Special Education Teacher

Job Overview

Job Title:

Teacher (SEND)

Location:

Oakwood Specialist College, Yate, BS37 5JB

Salary: £30,014.40 to £37,003.20 per annum for 40 hours per week (42.4 weeks per year)

Contract:

Permanent

• Lead classroom activities including planning, teaching, and assessing learning for small classes of 5-7 neurodiverse learners ages 16-25.
• Monitor and record progress academically and against EHCP outcomes.
• Engage learners in community based learning and 1:1 or small group support.
• Collaborate with Learning Support Assistants and integrated therapies team to deliver bespoke curriculum.
• Recognise risk of learner progress and seek improvement, ensuring tailored support for independence or employment goals.

• Patience, compassion, and resilience—All of the learners you’ll support will be neurodiverse, which may impact their learning behaviour and communication needs.
• Excellent communication skills—This is important in this role as you’ll be speaking to a lot of different people at different times, whether it be learners, parents, or other stakeholders.
• Experience with EHCPs and shaping curriculum based on individual outcomes.
• Flexibility and adaptability—Not all days go to plan, you’ll need to be comfortable dealing with change.
• Genuine interest in a career focused on the education of people with a wide of needs.

• Holidays—42.4 weeks per year during term time, paid annual leave covering remaining 9.6 weeks.
• Pension scheme—5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution.
• Learning & Development Opportunities—comprehensive training and development.
• Discounts—access to Blue Light Card and employee benefits platform.
• Wellbeing Support—mental health and wellbeing support, monthly confidential check‑in clinic and group reflective practice sessions.
• Cycle to Work scheme—discounted bicycle purchase.
• DBS—enhanced DBS check covered by employer.
• After 12 months service—Medicash scheme covering medical, health and wellbeing expenses, life assurance at double salary.

Safe recruitment processes include pre‑employment checks: enhanced DBS, reference validation, online and social media checks.

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