SEND Primary Teacher

SEND Primary Teacher

Pay Scale: £140 – £223 per day

Start Date: January 2025

Location: Wakefield WF4

Full-time role

Join Our Outstanding Team at Career Teachers!

We are seeking an enthusiastic committed professional to join us as a Primary Teacher in an Independent School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, offering both day and residential placements. The school’s alternative education programme is designed to provide pupils with the specialised support they need, going beyond what mainstream schools can offer. Set in a tranquil, rural environment, this school creates a nurturing space where students feel valued and understood.

The school is committed to fostering each pupil’s self-respect, self-confidence, and self-reliance. Their goal is to help young people grow with a strong sense of loyalty, honesty, and personal integrity. The school understands that students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs require patience, care, and tailored support, rather than simply being seen as disruptive. They listen to them and provide individualised education programmes that meet their unique needs.

This school views behaviours often seen as “challenging” as forms of self-protection, stemming from past experiences of rejection or isolation. Their approach is to support and understand rather than judge. By focusing on each pupil’s individual challenges, they create pathways for positive development and personal growth, recognising that our students may need more time and tailored interventions to flourish.

The successful candidate will:

• Plan, teach, and assess a range of subjects and learning to support students’ progression
• Work as part of the team to deliver lessons, support positive behaviour, and to make students feel safe so that they can learn and achieve
• Follow whole school systems to teaching and learning. We will support you with a full induction, we are a very supportive team
• Support with report writing, help to expand our curriculum documents as part of a team, data collection, and clearly communicate with all stakeholders

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A committed and passionate view of students with SEND
• At least two years’ experience minimum of working in a SEND environment or similar unit/provision
• QTS/QTLS

Why choose Career Teachers?

• Competitive weekly pay
• Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
• Friendly and honest service
• Online time sheets
• Your own dedicated consultant
• Guaranteed pay schemes
• Genuine refer a friend scheme

• Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.

*These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Career Teachers are a leading national education agency that specialise in the recruitment of long term and daily supply teachers and support staff. As a teacher or teaching assistant, you will have a dedicated consultant who will support you with your career and who will give you access to a variety of opportunities that suit your needs.

All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

– Attend an interview in person;

– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.