Academy: Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form
Category: Mentors/Tutors/Music Provision
Start Date: January 2026
Closing Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2025
Job Weeks: 40 Weeks
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Type: Permanent, Part Time
Job Reference: JUN20252414
Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale H: £18,367 to £19,396 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£33,366 - £35,235 full time/full year equivalent)
Part Time: Part time - 22.5 hours per week / 3 days (Days to be confirmed)
Working Weeks: 40 weeks
Start Date: January 2026
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form is looking for a Form Tutor to provide academic support and guidance to our pupils, working to maximise pupil aspirations, remove barriers to learning and improve pupil achievement.
Through regular form time delivery, 1:1 mentoring sessions, liaison with parents and other college staff, our Form Tutor will help pupils achieve their potential. A key aspect of the post will involve encouraging pupils to develop a strong work ethic and supporting students towards their future pathways.
This is an exciting, challenging role for someone looking to work in a fast-paced and progressive environment. You will have excellent communication skills and be flexible to adapt to your workload.
Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the “Planning your application” section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.
The main responsibility of this role will be:
To provide academic and pastoral support and careers guidance to our students, working to maximise student aspirations, remove barriers to learning and improve student achievement.
To analyse and identify barriers to attendance and attainment and put effective measures in place to support improvement.
To support students through the careers programme to identify a post sixth form pathway and assist their application process including reference writing.
To lead on the organisation of raising achievement related tasks, events and activities such as intervention schedules, personalised timetables and mentoring sessions.
The ideal candidate will have:
Degree level or equivalent
The ability to deliver high quality, academic mentoring that fully meets the needs of our pupils.
Ability to work with pupils to analyse data to set challenging targets for improvement and plan actions.
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication and presentation skills.
Successful experience as a learning or academic mentor is desirable but not essential
Previous experience working with young people in a school setting or similar is desirable
Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form is a highly successful maths and science specialist sixth form for students aged 16 -19, that lies in the heart of Norwich, and is ranked sixth nationally in the Sunday Times Parent Power guide. The school has been judged by OFSTED as outstanding in all areas and is a community school with a great staff body. Staff satisfaction and retention is exceptionally high. In January 2025 the school was recognised by Edurio with a staff choice award for being in the top 10 schools nationally as a recommended place to work.
For more information, please visit the school website where you can also find a copy of our most recent Ofsted report in the news section. If you would like to visit us, please contact us via the website or call on 01603 280940.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.
The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.
For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here. Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form is rated as an Outstanding college, following inspections by Ofsted in 2018 and 2023. "The ambitious and inclusive vision of senior leaders, governors and trust members has resulted in an outstanding educational experience for students. They thrive because of the very high quality of education that they receive."
When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.
We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.
The Trust also offers:
Generous holiday entitlement
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
Cycle-to-work scheme
Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
Free Parking (on most sites)
- Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Kerry Derazza, PA to Principal at [email protected].
To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications: 12pm on Wednesday 9th July 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 16th July 2025
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.
