Tutor (STEPD Focus: Sports) – Reading

About the Role

New Meaning Training (NMT) is looking for a SETPD Tutor with a sports focus to support young people aged 16‑25 who have faced educational challenges. The role is based at the Berkshire (Reading) centre and is full‑time, permanent, and year‑round, with a flexible 37.5‑hour workweek Monday to Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm. Salary is negotiated based on experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging SETPD sessions focused on sport, movement, and physical activity to build confidence, teamwork, resilience, communication and emotional regulation.
• Support learners to develop employability and life skills such as routines, goal‑setting, self‑management and positive work attitudes.
• Conduct 1:1 and small group work, adapting sessions to learners’ confidence levels and learning styles.
• Encourage regular attendance and participation, reinforcing the link between effort and progression.
• Embed functional skills maths and English within practical, real‑world learning and support learners to meet qualification outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records of learner progress, engagement and development, and contribute to induction, reviews and progression planning.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to plan sessions, share ideas and support learners who are difficult to engage.
• Engage with parents/carers, support services and external agencies as required.
• Reflect on practice, participate in training and professional development, and promote a trauma‑informed, relational approach.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Experience working with young people aged 16‑25, particularly those with SEND and/or SEMH needs, in education, youth work, care, sport or community settings.
• Strong rapport‑building skills and ability to motivate disengaged learners.
• Confidence using sport or movement as a tool for engagement, wellbeing and personal development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a calm, respectful, and consistent approach.
• Flexibility and adaptability to respond to learners’ emotional states and changing needs.
• Commitment to inclusive, person‑centred education and belief in the potential of all learners.
• Willingness to learn, develop new skills, and engage in training and professional development.

Desirable but Not Essential

• Experience delivering or supporting functional skills English and maths (Entry Level—Level 2).
• Experience planning structured sessions, schemes of work or lesson plans.
• Experience completing learner records, assessments, or qualification paperwork.
• Experience tracking learner progress against EHCP outcomes or programme targets.
• A recognised teaching or tutoring qualification (e.g. Level 3 Award in Education & Training).
• Experience working with awarding bodies or qualification frameworks.
• Comfortable use of digital systems for learning, tracking or reporting.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a business insured vehicle.

Additional Information

New Meaning Training is a fully registered post‑16 training provider, committed to safeguarding children and young people. All staff undertake an enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check) and are required to adhere to NMT’s safeguarding and professional conduct policies.

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