Nurture Teacher in Surrey

Location: UK-Surrey-Redhill

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £34,398 - £48,913 per year (M1 – UPS1 Fringe) Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher

Hours: 40 hours per week - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 4.45pm. Tuesday 5pm and Friday 4pm

This School:

As part of our growth strategy, The Education Group has recently opened a brand new SEND Secondary School in September 2025 in Chaldon, Surrey for young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism. All of our students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, allied to the national curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions. With a model of small classes, high levels of classroom support and a supernumerary multi-disciplinary intervention team, we are able to give students “every opportunity to achieve.”

We are looking to recruit a Nurture Teacher to join our team at our School. This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at the start of their journey. You will be based at this school with a requirement to work out of our satellite site Caterham when required.

The main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Nurture Teacher is to deliver high quality teaching and learning for children and young people with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing needs, typically associated with autism. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties and may present with some challenging behaviours.

Key duties:

• To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment.
• To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum.
• To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
• To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures.
• To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
• To contribute to the review of Statements and EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews.
• To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism in order to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning.
• To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met.
• To appropriately manage challenging behaviours within the school policy and procedures.

Duties will vary; you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Responsibilities:

What We’re Looking For:

Essential:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Experience in special school settings, particularly with pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
• Proven ability to deliver a differentiated curriculum to meet diverse learning needs
• Strong knowledge of the national curriculum
• Working understanding of ASC and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, including complex presentations

Desirable:

• Additional qualifications in SEND
• Experience in curriculum development for learners with SEND, especially those with autism
• Understanding of co-occurring conditions associated with autism and their impact on learning

Qualifications:

What’s on offer here?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

• Grow with Us – Training & Development: Learning never stops here! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.
• Save Money on Everyday Essentials: With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further: Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more. Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme.
• Access Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app that helps you track earnings, save, get expert money advice, and even access part of your pay early when needed.
• Competitive Pay & Reward: We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy: Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension, Life Assurance.
• 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household: Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.
• UK Health Cash Plan: Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!
• Employee Assistance Programme: Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including: Freephone counselling (available 24/7), Online tools and resources.
• Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000! Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded! (*Terms apply)

Within our trust, we support teacher professional development by offering Upper Pay Scale both to teachers joining the company and through our internal professional development and performance management process. To be offered a role on Upper Pay Scale we will expect you to: provide evidence that you are already receiving an Upper Pay Scale salary. Hold specific allocated responsibility, once you have completed your induction, that contributes to whole school improvement including the overall raising of standards in the school and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to their own CPD. Details of the relevant area of responsibility will be discussed with you at interview and further when you join the company.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Education Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Please contact Mathure for further information.