Online Educator — Job Description — NEO by Nudge Education

At a glance

Role	Online Educator — qualified, subject-specialist teacher (all subjects considered; English, Mathematics and Science in greatest demand)
Team	Nudge Education Online (NEO)
Reports to	Head of Teaching & Learning / Director of NEO
Engagement	Sessional and flexible — paid teaching hours by agreement, growing with the provision. Hours are expected to start modest and build.
Pay	Sessional rate per paid teaching hour, covering teaching and preparation — discussed at interview
Location	Fully remote from within the United Kingdom, with occasional in-person team days
Start	Rolling — induction ahead of your first teaching hours
Operating entity	Nudge Education Ltd (Company Number 10192753)

About NEO

NEO is a fully online alternative provision for learners aged 11 to 18, operated by Nudge Education Ltd — a decade of relational, practitioner-led work with young people across the UK. It is built for young people who have been unable to access mainstream education: learners experiencing EBSNA (emotionally-based school non-attendance), managing SEMH difficulties, processing the effects of adverse experiences, or whose neurodivergent profiles have never been properly met.

Teaching is delivered by Qualified Educators towards Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs, Functional Skills and ASDAN, with a Practitioner-Mentor alongside each learner as their consistent point of contact. Pedagogy rests on six Cornerstones — Connection, Movement, Creativity, Reflection, Rest and Nutrition — and one governing idea: connection before curriculum. NEO is pursuing accreditation through the DfE's Online Education Accreditation Scheme (OEAS); it is not a DfE-registered independent school and is not subject to ISI inspection.

Why this role exists

Live teaching is the heart of NEO. A relational model and a well-designed curriculum only become real in the lesson itself — in a qualified, subject-specialist teacher who can hold a small group of learners who have often found school overwhelming, and teach them well, online, towards real qualifications. The Online Educator is that person. It is skilled, demanding work, and it is the work everything else at NEO is built to support.

What the role does

Live teaching and learning

Deliver live online lessons in your subject via Google Meet to deliberately small groups, on a camera-optional basis, so every learner is seen, heard and known.
Teach towards Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs with modular assessment, and towards Functional Skills, ASDAN or Discovery Phase work where that is the right route for a learner.
Pitch, check understanding and adapt in the moment for a mixed group, using the tools online teaching gives you — chat, polls, shared whiteboards, breakout spaces — to draw learners in rather than put them on the spot.

Planning, assessment and progress

Plan and teach against the exam specification and NEO's schemes of work, adapting resources for varied starting points and access needs.
Set and mark low-stakes, modular assessment, give clear feedback, and keep an accurate picture of each learner's progress in your subject.

Adaptive, relational practice

Teach in a way that puts connection before curriculum — relationship-first, low-pressure, and alert to the Cornerstones woven through the week.
Use adaptive, trauma-informed approaches for learners with EBSNA, SEMH needs, SEND or complex school histories, in step with the SENCo's guidance and each learner's plan.
Hold the norms that make an online room safe to join — camera-optional, voice-optional, every contribution welcome — so a quiet learner is never assumed to be an absent one.

Working with the team

Keep your teaching and feedback joined up with the Practitioner-Mentor who holds each learner's pastoral relationship, so a family hears one consistent voice.
Share the learner picture with the SENCo, the Head of Teaching & Learning and fellow Educators, and take part in the agreed teaching and standardisation rhythms.

Safeguarding in the live classroom

Stay alert in every lesson, and report any safeguarding concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead immediately and in full — you support safeguarding, you do not lead it.
Teach safely online: appropriate spaces, managed chat, no unplanned one-to-one contact, and care with links, screen-sharing and recordings.

Boundaries of the role

This is a teaching role, not a pastoral case-holding role: the Practitioner-Mentor remains each learner's named relational point of contact.
It carries no Designated Safeguarding Lead or deputy responsibility — every concern goes to the DSL immediately and in full.
Lesson recordings exist for safeguarding and teacher-training purposes only and are never shared with stakeholders.
It is a sessional teaching engagement and does not carry line management unless separately agreed.

Person specification

QTS or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification, with a subject specialism Essential

Secure subject knowledge to GCSE / International GCSE level (and post-16 where relevant) Essential

Able to teach adaptively and relationally for anxious, disengaged or vulnerable learners Essential

Confident using, or quick to learn, Google Workspace (Meet, Classroom) for live teaching and camera-optional pedagogy Essential

Willing and able to complete KCSIE 2026 Part 1 induction and role-appropriate safeguarding training before starting Essential

Enhanced DBS clearance (including children's barred list check), in place before start — we process this with you Essential

Experience teaching Pearson Edexcel International GCSE or comparable GCSE specifications Desirable

Experience with neurodivergent learners, SEND, or learners with complex school histories Desirable

Experience of alternative provision, virtual schools, or learners experiencing EBSNA Desirable

Experience delivering Functional Skills or ASDAN, or teaching at post-16 Desirable

Induction, support and how the role grows

Structured induction covering the Cornerstones, the platforms, safeguarding and NEO's relational approach, with time to get comfortable before your first learners arrive.
Curriculum and standards support from the Head of Teaching & Learning, and a community of fellow Educators; ongoing CPD, reflective supervision and wellbeing support.
Reviewed on practice, not on outcomes you don't control — and sustainable by design: meeting commitments only by working unsustainable hours is treated as a signal to redesign the work, not as a success.
As NEO grows there is scope for more hours, additional subjects or key stages, or a fuller role.

How to apply

Complete our Safer Recruitment Application Form. We cannot accept a CV alone — the form meets our obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026 and our Safer Recruitment Policy. Within it you can add a short personal statement or a video introduction of up to three minutes, whichever lets you show us who you are. Shortlisted candidates complete a short scenario task (returned as a video of up to five minutes) and a structured online values and safeguarding interview. Applications are welcomed on a rolling basis.

All appointments are conditional on pre-employment checks completed before you start, including enhanced DBS, prohibition checks, references and an online presence check in line with KCSIE 2026. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We make reasonable adjustments at every stage, including alternatives to the video elements — just tell us. Questions or an informal conversation first: neo@nudgeeducation.co.uk.

Online Educator (Qualified, subject-specialist teacher)