Nurture Teacher – SEMH Specialist Setting
Location: Mole Valley, Surrey
Contract Type: Long-term to permanent
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: £165 - £230 PAYE per day, in line with MPS Fringe
Are you a qualified primary teacher who thrives on meaningful, relationship-based teaching? Are you ready to step away from mainstream and into a therapeutic environment where your teaching can change the trajectory of a young person’s life?
We’re working with an incredibly specialist school in the heart of Mole Valley that supports pupils aged 9–16 with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, alongside associated learning and communication challenges. This isn’t just another teaching job; this is a setting where nurture truly means something and where your role will be pivotal to the personal and academic progress of every pupil you support.
What makes this teaching role different?
- Small Classes, Big Impact: No more than 6–8 students per group, allowing you to build real relationships and teach with intention.
- Therapeutic, Trauma-Informed Practice: You’ll be surrounded by a team that truly gets it. Behaviour here is understood, supported, and guided with compassion.
- Career Growth & Specialist Training: Continuous CPD and development in SEMH practice, safeguarding, and curriculum delivery, all within a supportive, growing team.
- Curriculum with Meaning: You’ll deliver a holistic KS3 curriculum built around resilience, creativity, and connection, tailored to meet the learners' academic and social-emotional needs.
- Purpose-Led Culture: This school is deeply committed to helping students rediscover a love of learning and their own potential.
What kind of teacher thrives here?
- You’re a fully qualified teacher (QTS or equivalent) with a primary background, but you’re confident and flexible enough to teach across a KS3 Nurture curriculum.
- You understand trauma-informed practice or are eager to learn and implement it in your teaching.
- You can adapt lessons creatively and positively to meet each student’s individual targets and EHCP goals.
- You work well as part of a multidisciplinary team, which includes therapists, pastoral leads, families, and support staff.
- You’re resilient, warm, and know that your ability to connect with students matters just as much as your ability to deliver a lesson.
Why now?
This September, the school is investing in a new wave of specialist practitioners who believe in education as a tool for healing and empowerment. You’ll be part of a close-knit team shaping an evolving, nurturing KS3 offer with clear progression pathways and targeted support.
If this sounds like the kind of challenge you’ve been waiting for, one that will stretch your skills, grow your confidence, and give you purpose again, we’d love to speak with you.
Apply now or contact Heeji Moon at Parker Smith Inclusion to find out more.