Peripatetic Academic Support Teacher (KS1 and KS2)

Peripatetic Academic Support Teacher (KS1 and KS2)

Line Manager/Reporting into:                         Head of Academic Support

Closing Date for Applications:                         March 31st 2026

Start Date:                                                           September 2026

Reddam House Berkshire is seeking to appoint a committed and dynamic Peripatetic Academic Support Teacher for our Junior School (with the potential to support in our Middle School Y7-9) to join our Academic Support department from September 2026.

The primary focus of this post will be in the delivery of Key Stage 1 and 2 English and Maths skills.

We anticipate this role will be for three days per week, term time only, with the opportunity to extend to more days, as demand for lessons grow. This appointment is paid per lesson taught. We can be flexible with the days offered.

This is a self-employed, peripatetic role where the school provide students for the appointed teacher to work with, following the school’s protocols and procedures.

“Inspiring Academic Excellence Across 5 Continents”

A definitive statement of excellence in private education, Inspired is a co-educational, non-denominational, independent school group designed to inspire students to achieve their maximum potential in a nurturing, progressive academic environment from ages 3 months to 18 yrs.

Inspired offers a fresh and contemporary approach to education by re-evaluating traditional teaching methods and curriculums, and creating a more dynamic, relevant and powerful model reflecting current attitudes. We nurture the unique individuality, talent and self-assurance of each student, equipping them to take on the world with the skills and confidence to ensure success.

Our current portfolio of 70+ schools currently operates across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, with quick ongoing expansion foreseen. The group has grown exponentially since its  founding 7 years ago and offers a unique opportunity to join a connected global community obsessed with a dedication to excellence.

We take great care when selecting new colleagues to join Inspired Education and hand pick every single role. We believe true excellence in education is only achieved through an inspiring and passionate team with whom are dedicated to supporting our schools to recruit and retain students by sustaining engaging and inspiring learning environments through our 3 pillars of: Performing and Creative Arts; Academics and Sport.

Professionalism, responsive teaching, specialist knowledge, strong planning, excellent qualifications and an outstanding personal reputation, are just few of the core requirements we look for when recruiting Inspired teaching staff.

For more information about us, please visit Inspired Schools – Premium Private Education (inspirededu.com)

OUR SCHOOL

Reddam House Berkshire is a co-educational, independent school, housed in a Victorian mansion and set in 125 acres of wood and parkland.

Throughout the school our emphasis is on independence; we expect our students to work hard in the belief that success is in his or her own hands. From babies in our Early Learning School through to our Sixth Formers moving on to University, students are active participants in setting the direction of their educational journey, developing a love of learning and being empowered with the self-discipline that provides the bedrock for success.”

We have 800+ students between the ages of 3 months and 18 years are registered here (day students and boarders from age 11+). Children are recognised as individuals with unique skills to celebrate and given tailored support and guidance at Teaching Role each stage of their school career. Our structure of Early Learning School, Junior School, Middle School and Senior School means that every year group works with professionals who specialize and enjoy working with the students in their care.

The unique Reddam House philosophy and our formula for success are based to a large degree on the quality and depth of our curricula, cultural and sporting activities and especially our teaching staff, fully recognising that what goes on in the classroom between teacher and student strongly influences the success of the school.

WHY APPLY

“Be at the forefront of International Education”

When you join Inspired, you don’t just join a business. You become part of a unique global community of passionate professionals, with unrivalled access to extensive guidance, support and advice all focused on creating a culture of excellence in education.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • The most collaborative environment, at every level, that you will find anywhere;
  • Excellent resources;
  • Excellent professional development within the Inspired group and a global network of over 70 schools to learn alongside;
  • At the leading edge of independent school thinking;
  • A culture of excellence;
  • Network of opportunities;
  • Free delicious lunch, if teaching both sides of the lunch break;
  • On-site parking.

ROLE SUMMARY & JOB PURPOSE  

The primary focus of this post will be in the delivery of Key Stage 1 and 2 English and Maths skills.

This is a self-employed, peripatetic role where the school provide students for the appointed teacher to work with, following the school’s protocols and procedures.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

All teaching staff are expected:

  • To promote the school’s consciously expressed culture;
  • To espouse the fact that it is an independent school with a significant boarding section;
  • To acknowledge that the early learning, junior and senior sections constitute one school;
  • To be a fluent user of digital technology, to advance and enhance teaching and learning;
  • To use differentiation in his/her teaching, enabling all students to reach the highest standards;
  • To be sensitive to the complexity of the relationships that pertain within the school;
  • To be sensible about expenditure;
  • To behave appropriately at all times;
  • To accept that he or she bears, as does everyone else connected to the School, a responsibility for marketing it.

