Job description
Location: Surbiton, South West London
Pay Rate: £25-£35 per hour (based on experience and qualifications)
Hours: 15 hours per week ( hrs Maths / hrs English)
Start Date: ASAP
Schedule: Sessions to take place during the school day
Key Responsibilities:
1. Deliver 1:1 tuition in GCSE Maths and English ( hours per subject, per week).
2. Adapt teaching methods to support the learner’s individual learning profile, emotional needs, and sensory sensitivities.
3. Use PDA-informed strategies to create a low-demand, safe learning environment that encourages engagement.
4. Develop and follow a flexible, structured lesson plan that aligns with curriculum, expectations while being sensitive to the student’s emotional state.
5. Collaborate with families and professionals to monitor progress and maintain consistent support.
Essential Requirements:
6. Proven experience teaching or tutoring GCSE Maths and/or English
7. Minimum 1 year experience working with children with ASD
8. PDA experience- understanding of how to work with children with demand avoidance behaviours.
9. Availability to deliver sessions during the school day.
10. Right to work in the UK.
11. Have or be wiling to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
Desirable Qualifications:
12. Teaching qualification (PGCE and/or QTS)
13. Experience working in alternative provision, SEN settings, or with non-traditional learners.
14. Confidence in managing behaviours linked to anxiety, demand avoidance, or sensory processing challenges.
This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the life of a young person who thrives with consistency, understanding, and specialised support. If you’re someone who can bring empathy, structure, and expertise to this role- we’d love to hear from you.
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people is responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.
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