EYFS Tutor in Leeds

Location: Face-to-Face – In the home, in school, or in a community space, working with Early Years pupils, Leeds/Wakefield

Job Type: Part-Time/Full-Time

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Hours: Flexible (based on your availability)

About the Role:

We are seeking passionate and dedicated EYFS Tutors to provide personalised, face-to-face learning support for young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). This role involves working with children who may have a range of additional needs and early developmental delays, offering targeted, child-led interventions to build the foundations of lifelong learning.

As an EYFS Tutor, you will play a vital role in a child’s early education journey by creating a safe, engaging, and supportive environment. This is a highly rewarding opportunity to positively influence children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development at a crucial stage of their lives.

Our ideal candidates will have experience working in early years settings and a sound understanding of the EYFS framework, as well as a nurturing, adaptable, and patient approach.

The children you may support may include those with:

• SEN/SEMH needs
• Speech, language, and communication delays
• Low confidence or poor early learning engagement
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• Looked-After Children (LAC) or those in vulnerable circumstances

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver engaging one-on-one or small group EYFS sessions in person
• Build warm, trusting relationships with young children and their families
• Provide early learning support across key EYFS areas (e.g., communication and language, personal/social development, phonics, early numeracy)
• Create a nurturing, inclusive learning environment tailored to each child’s stage and interests
• Track developmental progress and provide simple feedback to families and/or professionals
• Adapt teaching and play-based activities to meet each child’s individual needs

Qualifications:

• Recognised Early Years or Teaching qualification (e.g., QTS, EYTS, Level 3 Early Years Educator)
• Sound knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and child development
• Prior experience working with children aged 3–5 in educational or childcare settings
• SEN/SEMH experience is highly desirable
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Creative, patient, and child-led approach

Requirements:

• Relevant qualification in education or early years
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain one)
• Ability to travel locally within Leeds
• Flexibility to deliver sessions between Monday and Friday
• Experience working with young children with additional needs

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours to suit your availability
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training
• A highly rewarding role with the chance to make a lasting impact on young children’s lives
• Access to our Tutor Toolkit skills development package (over 34 CPD courses)
• Ongoing support through our quality assurance and mentoring programme
• Weekly PAYE pay and competitive rates
• Pathway to a professional freelance tutor career
• 10% PPA paid of contact time with pupils.

If you are enthusiastic about early years education, committed to inclusive practice, and passionate about supporting children at a foundational stage of development, we would love to hear from you!

Apply Today: Please submit your CV and a short cover letter highlighting your relevant experience to or call for more information.

Connex Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and candidates to share this commitment. We adhere to Safer Recruitment practices in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), Working Together to Safeguard Children, and other relevant legislation. All appointments are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks, including references and an enhanced DBS check.