Every teacher must be committed to the fulfilment of the School’s strategic intents:

  1. In academic matters, to foster and communicate a culture of high expectations, focused on teaching and learning;
  2. In pastoral matters, to ensure that each student is given the individual attention she or he requires;
  3. To recognise that we all in some ways exercise leadership responsibilities; to ensure that any formal leadership or managerial responsibilities he or she holds are fulfilled in such a way that the School’s aims are promoted;
  4. To develop one’s own professional expertise as fully as possible;
  5. To contribute to making the School welcoming and accessible to the wider community;
  6. To ensure that the resources used in teaching and learning are as good as they can be within the bounds of affordability.

Departmental Responsibilities

Reporting to the Junior School SENCo, the primary focus of this post will be:

Planning, Management and Teaching:

Teach allocated pupils 1:1 and in small groups to achieve progression of learning through:

  • Identifying clear teaching objectives and specifying how they will be taught and assessed;
  • Setting tasks which are multi-sensory, achievable to build confidence and consolidate learning;
  • Challenging pupils and ensuring high levels of interest;
  • Liaising with class teachers and other professionals (e.g. SLT, other Academic Support Teachers or external agencies);
  • Writing IEPs and setting clear targets; building on prior attainment and building in pupil voice;
  • Assessing and identifying pupils with disabilities and/or difficulties;
  • Providing clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge; providing opportunities for over-learning;
  • Planning successful use of assessment and ensuring coverage of programmes of study;
  • Delivering effective multi-sensory teaching with a range of resources and best use of available time;
  • Monitoring and intervening to ensure sound learning and discipline.

Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting:

  • Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use them to improve future teaching;
  • Mark and monitor pupils’ work according to the marking policy and set targets for progress;
  • Assess and record pupils’ progress systematically and keep records to check work is understood and completed, monitor strengths and weaknesses, inform planning and recognise the level at which the pupil is achieving;
  • Review targets termly;
  • To fulfil administrative duties in both an efficient and effective manner.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

  • To have a working knowledge of teachers’ professional duties, legal liabilities and responsibilities;
  • To have a working knowledge of all relevant Policies and Procedures;
  • To establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues and other staff, as appropriate;
  • To be committed to ensuring that every student is given the opportunity to achieve their potential and meet the high expectations set for them;
  • To observe and manage all Health and Safety requirements to maintain a safe environment for students, colleagues and parents.

This job description is not intended to be all embracing, and the post holder shall be required to carry out any other duties as directed by their line manager, or other members of Senior Management, commensurate with training and experience.

The job holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young person’s for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding Policy (including Child Protection Procedures) at all times.

The closing date for applications is 31st March. Please apply here.

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New! Personalised learning 1-2-1 tuition in the summer holidays

We have summer dates for our personalised learning one-to-one tuition sessions!

Book as many or as few as you like and give your child a boost in study skills, literacy, writing, spelling and memory and learning techniques. Maths sessions are also available.

Find out more.

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Dyscalculia Awareness Day 2024

With Dyscalculia Awareness Day just around the corner, we explain what dyscalculia and we look at helpful tips and tricks to support people who struggle with maths…

What is dyscalculia?

The SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) defines dyscalculia as:

‘Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics. It will be unexpected in relation to age, level of education and experience and occurs across all ages and abilities. Mathematics difficulties are best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, and they have many causal factors. Dyscalculia falls at one end of the spectrum and will be distinguishable from other maths issues due to the severity of difficulties with number sense, including subitising [perceiving a number of items in a group without counting them], symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude comparison, and ordering. It can occur singly but often co occurs with other specific learning difficulties, mathematics anxiety and medical conditions.’

Around one person in 20 has dyscalculia.

