Unqualified SEN Teacher - Southend

📍 Southend | 🗓 October 2025 Start | 💰 £21,731 – £33,902 (DOE)

Parker Smith Inclusion is working closely with a welcoming and forward-thinking school in Southend to find a passionate and proactive Unqualified SEN Teacher for an October 2025 start.

This is a full-time role, though outstanding candidates seeking 4 days a week will also be considered.

💡 About the Role:

• Start: After October half-term 2025

• Salary: £21,731 – £33,902, depending on experience

• Work directly with the SENCO to support a highly inclusive provision

• Provide a nurturing environment for students with a range of needs (communication difficulties, SEMH, ASC, and more)

• Deliver and adapt interventions including Attention Autism, Lego Therapy, Speech & Language support, and regulation strategies

• Support children across Reception to Year 5, focusing mainly on younger year groups

✅ Who We’re Looking For:

• Experience working with SEN pupils in either an SEN school or a mainstream primary setting

• Confident managing complex needs and adapting quickly in challenging situations

• A calm, flexible, and solution-focused individual with a genuine love for working with children

• Ideally Team Teach trained (or open to completing the training)

🎯 Ideal Candidate:

• Brings strong SEN knowledge and can work independently as well as part of a supportive team

• Understands the importance of communication strategies, engagement models, and pre-verbal learners

• Can confidently liaise with the SENCO, suggest strategies, and implement them

• May have ambitions for career progression, including routes into teacher training in the future

🏫 Why Join This School?

• Collaborative, child-centred staff culture

• Opportunity to work across two distinct SEN pathways (engagement and academic-focused)

• Part of a multi-academy trust with four special schools, offering long-term progression

• On-site support from experienced leadership, SEN specialists, and therapists

⚙️ Interview & Application:

• Interviews will take place as soon as suitable candidates are identified

• Flexible interview formats (e.g., tours, observations, informal chats)

• School open for visits in late July and early September

Interested in finding out more?

Apply now or contact Harry at Parker Smith Inclusion to arrange a visit or chat about the role.
Let’s find the right fit together.