SEN Teacher

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Job Title:  SEN Teacher
Location:  Meadowcroft - The Lodge, Leeds Rd, Wakefield WF1 3JT
Hours:       37.5 hours per week | Monday to Friday
Rota:         Monday to Wednesday & Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm, Thursday 8.00am- 4.30pm
Salary:      Up to £42,000 per annum (depending on experience, not pro rata)
Contract:  Permanent | Term Time Only
Start:        October 2026
UK applicants only – no sponsorship available

About the Role

Do you want to make a genuine difference in the lives of children? If you’re a qualified teacher with a real passion for inclusive practice, therapeutic learning, and building confidence through meaningful support, we’d love to hear from you. We’re currently seeking a SEN Teacher based in Wakefield to join a dedicated team where compassion, structure, and commitment genuinely matter.

At the heart of this role is something simple: helping learners feel safe, understood, and able to succeed. You’ll work with pupils who may face complex barriers to learning, and you’ll be supported by a wider team to deliver personalised education and care that helps them move forward academically, socially, and emotionally.

What you’ll be doing

• Planning and delivering tailored teaching that meets the needs of learners with SEND, using approaches that can be individualised and adapted quickly.
• Creating engaging, practical learning experiences that build communication, independence, resilience, and real-world skills.
• Working closely with support staff (including Teaching Assistants and other professionals) to ensure consistency across lessons and care routines.
• Contributing to Education, Health and Care (EHC) planning and supporting progress towards individual targets.
• Using assessment and feedback to monitor learning, identify barriers early, and shape the next steps.
• Supporting positive behaviour and emotional wellbeing through clear routines, relationship-based strategies, and de-escalation when needed.
• Collaborating with external professionals as required to ensure learning remains aligned with each learner’s needs.
• Maintaining high standards of safeguarding, record-keeping, and professional practice.

What you will bring

• You’re a qualified teacher (or currently working towards qualified status) with an understanding of SEND and the impact of barriers to learning.
• Experience in teaching learners with complex needs, including barriers around communication, behaviour, sensory needs, learning difficulties, or emotional regulation.
• Confident in building trusting relationships and creating calm, structured learning environments.
• You can think flexibly adapting plans, learning resources, and strategies to meet learners where they are.
• Communicate clearly and work well as part of a team, valuing the contributions of colleagues across education and care.
• You’re committed to safeguarding and understand your responsibilities in protecting and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

About Us

Meadowcroft is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 19, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs in 4 sites across Wakefield. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

We have a team of fantastic multi-disciplinary specialists who work closely together to find creative tailored solutions to support the emotional development to make a positive life changing difference to our students.

Acorn Education offers rewarding careers and meaningful challenges while making a real difference in young people’s lives. As a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs, and part of Outcomes First Group, we deliver innovative, evidence-based approaches that support measurable progress and lasting impact.

We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.

Why Join Us?

We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
• Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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