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Maths Tutor

Dovetail Ref: 189468
Prison Education From £30,000 per annum Permanent entry Level 7 September 2026
Yorkshire and the Humber
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Education Details

Mathematics Prison Education prison
Levels: Functional Skills

Job Description

Maths Tutor- HMP

Permanent

Location: Stoke on Trent

Salary: From £30,000 per annum

Are you a passionate maths tutor looking for a role where your teaching genuinely makes a difference?

About the Role

We are seeking an inspiring Maths Tutor to join our Justice Services team, delivering meaningful learning within a prison education setting. This is a unique opportunity to support learners on their rehabilitation journey, helping them develop the skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into employment and build brighter futures.

As a Maths Tutor, you'll deliver engaging and inclusive lessons to learners with a wide range of educational backgrounds, learning needs and abilities. You'll use innovative teaching approaches, adaptive learning techniques and digital resources to make maths relevant, accessible and enjoyable.

You'll work with individuals who may have had difficult experiences of education, so patience, empathy and a genuine belief in each learner's potential matter as much as subject knowledge.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Delivering functional skills maths qualifications to groups of learners.
  • Conducting initial assessments and diagnostics to identify individual starting points and learning needs.
  • Planning and adapting inclusive lessons to support diverse abilities, including low literacy and additional learning needs.
  • Monitoring progress and providing constructive feedback to support achievement.
  • Maintaining accurate records of attendance, progress and outcomes.
  • Creating a positive, inclusive and effective learning environment that motivates learners.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • A relevant maths qualification or strong subject knowledge
  • The ability to engage and motivate learners of varying abilities
  • A patient, adaptable and inclusive approach to teaching
  • A genuine commitment to education as a route to rehabilitation

Desirable (but not essential):

  • Experience of teaching functional skills maths
  • Experience of working in a prison or secure education setting
  • A recognised teaching qualification

About You

We're looking for someone who:

  • Believes in the power of education to change lives
  • Can adapt their teaching to meet a wide range of needs
  • Communicates with warmth, clarity and professionalism
  • Thrives in a challenging and rewarding environment

If you're ready to help learners build brighter futures through maths, we'd love to hear from you.

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Your Recruitment Consultant

Lauren Main

Lauren Main

Associate Recruitment Consultant

Requirements

  • Relevant maths qualification or strong subject knowledge
  • Ability to engage and motivate learners of varying abilities
  • Patient, adaptable and inclusive approach to teaching
  • Commitment to education as a route to rehabilitation
  • Enhanced DBS check
  • HMPPS security vetting

Skills & Qualifications

Functional skills maths teachingInitial assessment and diagnosticsInclusive lesson planningAdaptive learning techniquesDigital resourcesProgress monitoringRecord keepingWorking with diverse learnersSupporting learners with additional needs

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