Early Career Teacher Opportunities - SEND Schools

Are you a soon-to-be qualified teacher, Early Career Teacher, or qualified teacher looking for a rewarding new direction?

Protocol Education is working with a number of specialist SEND schools across South London who are keen to meet passionate, committed and nurturing teachers for upcoming opportunities.

These roles are ideal for Early Career Teachers who are looking to build confidence, develop strong classroom practice and make a genuine difference from the very start of their teaching career. We are also very happy to speak with experienced teachers who are interested in moving into specialist education.

About the roles

We support a wide range of specialist settings, including schools for pupils with:

• Autism / ASC
• Severe Learning Difficulties
• Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
• SEMH needs
• Complex medical needs
• Speech, language and communication needs
• Sensory needs

Previous SEND experience is not always essential. Many schools are open to meeting teachers who have the right attitude, strong teaching potential and a genuine interest in supporting children and young people with additional needs.

Why consider teaching in a SEND school?

Teaching in SEND can be an incredibly rewarding way to begin or develop your career. You will often work with smaller class groups, strong support teams and pupils who benefit from creative, personalised and highly adaptive teaching.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in:

• Differentiated and adaptive teaching
• Communication strategies
• Sensory-based learning
• Behaviour support and de-escalation
• Working closely with therapists, support staff and families
• Building meaningful relationships with pupils over time

For many teachers, SEND teaching becomes one of the most fulfilling parts of their career.

We are looking for teachers who are:

• Soon to be qualified, newly qualified or already qualified
• Interested in working in specialist SEND settings
• Patient, resilient and emotionally intelligent
• Creative in their approach to teaching and learning
• Confident working as part of a wider classroom team
• Committed to helping every pupil make progress

What Protocol Education can offer:

• Access to a range of SEND teaching opportunities across South London
• Long-term, short-term and temp-to-perm roles
• Support from a specialist SEND consultant
• Guidance around which settings may suit your strengths and goals
• Opportunities to visit schools and build experience before committing to a role
• Competitive rates of pay
• Ongoing CPD and professional support

Whether you already know SEND is the right path for you, or you are simply curious about whether it could be a good fit, we would be happy to speak with you.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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