ESOL / EAL Tutor, Dorset

You can help a young person new to the UK access everything school has to offer - none of the teaching-at-scale trade-off, less admin, just one person and the part of teaching you care about. We're recruiting experienced EAL and ESOL tutors in Dorset, £25 - £30 per hour, for one-to-one work with vulnerable children and young people - including recent arrivals and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) - who need English quickly to access the rest of their education.

What you get

• Flexible schedule: Most placements are a few sessions a week (time-limited part-time engagements), with more hours sometimes available. Work not guaranteed; you choose your placements.
• Work from home: Planning, prep, and reporting from home; hybrid placements available.
• Tes CPD access: Unlimited Tes professional development library, plus our own CPD offerings.
• Specialist team behind you: SENDCos, Designated Safeguarding Leads, senior special-school leaders, and experienced tutors.
• Community events: Online drop-ins, knowledge-sharing sessions, and a community of fellow tutors.

How we work

We meet each young person where they are - paced to the learner, child-led. We match, we don't dictate. Trauma-informed teaching that's transformative, not a gap filler - trusted by Local Authorities and schools across the UK.

Day to day

• One-to-one EAL or ESOL tuition to children aged 4-18, referred by Local Authorities and schools.
• Sessions typically 1-2 hours, in-person - often in the home, sometimes in school, occasionally hybrid, usually within school hours.
• Learners are usually vulnerable young people new to the UK - including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) - or longer-resident young people whose English is below the level they need for school. Some will have additional SEMH, ADHD, ASC, or other SEND needs.
• Per-session reports supported by templates and your Support Specialist.

You'll need

• Experience: 2+ years' teaching English as a second or additional language, ideally with young learners.
• Qualification: CELTA, DELTA, TEFL, TESOL, or QTS with EAL specialism, or an equivalent English-language teaching qualification.
• Subjects: EAL, ESOL, ESL, or EFL with school-age learners.
• Safeguarding: It is a strict requirement that you have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Compliance: Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this) and two professional references.
• Right to work: UK-based with right to work in the UK.

Invoicing and payments

Paid monthly via an auto-generated invoice you approve in our tutor portal.

Applying

• Apply in under 5 minutes via our mobile-optimised form.
• We interview on a rolling basis and respond to successful applicants within 2 weeks.
• Safer recruitment applies; we welcome tutors from every background and want our network to reflect the communities our learners come from.
• Our referral / introducer scheme pays a fee to anyone who recommends a tutor who goes on to complete a first lesson.

You may have worked as

EAL specialist teacher, ESOL teacher, TEFL teacher, TESOL teacher, English Language Tutor, ESL teacher, International school English teacher, MFL teacher with EAL experience, Bilingual classroom teacher, or Inclusion Coordinator with an EAL remit.

Not a permanent or salaried position; you are not an employee of Targeted Provision. Self-employed, freelance contract for services.