SEN Teacher (QTS Required)

Protocol Education Ltd; Chigwell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational provider in Chigwell is seeking a qualified SEN Teacher (QTS) for a full-time role in a residential setting. The position involves supporting pupils with complex needs, offering personalized teaching, and working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. This is a long-term role operating Monday to Friday, in a supportive environment that emphasizes emotional and educational continuity. Candidates with a calm and patient demeanor and relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Training on safeguarding and Prevent Duty

Qualifications

• Must have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Experience within SEND or specialist provisions is desired.
• Ability to work with pupils with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils in a residential setting with complex needs.
• Deliver personalized and nurturing teaching focused on life skills.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide care.

Skills

Calm and patient approach

Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team

Experience with Autism (ASD)

Personalized teaching methods

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

✨ SEN Teacher (QTS Required) – Residential Specialist Provision, Chigwell ✨

Are you a qualified SEN Teacher looking for a truly impactful role?

Do you thrive in a structured, supportive environment with small class sizes?

Are you passionate about supporting pupils with complex needs in a residential setting?

Protocol Education are working in partnership with a specialist residential provision in Chigwell to recruit a dedicated SEN Teacher (QTS required).

The school supports pupils with a range of complex needs within a Monday–Friday residential model, where pupils arrive on Monday morning and return home on Friday, spending four evenings and nights at the school. This consistent structure allows staff to build strong relationships and provide continuity of care, learning, and emotional support.

Classes are small, with up to ten pupils, and each classroom benefits from a minimum of one teacher and one Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA), ensuring pupils receive high levels of individualised support throughout the school day.

Many pupils have additional needs such as Autism (ASD), SEMH, complex learning difficulties, and Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). Teaching is personalised, nurturing, and focused on both academic progress and wider life skills.

The successful candidate will hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and demonstrate a calm, patient, and trauma-informed approach, with the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Experience within SEND, residential schools, or specialist provisions is highly desirable, though applications from passionate teachers with relevant transferable experience are welcomed.

This is a full-time, long-term position

Monday to Friday

If you are committed to making a lasting difference to pupils’ lives within a highly supportive residential setting, we would love to hear from you – please apply today.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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