Progress and Support Tutor
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Cambridge
- Salary:
- Support Staff Pay Spine Point 16 to Point 20 (FTE £33,232 to £37,734 per annum) depending on experience and qualifications
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 4 January 2027
- Apply by:
- 9 November 2026
Job overview
Progress and Support Tutor
Permanent full time role starting 4 January 2027
Support Staff Pay Spine Point 16 to Point 20 (FTE £33,232 to £37,734 per annum) depending on experience and qualifications.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the College’s well established Guidance team in the role of Progress and Support Tutor. Working closely with other colleagues, Progress and Support Tutors provide appropriate guidance and support for students, monitoring their progress in order to support their personal and academic development and to assist them in fulfilling their potential.
The role will include delivery of seven Future Ready sessions, four Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) mentoring sessions and one Enrichment activity each week, working with a mix of Year 12 and Year 13 students.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain substantial experience in a pastoral role within a high performing sixth form college. The successful candidate will work closely with experienced colleagues across the Guidance Team and will play a key role in supporting students’ academic progress, wellbeing and onward progression.
The role will ideally suit somebody who has experience and an interest in the development of young people. Recent knowledge and experience of post-16 education and dealing successfully with parents, students and staff is essential. An understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues of young people is also a key requirement, together with an awareness of the range of needs of people from diverse ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. All candidates will need up to date knowledge of the legislative and best practice requirements pertaining to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
Recently rated ‘outstanding’ again, Hills Road Sixth Form College continues to enjoy a strong national reputation for excellence in education. In part, this is because we continually review and refine our practice to enhance the experiences of our students and staff, for example, through our collaborative evidence-based approach to professional development. We also appreciate that academic success requires a happy, healthy and caring community, so our coaching culture ensures that the wellbeing of our students and staff is at the heart of all we do.
We offer a wide range of competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, free use of the College sporting facilities, free on-site parking, cycle to work scheme, as well as discounts on all our Adult Education courses.
Closing date: Monday, 9 November 2026 at 9am
Interviews: Tuesday, 17 November 2026
Details and an application form for the above post may be obtained from our website.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and staff and expects all members of the College community, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. The College actively promotes equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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About Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Hills Road Sixth Form College
- Hills Road, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 8PE
- United Kingdom
Hills Road Sixth Form College operates on an attractive site just over a mile south of the centre of the historic city of Cambridge. The site has been occupied since 1903, when it was originally home to the Cambridge and County School for Boys. Since its inception in 1974, succeeding the former boys’ grammar school, the College has concentrated mainly on providing Advanced level courses to students in the Cambridge area.
Having responded to strong and sustained demand for places over a number of years, we now have 2,950 full-time 16-19 students for whom we provide a choice of 36 A level subjects plus the Extended Project Qualification, an extensive programme of enrichment and extra-curricular activities and responsive individual support and guidance. The breadth, depth and challenge of this curriculum are at the heart of our long-standing educational vision, and Hills Road Sixth Form College continues to enjoy a national reputation for excellence, including, in our last two Ofsted inspections, being rated outstanding in all graded areas.
At Hills Road, we are strongly committed to providing our students with a broad sixth form education characterised by academic excellence, high-quality learning experiences and extensive enrichment opportunities. Students are encouraged to achieve the highest standards not only in the classroom but also in a range of extra-curricular activities, which help them develop new skills, think independently and exercise their responsibilities as global citizens. We seek to promote a caring and supportive environment with a strong sense of community where all students are valued equally as individuals and treated as young adults.
The College is a stimulating and rewarding place in which to work and study. Facilities are excellent with new and remodelled purpose built accommodation, including our state-of-the-art Sports and Tennis Centre, and the Study Centre which houses the Supported Independent Learning Service, and a fabulous Staff Room with roof terrace.
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