Salary: £32,916 to £39,556 per annum pro rata
Grade: MPS M1 to M4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part Time 0.62 FTE
Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Northallerton School & Sixth Form College
About this Role:
This role in the school is to strengthen our support for students to help them achieve their full potential.
Job Details:
Hours of Work: 20 hours per week - 0.62 FTE (to be worked over 4 or 5 days per week).
Position Type: Permanent
Line Manager: Head of English
Travel Required: No
Salary: MPS1-4 for a qualified Teacher. Unqualified Teachers will be paid on the unqualified teacher scale (to be discussed at interview)
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and knowledgeable English Tutor to support intervention work with students across KS4 and KS5.
The successful candidate will:
- Deliver targeted intervention sessions to students across Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5
- Support students to improve outcomes in English Language and Literature
- Use their knowledge of AQA specifications to provide focused and effective support
- Potentially contribute to KS5 teaching, depending on experience and departmental need
About You:
We are looking for someone who:
- Has strong subject knowledge in English
- Is familiar with AQA English Language and Literature courses
- Can engage and motivate students of varying abilities
- Is committed to raising attainment and supporting student success
This is an exciting opportunity to join a committed English team and make a real impact on student progress through targeted intervention and high-quality teaching.
For an informal chat about the role please contact the Head of English, Miss S Osborne on [email protected].
About the Trust:
Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.
At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.
Our Trust is committed to promoting:
- Health, happiness and wellbeing -A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
- A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
- High standards and expectations
- Integrity, kindness and good manners
- Respect for individuality and difference
- Collaborative working to secure excellence
To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.
Why work for us?
We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.
We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.
In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.
Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.
Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.
Regardless of role, we seek staff who:
- Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
- Are committed to our Trust values.
- Show initiative and are responsive to change.
- Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
- Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
- Are team players.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Application Process
Please complete the online application form to apply for this role: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146969/EDV-2026-NSFC-68069
All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.
Key Dates:
Closing Date: 01 July 2026
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.
The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
