SEN Teacher - Small Group Specialist

SEN Teacher – Small Group Specialist

Gateshead | Immediate Start or September 2026

Are you a passionate Primary Teacher or ECT ready to make a real impact? A welcoming SEN school in Gateshead is looking for an enthusiastic SEN Teacher to join their vibrant team.

About the School

This is a nurturing, child-centred setting with small class sizes, excellent TA support, and a leadership team that genuinely champions staff development. The environment is calm, structured and focused on helping every child thrive.

‍ What You’ll Be Doing

• Teaching small classes of pupils with additional needs

• Using your planning skills to create engaging, differentiated lessons

• Applying scaffolding techniques to support progress

• Delivering targeted small group interventions

• Working collaboratively with a skilled SEN team

Why This Role is Perfect for You

For ECTs: Gain invaluable behaviour management and adaptive teaching experience in a highly supportive environment.
For experienced teachers: Develop specialist SEN expertise in a rewarding and impactful setting.

Why Join Protocol Education?

Protocol offers competitive pay, ongoing CPD, dedicated consultant support, and access to long-term and permanent roles across the North East.

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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