Urgently seeking an A level psychology tutor with SEN / ASC experience and good availability.
Bright Heart is an award-winning London-based tuition agency – we won the Tuition Business of the Year award in the 2022 National Tutoring Awards arranged by The Tutors’ Association (runners-up in 2023 and 2024). We offer a more nurturing approach and help students with special educational needs (SEN) and those lacking confidence or motivation. Our heart-based approach – the ‘Bright Heart Approach’ – involves meeting the whole person from their unique perspective with warmth to build trust, self-esteem and self-belief, before building on academic abilities.
Bright Heart is committed to providing the best possible care to its students and vulnerable adults and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Bright Heart Education’s tuition agency (an employment business) seeks an experienced tutor with excellent written and spoken English who can tutor psychology - experience working with students with ASC strongly desired. Tutors must be based in or able to provide tuition in Banstead.
Successful candidates will be provided with further information and guidelines on the Bright Heart Approach and relevant training for working with SEN students.
Key qualities we look for in our tutors include:
Passion for teaching their subjects of expertise
You will be working as a self-employed, part-time tutor, so you can choose which clients/students you wish to provide tuition to. Based on client demand, we are ideally looking for tutors who are looking to tutor at least 12 hours per week (and have good opportunities for those wishing to tutor many hours each week). Bright Heart provides its tutors with opportunities for professional development, including the potential for an employment contract if of interest.
A £5 per journey travel contribution (in addition to the advertised pay rate)
A respectful working environment for tutors
On-going training and support from experienced education professionals
Tutor of the Month award (prize of £150) selected each month
A 10% incentive for tutors who tutor for 80 hours or more within a 6-month period
All candidates must have the right to work in the UK and a current Enhanced DBS certificate (with a check of the children’s barred list) before commencing any tutoring assignments (we can apply on behalf of a candidate if not currently held). Candidates who have lived / worked overseas in the last 5 years will also need to provide certain overseas checks, including a police certificate.
Please review the safer recruitment policy on our website for further details.
At least 12 months of relevant tutoring and/or teaching experience in the UK
Excellent spoken and written English
University qualification or studying towards one and A-levels
Passion for teaching and their tuition subject(s)
SEN tuition/teaching experience and a passion for working with students with SEN
Please attach your CV and include a cover letter outlining your tuition experience, SEN experience and your motivation for applying to us, as well as your tutoring availability and the subjects and / or types of students you would like to tutor. Potential next steps include completing an application form, a pre-interview questionnaire / checks (which include online checks), an online interview with a director, contracting and an in-person meeting in London.
Bright Heart has a moral and legal obligation to ensure that, when given responsibility for young people and vulnerable adults, they are treated with the highest possible standard of care.
As disclosed in our safer recruitment policy (see our website), we aim to ensure that unsuitable candidates are deterred from applying to work with our students, and should they apply, they will not be successful in their application.
Our recruitment and selection procedures follow an equal opportunities policy. Successful candidates will be required to sign Bright Heart’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy (available on our website) and complete safeguarding induction and annual refresher training.