English and maths intervention FTE 0.2

Joining us as an English and Math’s Intervention support with English intervention focus, you will be responsible for providing dedicated intervention support to raise student attainment in English, supporting students to bridge the gap in learning due to the pandemic. The successful candidates must be able to motivate students to succeed and provide a well-structured and tailored learning environment.

This post is a 0.2 FTE (7.2 hours per week) however, this post can also be offered up to 0.5 FTE (18 hours per week).

As a support colleague you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme, get a generous holiday allowance of 33 days that does not include Bank Holidays (you’ll even get a couple of extra days at Christmas for efficiency days).

Here’s some other really great benefit’s too, i.e. Costa Coffee on site, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, dining experience at The Restaurant at Tameside One, retail discounts, cycle to work, simply health cash plan and a saving club via Manchester Credit Union.

Here’s the standard bit: Working collaboratively with the English and Maths department, the post holders will devise schemes of work and identify groups of students who require additional support. You will provide targeted intervention sessions and also work with students on a 1:1 basis and in small groups in order to help raise attainment and understanding within English.  

What you’ll need: - We are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and a highly motivated individual, with a relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience coupled with a thorough knowledge intervention as detailed in the specification. You will be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.

About us: Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.

We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

You will be experienced and be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CV’s forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions