor pathway is designed for teachers who hold Qualified Teacher Status or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification.
Qualified Tutors may work across a broader range of students and may support:
- More complex learning needs
- GCSE and examination preparation
- Curriculum-specific teaching
- Students requiring detailed assessment and intervention
- Learners working significantly above or below age-related expectations
- Home-educated students
- Students requiring structured programmes of learning
- More complex SEND or barriers to education
Qualified Tutors are expected to bring strong curriculum knowledge alongside the relational and child-led approach that underpins Thriving Minds Tuition.
We are particularly interested in qualified teachers who understand that excellent tuition is not simply about delivering a lesson plan. It is about adapting professional teaching knowledge to the needs of one individual learner.
Our tutors are encouraged to ask:
- What does this student need from me today?
- What helps them feel comfortable and successful?
- What interests can I use to make this learning meaningful?
- Where are the barriers?
- Is the student struggling with knowledge, confidence, anxiety or something else?
- How can I explain this differently?
- How can I help this student experience success?
- What should the next step be for this individual learner?
A session might therefore look very different from one student to another; That flexibility is central to our approach.
Our Values
Relationship-Led
Students learn best when they feel safe, respected and understood: Tutors should take time to build genuine professional relationships and understand each learner as an individual.
Child-Led
We listen to students: Their interests, views, confidence, needs and preferred ways of learning should help shape their tuition experience. Child-led does not mean removing structure or challenge. It means using professional judgement to help students access that challenge in a way that works for them.
Bespoke learning
We do not believe in one-size-fits-all tuition: Resources, explanations, pace, activities and expectations should be adapted according to the learner.
Confidence-Building
Many students come to us believing that they “can't do it.” Our tutors create opportunities for success, helping students recognise what they can do and gradually develop resilience and independence.
Inclusive and Adaptive
We work with learners with a wide range of needs: Tutors should be flexible, patient and willing to adapt their teaching rather than expecting the learner to adapt to them.
Calm and Supportive
We want tuition to provide appropriate challenge without unnecessary pressure: Tutors should create a calm environment where mistakes are treated as part of learning.
Purposeful
Child-led tuition should still have clear purpose: Tutors should understand what they are trying to help the student achieve and use sessions to make meaningful progress towards those goals.
Reflective
Excellent tutors reflect on their practice: We value people who can recognise when something has not worked, adapt their approach, communicate openly and ask for support when needed.
Responsibilities of All Tutors
All tutors will be expected to:
- Plan and deliver personalised 1:1 tuition
- Adapt teaching according to the student's needs, interests, confidence and pace
- Build positive professional relationships with students
- Create engaging and meaningful learning experiences
- Identify barriers to learning
- Explain concepts in different ways
- Adapt or create suitable resources
- Support students to develop independence
- Celebrate progress and build confidence
- Communicate professionally with parents and carers
- Provide appropriate feedback about progress
- Work collaboratively with Thriving Minds Tuition
- Maintain professional boundaries
- Follow safeguarding procedures
- Be punctual, reliable and prepared
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality
- Raise concerns when appropriate
- Represent Thriving Minds Tuition professionally
- Work in line with our values and approach
Essential Requirements
Applicants should have:
- Relevant experience working with children, young people or learners
- Strong knowledge in the subjects or areas they wish to support
- A warm, calm and encouraging approach
- Strong communication skills
- Reliability and professionalism
- The ability to build positive relationships
- The ability to adapt explanations and learning activities
- An understanding that different students learn in different ways
- A commitment to safeguarding
- A commitment to children's wellbeing
- The confidence to reflect on and adapt their own practice
- The right to work in the UK
- An enhanced DBS check, or willingness to complete the appropriate safeguarding checks
Applicants applying within our Qualified Tutor pathway should hold:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or
- An equivalent recognised teaching qualification
Relevant curriculum, examination or specialist teaching experience is highly desirable.
Desirable Experience
We are particularly interested in applicants with experience in one or more of the following:
- Private tuition
- SEND
- Autism
- ADHD
- Dyslexia
- Dyscalculia
- Anxiety
- Emotional regulation
- Intervention work
- GCSE preparation
- Functional Skills
- Home education
- Alternative provision
- Teaching assistants or HLTA roles
- Curriculum planning
- Assessment
- Creating or adapting resources
- Google Classroom
- Google Meet
- Online teaching platforms
- Online whiteboards
- Supporting students who have become disengaged from education
You do not need experience in every area. We would much rather understand what you do particularly well and match you appropriately with students.
Working Pattern
Most tuition takes place outside normal school hours. Availability during the following periods is particularly useful:
- Weekday afternoons
- Weekday evenings
- Sundays
- School holidays
Sessions may be:
- Online
- Face-to-face
- A combination of both
This will depend on student need, tutor location, experience and availability. Our students are Norfolk-based, so applicants will need to be able to travel to student homes.
What We Offer
By joining Thriving Minds Tuition, you will receive:
- Flexible tutoring opportunities
- Students matched to your strengths and experience
- A supportive leadership approach
- Clear expectations around safeguarding and professional practice
- Opportunities to work with a diverse range of learners
- Freedom to bring your own strengths and teaching style
- A framework that encourages creativity and individualised tuition
- Support when students present more complex needs
- Opportunities to grow alongside an expanding tuition business
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to students who may not always thrive within traditional education
Who This Role Would Suit
This role would suit someone who genuinely enjoys getting to know students and finding out how they learn best.
You might be:
- A qualified teacher looking for flexible additional work
- An experienced teaching assistant or HLTA
- An established tutor
- A retired teacher
- A subject specialist
- A SEND practitioner
- An education professional looking for flexible work
- Someone with significant experience supporting learning who wants to move into tuition
Safeguarding
Thriving Minds Tuition is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All tutors are expected to share this commitment.
How to Apply
Please apply with your CV and a short covering message explaining:
- Whether you are applying as an Experienced Tutor or Qualified Tutor
- The age groups you can support
- The subjects you can teach
- Your relevant experience
- Your current availability
- Your location
- Whether you are interested in online tuition, face-to-face tuition or both
- Any SEND or specialist experience
- Your experience of adapting learning for individual students
- What you believe makes an effective 1:1 tuition session
Applications can be sent to:
[email protected]
We are particularly interested in hearing from people who understand that great tuition is not simply about covering content.
It is about creating the right learning experience for the individual child or young person — helping them feel understood, capable and increasingly confident as a learner.
Pay: £20.00-£25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee mentoring programme
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Norwich NR8 6DX