The Dyscalculia Network and Jane Emerson and Patricia Babtie in their book ‘Understanding Dyscalculia and Numeracy Difficulties’ states that indicators include:

  • Inability to subitize (recognise up to 4 or 5 counters without counting)
  • Counting errors
  • Miscounting objects
  • Lack of one-one correspondence
  • Sequencing errors
  • Inability to count backwards
  • Not understanding the count 70, 80, 90, 20, 21 / 48, 49, 51, 52
  • Calculation difficulties
  • Persistent counting in 1s
  • Cannot remember number facts
  • Uses unstructured dots or makes tally marks to do calculations
  • Difficulty with mental arithmetic
  • Cannot remember times tables facts
  • Misunderstanding of maths language
  • Errors writing numbers
  • Reversing digits
  • Not understanding zero as a place holder
  • Inaccurate estimations
  • Inability to recognise if an answer is reasonable
  • Weak reasoning e.g.. inability to see number relationships
  • Weak at making connections e.g. 4 + 4 = 8 therefore 14 + 4 = 18
  • Problems with money and time
  • Lack of place value understanding
  • Errors when completing formal calculations

Tips for maths difficulties:

    1. Use imagery: Link mathematical facts and equations to images to help build memory. For example, an octagon has eight sides like how an octopus has eight arms.
    2. Use mind mapping: For example, create a mind map with the word ‘circumference’ in the middle. You could draw initial arms on this mind map to help the person, the arms could be labelled ‘write an equation’, ‘draw it’, ‘define it’, ‘write a question involving it’ – this encourages the person to interact with the information in different ways whilst acting as a revision tool. For the ‘write a question involving it’ arm, this is a good chance to talk through language by discussing how the person could have made the question clearer and correct mathematical terminology to use, whilst of course celebrating anything they do well! Then, you as the person teaching could use the question that they wrote to demonstrate how to approach problems, which links to the next tip …
    3. Think aloud: When demonstrating how to answer a question, speak aloud every step of the process: reading, annotating the question, making notes from the question, trialling an approach, trying a different approach, reaching a final answer and finally checking. Watching somebody do the whole process really makes it clear to the person you are helping.
    4. Build confidence: When assessing the person, don’t only ask questions that push the person to the limits of their capability but also ones that you know that they can answer – no matter how easy! The person can then see that they have remembered some knowledge that they didn’t know before!

Dyscalculia and maths resources and books

We have many resources and books in our shop that can help teach maths and numeracy. These include:
dyscalculia products in the shop

Fraction segments

Tabletop number lines

Awesome Games and Activities for Kids with Numeracy Difficulties

GCSE Maths for Neurodivergent Learners

All About Dyscalculia 

 

Want to understand more? We were joined by Dyscalculia Network’s Rob Jennings for a Spotlight webinar on the subject. We offer dyscalculia top-up assessments, and we offer specialist maths tuition and maths Personalised Learning in the Easter and Summer holidays to children.

By |2024-07-23T16:35:55+01:00March 1st, 2024|Team blog|Comments Off on Dyscalculia Awareness Day 2024

Understanding problems with working memory

Children (and adults) with dyslexia can have trouble with their working memory. These are the short-term memories that we use when we are doing a task such as following instructions or adding two or three numbers together. This can affect performing a series of tasks such as getting dressed, making a sandwich and maths ability. It also affects reading; having figured out each sound in a word, remembering what those sounds to make the whole word can be tricky.

Here are some ways to help with working memory:

  • Explain what the end result of the task will be and why so that the child understands the outcome, eg you need to have warm clothes on to be ready for school.
  • Only give one or two instructions at a time, eg please put your socks on, then put your shoes on. In maths, this may mean giving only one part of a sum at a time.
  • Present the instructions in the order they are to be followed (so not ‘put your shoes and socks on’).
  • If necessary, repeat instructions and ask your child to tell you what they have understood.
  • If you can, and especially for a new task, show the child what you mean as well as say it.
  • Give them time to process and respond to these instructions, then carry them out, before offering further instructions, eg now get your coat from the hook and put it on.
Understanding that your child may have problems with their working memory and adjusting how you instruct them but also your expectations, will hopefully make life slightly less fraught – especially in the mornings!
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New Spotlight session: Intro to Dyscalculia and Maths Difficulties

Approximately 6% of the British population have dyscalculia. And research suggests that around 24% of the population of OECD countries (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development- Skills for life study 2013) have problems with maths.

This online session from Dyscalculia Network’s Rob Jennings will help educators help their students with checklists, screening and intervention plans and it will help parents with tips on how to support your child at home.

Online, Monday 25 September, 6 pm. Includes a Q&A session. Recordings will be available.

Find out more and book.

By |2024-07-23T16:43:08+01:00September 19th, 2023|Course news|Comments Off on New Spotlight session: Intro to Dyscalculia and Maths Difficulties
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