Change lives through education
We’re looking for a passionate and committed Tutor to deliver high-quality education within a prison environment. This is a rewarding opportunity to support learners in developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need for rehabilitation, employability, and successful reintegration into society.
As a Tutor, you’ll play a vital role in creating a positive learning experience that motivates learners and helps them achieve meaningful qualifications.
What you’ll be doing
Teaching & Learning
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Plan and deliver engaging, inclusive lessons tailored to individual learner needs
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Create a positive and supportive classroom environment that encourages participation and achievement
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Differentiate teaching to support learners with diverse abilities and backgrounds
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Embed literacy, numeracy, digital skills, and employability into lessons
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Use motivational approaches to improve learner engagement and attendance
Assessment & Progress
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Assess learners’ starting points and develop individual learning plans (ILPs)
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Conduct formative and summative assessments
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Monitor and track learner progress accurately
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Provide constructive feedback to support development and achievement
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Prepare learners for internal and external qualifications
Learner Support
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Act as a role model, building confidence, resilience, and self-esteem
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Identify barriers to learning and work with support teams to address them
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Promote wellbeing, personal development, and rehabilitation
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Support learners in setting and achieving realistic education and career goals
Quality & Compliance
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Maintain accurate records, registers, and assessment documentation
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Contribute to quality assurance processes, including observations and audits
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Ensure delivery meets awarding body and organisational standards
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Adhere to all safeguarding, equality, and health & safety requirements
Teamwork & Development
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Work collaboratively with colleagues, prison staff, and external partners
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Take part in training, CPD, and team meetings
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Contribute to curriculum development and sharing best practice
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Support wider team needs, including occasional class cover
What we’re looking for
Essential
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Maths and English (Level 3 required for Functional Skills Tutors)
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Teaching qualification (Level 5+, e.g. PGCE/Cert Ed) or willingness to work towards
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Strong teaching, communication, and classroom management skills
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Ability to engage and support learners with diverse needs
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Resilience and professionalism when working in challenging environments
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Knowledge of safeguarding, equality, and health & safety
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Experience delivering Functional Skills Maths & English (Entry 1–Level 2)
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Strong administrative skills (ILPs, registers, progress tracking) [
Desirable
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Internal Quality Assurance qualification (or willingness to achieve)
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Experience in prison, FE, or adult learning environments
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Knowledge of OFSTED EIF
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Experience with diagnostic tools such as BKSB
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Experience using digital learning tools to enhance delivery
Why join us?
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Make a genuine difference by supporting rehabilitation through education
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Be part of a supportive and collaborative team
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Access ongoing professional development and training
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Deliver education that builds confidence, skills, and future opportunities
Our values
We’re looking for people who live our core values:
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Customer First – improving lives is at the heart of what we do
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True North – acting with integrity and professionalism
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Own It – taking accountability and responsibility
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Improve to be the best – always striving to grow and develop
Apply now
If you’re passionate about teaching and want to help transform lives through education, we’d love to hear from you.
Here are PeoplePlus, we are committed to transforming the lives of people with convictions through our work in prisons.
Our services have been designed to tackle the underlying causes of offending behaviour so people can make positive changes to their lives.
With more than 500 people working to support people with convictions in custody and in the community, we bring passion, experience and innovation to public sector rehabilitation services.
We also work with specialist partner organisations to help people move away from their past and look forward to a brighter future.
All of our services are designed in partnership with the people who we’re trying to help and away from our direct work with people serving their sentences, we’re working hard to change attitudes towards people who can often be tarnished unfairly following criminal convictions. Our Social Recruitment Framework brings together organisations to tackle any pre-conceived ideas about hiring people who have previously been involved in crime.
We also work with employers on the Ban the Box initiative to support fair and equal recruitment processes and have engaged industry to influence our employer-led curriculum delivered to our learners.
We are extremely proud to be a Silver accredited Investors in People organisation. This means that at PeoplePlus, the right principles are in place but more than that, it means our people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that there’s real consistency and everyone in the organisation can feel the effects.
