KS2 Teacher

Special Educational Needs Teacher (QTS / QTLS)
Location: Somerset
Salary: £27,456 £43,014 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Working Pattern: Term Time Only

We are seeking a passionate, resilient, and creative KS2 SEN Teacher to join a specialist education setting supporting children with complex special educational needs. This is a rewarding opportunity to help pupils re-engage with learning, build confidence, and achieve positive outcomes for their future.

The school provides therapeutic, relationship-led education in a calm and supportive environment, where every child is known, understood, and valued. You will be part of a friendly, professional, and multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering meaningful change for pupils with SEND.

As a KS2 SEN Teacher, you will deliver high-quality, inclusive teaching to small groups and individual pupils with complex needs and challenging behaviours. Using trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches, you will support pupils academic, social, and emotional development, creating a safe and nurturing learning environment where children can thrive.

You will act as a positive role model, setting high expectations while building strong, trusting relationships with pupils, colleagues, and families.

• Plan and deliver engaging, evidence-informed lessons tailored to individual pupil needs

• Use assessment data to monitor progress and adapt teaching strategies

• Support pupils with complex needs, SEND, and challenging behaviours

• Promote academic progress alongside social and emotional development

• Maintain high expectations for behaviour and learning in line with policy

• Work collaboratively with teaching assistants and multi-disciplinary professionals

• Prepare resources, take registers, mark work, and complete reports and reviews

• Communicate effectively with parents, carers, and external agencies

• Maintain accurate records of pupil progress, attendance, and behaviour

• Promote pupil wellbeing, resilience, and independence

• Uphold safeguarding responsibilities and professional standards

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS)

• Experience teaching pupils with SEND, complex needs, and challenging behaviour

• Strong understanding of curriculum, assessment, and behaviour management in SEN settings

• Experience or interest in trauma-informed and therapeutic practice

• Passionate advocate for children and young people with SEND

• Resilient, empathetic, adaptable, and committed to professional development

• Salary: £27,456 £43,014 (dependent on experience)

• Permanent, full-time contract (40 hours per week)

• Term Time Only 40 weeks per year (September July), including 10 mandatory training days

• NEST enhanced pension scheme

• Fully funded training and ongoing professional development

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Life assurance

• Employee wellbeing app and staff discount schemes

• Blue Light Card eligibility

• Staff referral scheme share a £500 referral bonus

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