Overview
GCSE English Language Tutor – Northampton Town's Study Programme
Are you passionate about helping learners succeed?
We’re looking for a committed and enthusiastic GCSE English Language Tutor to join our education team and support students preparing for their GCSE resits and Functional Skills (FS) tests.
About the Programme
League Football Education (LFE), in partnership with The EFL and EFL in the Community, delivers a high-quality Study Programme for 16–18-year-olds. This unique programme combines sport-related qualifications with the opportunity to represent their club on the pitch. You’ll be part of the team delivering this programme with Northampton Town, helping learners progress to higher education or full-time employment.
The Role
Based at Sixfields Stadium, you’ll work in a professional club environment, collaborating with Foundation staff and LFE colleagues to bring classroom learning to life. Using the power of football to enhance academic engagement, you’ll deliver high-quality teaching, learning and assessment that inspires learners.
A core feature of the role is ensuring every learner develops essential English skills. The Study Programme includes GCSE and Functional Skills pathways, integrated alongside vocational units.
What You’ll Do
- Deliver engaging, focused lessons that help students grasp key concepts and build confidence inline with Edexcel's GCSE English Language 2.0 specification.
- Support learners in achieving their GCSE and Functional Skills qualifications.
- Create a positive, motivating learning environment that encourages progress and success.
This is a highly rewarding role that allows you to be creative and focus on what teachers enjoy most – supporting young people to achieve their goals.
Role Details
- Contract Type: Freelance, part-time (3–6 hours per week depending on club needs)
- Duration: 10-month term-time contract, renewed annually
- Days: To be confirmed
What We Offer
- Competitive hourly rate above market standards
- Additional pay for planning, meetings, and travel
- A supportive and collaborative working environment where creativity is encouraged
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
1) Requirements
- Deliver small group lessons in GCSE/FS English Language (no more than 10 learners in a class).
- Develop and follow a scheme of learning to fit the number of teaching hours.
- Make use of Initial Assessments and plan learning accordingly.
- Develop customised lesson plans and materials based on individual student needs.
- Use preferred teaching resources and CPD opportunities fully and effectively to enhance learner experience and employability skills.
- Conduct formative assessments to monitor learner progress. Use the information from these assessments checks to inform teaching.
- Provide homework opportunities and exam preparation strategies.
- Foster a positive and encouraging learning environment.
- Communicate regularly with colleagues, parents or guardians regarding student progress.
- Stay current with the GCSE curriculum and exam requirements.
- Contribute to the regular formal review process, for each learner.
- Re Functional Skills, liaise with LFE’s Lead Internal Verifier to ensure assessment is appropriate and that apprentice work satisfies awarding body criteria.
- Re Functional Skills, comply with external verification requirements of LFE’s awarding body and provide if requested, access to apprentices and samples of work for scrutiny when requested.
- Re Functional Skills, participate in internal verification for Entry Level Functional Skills Mathematics Level 1/Level 2 qualifications, as necessary
- Attend LFE training events i.e. LFE standardisation meetings and conferences, as required.
- Attend/participate in meetings and other events as required.
- Comply with LFE’s cycle of observations of teaching, learning and assessment.
- Play an active part in your own professional development and undertake continual professional development.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Education, or a related field.
- A Certificate in Education, PGCE or other higher teaching qualification.
- Proven experience in tutoring or teaching GCSE English Language.
- Good or better ‘Teaching, Learning and Assessment’ grades.
- Experience of working with young people.
- Strong knowledge of the GCSE curriculum and exam formats.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Patience, adaptability, and a passion for teaching.
- Ability to create engaging and interactive learning experiences.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills.
- Familiarity with various educational resources and materials.
- Good or better ‘Teaching, Learning and Assessment’ grades. Experience of working with young people.
Desirable:
- Proficiency with educational technology.
- Experience working with students of diverse backgrounds.
- Able to travel to other sites to deliver planned sessions.
- Able to advise and support vocational staff to embed and contextualise development of learners’ English skills within their vocational courses.
Other Requirements
- Observing and complying with relevant policies and procedures. You should ensure familiarity with your obligations to yourself, colleagues and others on health and safety and equal opportunities ensuring that you:
- Help eliminate discrimination by ensuring the practical application of the equality, diversity and inclusion policy and reporting incidents of discrimination to an appropriate person.
- Act responsibly with regards to your own health and safety and that of colleagues and apprentices ensuring any risks are reported and dealt with.
- Comply with the club’s safeguarding policies.
- Fully support the quality improvement strategy and be committed to continuous improvements in the standard of your work. You should ensure wherever possible that the quality of the learner welfare, success and experience is positive and improving and remains the focus of your activity.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post, which may be assigned from time to time.
Job Types: Fixed term contract, Freelance
Contract length: 10 months
Pay: £35.00-£40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- If successful, are you available to start this role on September the 1st 2026?
- Do you have experience teaching GCSE English Language in UK secondary schools or colleges?
- Do you have experience as a GCSE English Language examiner?
Work Location: In person
