Outreach Tutor - Primary

Senploy; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Inspire Tutoring is seeking a calm, patient Primary Tutor to support a seven-year-old Year 3 learner who struggles to access school due to anxiety and trauma. The role is 15 hours per week, mornings, on a temporary tuition placement, with sessions in community or one-to-one settings and a requirement to travel to a rural location near Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Experience with SEND, trauma-informed practice, and strong English/Math teaching at differentiated levels is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching primary-aged learners with SEND, anxiety, trauma-related needs.
• Trauma-informed, therapeutic and relationship-based practice.
• Ability to manage behaviours safely and effectively.
• Ability to deliver engaging English and mathematics at differentiated levels.
• Patient, flexible and non-confrontational approach.
• Strong communication, record-keeping and professional-boundary skills.
• Enhanced DBS via Update Service or willingness to obtain one.
• Reliable travel to a rural location near Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver 15 hours of personalised tuition across weekday mornings.
• Create therapeutic, low-demand learning opportunities using the learner's interests.
• Support progress in core subjects while prioritising emotional safety and engagement.
• Recognise signs of anxiety or dysregulation and respond with de-escalation and co-regulation.
• Complete session records and provide concise progress updates.
• Collaborate with family, the education setting, the local authority and other professionals.
• Contribute to a gradual reintegration plan when the learner is ready.
• Follow safeguarding, risk assessment and lone-working procedures.
• Commute to a rural location near Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Skills

Trauma-informed

Therapeutic approach

De-escalation

English & Math teaching

Communication & records

Safeguarding readiness

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Recognised tutoring qualification

Primary teaching experience

Job description

• Ely Area Location: Ely area, Cambridgeshire Hours: 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday mornings Start date: As soon as possible Contract: Temporary tuition placement About the Primary Tutor Role Inspire Tutoring is seeking a calm, patient and engaging therapeutic tutor to support a seven-year-old Year 3 learner who is currently unable to access school consistently.

The learner experiences high levels of anxiety around education, is working below age-related expectations and has experienced trauma.

The immediate aim is to rebuild trust, confidence and engagement with learning before supporting a carefully planned return to school.

Tuition should be interest-led, therapeutic and delivered through low-demand activities.

Sessions are expected to take place either individually in a suitable community setting or on a one-to-one basis within a communal learning environment.

The provision must not involve animals.

About the Learner

Bright, articulate and curious about the world.

Enjoys discussing personal interests and visiting different places.

Shows strengths in reading, spelling and mathematics.

Benefits from a calm, relational approach, predictable routines and clear boundaries.

May refuse activities or directions when anxious or overwhelmed.

Key Responsibilities as a Primary Tutor

Plan and deliver 15 hours of personalised tuition across weekday mornings.

Use the learner's interests to create therapeutic, low-demand learning opportunities.

Support progress in core primary subjects while prioritising emotional safety and engagement.

Recognise early signs of anxiety or dysregulation and respond using de-escalation and co-regulation strategies.

Complete session records and provide concise progress updates.

Work collaboratively with family members, the education setting, the local authority and other professionals.

Contribute to a gradual reintegration plan when the learner is ready.

Follow all safeguarding, risk-assessment and lone-working procedures.

Commute to a rural location near Ely, Cambridgeshire

Essential Requirements as a Primary Tutor

Experience teaching or tutoring primary-aged learners with SEND, anxiety, trauma-related needs or barriers to school attendance.

A strong understanding of trauma-informed, therapeutic and relationship-based practice.

Confidence in managing behaviours that may present a risk to the learner, adults or the environment.

Ability to provide engaging English and mathematics learning at an appropriately differentiated level.

A patient, flexible and non-confrontational approach.

Strong communication, record-keeping and professional-boundary skills.

An enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one, together with satisfactory safeguarding and reference checks.

Ability to travel reliably to a rural location near Ely, Cambridgeshire

Desirable Experience

Qualified Teacher Status, a recognised tutoring qualification or substantial relevant primary teaching experience.

Training in positive behaviour support, de-escalation, attachment, adverse childhood experiences or emotionally based school avoidance.

Experience supporting reintegration into school following suspension or prolonged non-attendance.

Applications will be reviewed as received due to the urgent start requirement.

Inspire Tutoring is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, identity verification, references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK.