Skills Coach - English and Maths - Rotherham in High Peak

Location: Rotherham College, Rotherham

Salary: £28,732 per annum + benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37hrs per week, all year round)

About the Role

In this role, you will work with Curriculum staff to facilitate our new learning workshops and support learners to secure the best possible educational outcomes in maths and English.

In the role of an English and Maths Skills Coach you will:

• Drive individual learner progress in English and/or Maths skills in facilitated workshop and other support contexts, ensuring learners make consistently good progress against their starting points.
• Provide ongoing support to students through approved support plans.

As an English and Maths Skills Coach you will work directly with learners and see the impact of your work on a daily basis. This is a truly rewarding position, which supports our learners at a critical point in their lives, working alongside colleagues across the English and Maths Team and wider cross-college departments.

Working pattern:

• 08:30 – 17:00 Thursday
• 08:30 – 16:30 Friday

Please note: Flexible working will be considered. This is a face-to-face role although some online work will be expected.

You will…

To be successful as an English and Maths Skills Coach you will have experience of working with young people, understanding barriers learners come across which affect their achievement. You will have had previous successful experience of operational delivery through effective planning and monitoring of performance against action plans and targets, particularly with young people within education.

You may also have proven experience of coaching/mentoring others to make successful progress in their learning and have facilitated group learning e.g. workshops or classroom learning.

You must hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or higher in one or both specialisms). It would be advantageous if you also obtained a recognised teaching qualification and evidence of recent and relevant CPD, a degree level qualification and an online learning certification (i.e. Google Certified Educator).

Successful candidates must be able to support across both English and Maths.

You will be part of the cross-college maths and English team and you will collaborate effectively with cross college staff including Vocational Teams; the Quality Team, the Additional Learning Support Team, the Exams Team and the Library Staff.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to local government pensions scheme
• Up to 41 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees worth up to £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams.

Closing date: Monday 09 February 2026 – if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for RNN Group, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.