SEND Teacher - English
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary: £44,300 per annum
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
 
The Role
Our client, a specialist education provider in the West Yorkshire area, is looking for a passionate and experienced SEND Teacher with a focus on English to join their supportive team.
 
This is an opportunity to work within a specialist setting supporting pupils with a range of complex needs and behaviours that can challenge. The school maintains a high staff-to-pupil ratio, allowing teachers to provide highly individualised support and create a safe, nurturing environment where pupils can engage with learning and make meaningful progress.
 
The successful candidate will plan and deliver engaging, inclusive English lessons while supporting pupils working towards appropriate nationally recognised qualifications and internal accreditation.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and assess engaging learning within English, adapted to individual pupil needs and abilities.
• Support pupils with SEND, complex needs and challenging behaviours to make academic and personal progress.
• Create a safe, structured and nurturing classroom environment.
• Work closely with teaching assistants and the wider multidisciplinary school team.
• Promote positive behaviour and engagement with learning.
• Contribute to reports, curriculum development and data collection.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, families and other relevant stakeholders.
• Follow whole-school approaches to teaching, learning, safeguarding and behaviour.

About You

• QTS or QTLS.
• A minimum of two years'' experience working within a SEND environment or similar specialist provision.
• Experience teaching English, ideally to secondary or KS4-level learners.
• A genuine passion for supporting children and young people with additional needs.
• The ability to differentiate learning for pupils working at varying academic levels.
• Confidence supporting pupils who may display behaviours that challenge.
• A collaborative and resilient approach to working within a specialist education environment.

Benefits

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Enhanced pay scales based on experience and qualifications
• Employee wellbeing and discount schemes
• Life assurance
• Ongoing professional development
• Supportive induction and continued training

Safeguarding
Our client is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and online safeguarding checks.