Careers at Reconnect Learning
Reconnect Learning is building a network of qualified teachers, specialist practitioners, tutors and mentors who can deliver safe, flexible and personalised education for children and young people who may need a different route into learning.
We welcome applications from QTS teachers, subject specialists, SEND practitioners, experienced tutors, mentors and education professionals with relevant experience supporting young people.
Qualified teachers are central to our education workforce.
Face-to-face, outreach, home and online provision.
Teaching must respond to the learner as well as the curriculum.
Professional accountability underpins every appointment.
Join Reconnect Learning
Learners referred to Reconnect Learning may have experienced persistent absence, EBSNA, SEND, SEMH needs, exclusion risk, disrupted education or difficulty accessing mainstream provision.
We therefore recruit professionals who can combine strong teaching or mentoring practice with patience, adaptability, professional curiosity, consistency and clear safeguarding boundaries.
We look for people who can understand the learner in front of them — not simply deliver the subject written on a referral.
Career Opportunities
Recruitment requirements change according to learner referrals and commissioned provision. The roles below represent the types of qualified and experienced professionals we are interested in hearing from.
Deliver personalised education for children and young people accessing alternative provision, home tuition, outreach or reintegration support.
Teachers should be confident adapting teaching around individual starting points, SEND, attendance barriers and agreed outcomes.
Deliver personalised primary education for children requiring additional, temporary or alternative provision outside the mainstream classroom.
Experience supporting SEND, emotional needs, attendance barriers or disrupted education is particularly valuable.
Deliver subject-specialist teaching for learners following secondary curriculum, GCSE or personalised academic programmes.
We are particularly interested in teachers specialising in English, Mathematics, Science and other high-demand subjects.
Provide adapted and personalised teaching for learners with SEND, EHCP outcomes or additional communication, sensory or SEMH needs.
Relevant specialist training, experience or qualifications are particularly welcomed.
Work with learners who require a personalised educational pathway because mainstream education is currently inaccessible or unsuitable.
The role may combine academic teaching, re-engagement, progress planning and preparation for reintegration or transition.
Provide targeted subject tuition for learners preparing for GCSE examinations or working towards personalised academic outcomes.
Applicants should demonstrate strong subject knowledge and the ability to teach learners with varied educational histories.
Provide personalised education in homes, community venues or other agreed settings.
Outreach tutors support learning, engagement, routine and progress towards agreed outcomes.
Support learners working towards Functional Skills English and/or Mathematics through accessible, personalised teaching.
Tutors should be able to build practical skills, confidence and progression towards recognised qualification pathways.
Support learners experiencing emotionally based school non-attendance or significant barriers to returning to education.
Delivery should be paced around trust, confidence, engagement and realistic reintegration goals.
Deliver engaging online tuition for learners requiring remote or blended provision.
Tutors should be confident with digital delivery, online safeguarding and sustaining learner engagement remotely.
Provide personalised English language support for learners who use English as an additional language.
Support may focus on communication, literacy, confidence and access to learning.
Deliver flexible commissioned sessions for learners requiring alternative provision.
Provision may combine academic learning, re-engagement and personal development.
Provide consistent, relationship-led mentoring supporting confidence, engagement, routines, aspirations and personal development.
Clear professional boundaries and strong safeguarding practice are essential.
Support young people to develop communication, organisation, decision-making, independence and preparation for adulthood.
Help young people explore aspirations, education, training, apprenticeships, employability skills and future pathways.
Support academic learning, SEND needs, engagement and learner participation within agreed personalised provision plans.
What We Look For
The ability to plan, adapt and deliver meaningful learning from individual starting points.
Ability to build trust while maintaining clear professional boundaries.
Confidence responding to SEND, EBSNA, disrupted learning and changing engagement.
Strong understanding of safeguarding, professional conduct and escalation.
Qualifications & Experience
Recruitment Process
Complete our application form with your qualifications, experience and suitability.
Applications are reviewed against current and anticipated provision needs.
Suitable applicants may be invited to discuss teaching practice, experience and safeguarding.
Relevant identity, qualification, history, reference and safeguarding checks are completed.
Approved practitioners may be considered for suitable learner referrals.
Safer Recruitment
Reconnect Learning is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Appointment and deployment are subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks relevant to the role and nature of the work.
Apply to Reconnect Learning
If you are a qualified teacher, tutor, specialist practitioner, mentor or education professional whose approach aligns with Reconnect Learning, complete our online application form.
Applications may be considered for current and future opportunities according to learner referrals, location, expertise and availability.
