At a Glance
- Tasks: Create engaging lessons and support students with special educational needs.
- Company: Join Starfyn Education, a supportive network for SEN teachers.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, full-time hours, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Flexible opportunities available: long-term, temporary, or permanent.
- Why this job: Transform lives by helping students achieve their unique potential.
- Qualifications: Must hold Qualified Teacher Status and have experience in SEN education.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Location: Croydon
Pay: £201 – £267 per day PAYE, dependent on experience
Contract: Agency – Long-Term, Temporary or Temporary-to-Permanent
Hours: Full-Time | Monday to Friday | Term Time Only
Starfyn Education is looking for passionate, dedicated and experienced Qualified Teachers to join our SEN school network. We work with specialist schools supporting children and young people with a wide range of additional needs, including Autism (ASD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), complex needs and communication difficulties.
This is an excellent opportunity for a teacher who wants to make a genuine difference to pupils' lives, working within supportive specialist environments where progress isn't measured solely by academic achievement. You'll have the opportunity to help pupils develop their communication, confidence, independence, life skills and engagement with the world around them.
The Role
As an SEN Teacher, you will be responsible for creating an engaging, inclusive and supportive learning environment that enables pupils with additional needs to make meaningful progress.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Planning and delivering creative, differentiated and accessible lessons
- Adapting the curriculum around pupils' individual abilities and EHCP outcomes
- Teaching pupils on a 1:1, small-group and whole-class basis
- Supporting pupils with a wide range of learning and communication needs
- Creating engaging learning opportunities incorporating sensory and practical activities
- Developing pupils' communication, independence, social skills and life skills
- Monitoring, assessing and recording individual pupil progress
- Developing positive and consistent approaches to behaviour
- Supporting pupils with emotional regulation and behaviours that may challenge
- Working closely with SEN Teaching Assistants and LSAs to ensure effective classroom support
- Collaborating with therapists, families and other professionals
- Contributing to EHCP reviews, reports and wider multidisciplinary meetings where required
- Creating a safe, nurturing and positive classroom environment
- Maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding and pupil welfare
Depending on the needs of the school, some pupils may require support with physical disabilities, medical needs, feeding, mobility or personal care, with appropriate training and support provided.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for teachers who genuinely want to work within Special Educational Needs education and understand that every pupil's progress and achievements will look different.
The ideal candidate will:
- Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an appropriate recognised teaching qualification
- Have previous teaching experience within an SEN, specialist or mainstream environment
- Have experience or a strong understanding of ASD, SLD, PMLD, MLD or complex needs
- Be confident differentiating lessons to meet individual learning levels
- Have excellent classroom and behaviour management skills
- Be patient, resilient, creative and adaptable
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Be comfortable leading and directing classroom support staff
- Understand the importance of safeguarding and promoting pupil welfare
- Be passionate about helping children and young people achieve their individual potential
Previous SEN teaching experience is highly desirable; however, we are also interested in speaking with qualified mainstream teachers looking to transition into specialist education.
Why SEN Teaching?
Working within an SEN school gives you the opportunity to celebrate achievements that can have a profound impact on a young person's life. For one pupil, progress might mean completing an academic task independently. For another, it could be communicating a choice, developing a new life skill, regulating their emotions, engaging with a sensory activity or becoming more independent with their daily routines. You'll work alongside dedicated support staff and other professionals to provide each pupil with an education tailored around their individual needs, abilities and aspirations.
Opportunities are available across: Long-Term | Temporary | Temporary-to-Permanent | Full-Time
As an agency worker, you are paid for the days you work and will therefore not be paid during school holidays.
Join the Starfyn Education Family
If you're a Qualified Teacher looking for your next SEN opportunity, or an experienced mainstream teacher considering moving into specialist education, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or contact the Starfyn Education team to discuss our current SEN teaching opportunities.
Qualified Teacher - Special Needs School in Thornton Heath employer: Starfyn Recruitment
At Starfyn Recruitment, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that values the contributions of every team member. Our commitment to professional development ensures that our Literacy Intervention Specialists have ample opportunities for growth and advancement, all while making a meaningful impact in the lives of students across the United Kingdom. Join us in fostering a nurturing environment where your skills can shine and help shape the future of education.
