SEND Teacher (Primary) - SEMH, trauma, ADHD, ASC

Elementa Support Services Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Elmtree Grove School in Bristol is seeking a SEND Teacher (Primary) to join a dedicated team and deliver an adapted primary curriculum for KS1/KS2 learners with SEMH, trauma and other SEND needs.

The role requires a qualified primary teacher with UK QTS/QTLS and SEND experience. Full-time, temp-to-perm contract, 8:30am–4:00pm, with daily rates of £168.80–£261.78 during trial; perm salary comparable £32,916–£51,047.36 depending on experience. ECTs may apply with strong SEND experience.

Qualifications

• Qualified primary teacher with UK QTS/QTLS.
• Experience with SEND, SEMH and trauma.
• Experience with learners with SEND and barriers to education.
• ECTs welcome only if substantial SEND experience is demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an adapted primary curriculum across KS1/KS2.
• Provide high‑quality lessons to all learners.
• Ensure activities are accessible to learners with diverse needs.
• Understand and support the challenges of SEND learners.
• Motivate and inspire learners to engage and achieve.
• Provide practical resources and strategies for colleagues.
• Champion the work of our learners.

Skills

Primary teaching

SEND experience

QTS / QTLS

Education

UK QTS / QTLS

Job description

SEND Teacher (Primary)SEMH, trauma, ADHD, ASC

Location: Fishponds, Bristol

Start date: October/November 2026

Hours: Full-time, 8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

Type: Temp-to-perm contract

Salary: £168.80 - £261.78 per day during trial (£32,916-£51,047.36 perm salary comparison, experience dependent)

Our brand new special school for primary-aged learners (KS1, KS2 + Yr7) opened in September 2024 in the Fishponds area of Bristol and we're recruiting for a SEND Teacher (Primary) to join the current staff team.

Elmtree Grove School is open based on the successes of learner outcomes at our 9 Elmtree Learning Partnership AP sites operating since 2022 www.elmtree-learning.org.uk. The school supports up to 28 learners and has plans to increase learner capacity in the future.

All of the learners we support are vulnerable and have an EHCP to define their additional needs. Creativity, perseverance and an empathetic approach is key to engaging our learners in education and ensuring their progression.

We are inviting applications for a SEND Teacher (Primary) to join our established team and inspire our learners. Our learners need enhanced support to develop their language & literacy skills. Often, our learners have missed significant periods of education so require an empathetic, patient approach with creative, enjoyable & accessible lessons.

This role will involve:

• Delivering an adapted Primary curriculum across our school
• Delivering high-quality lessons to all learners across the school
• Ensuring that all activities are accessible to individual learners who, across the school, have a wide range of needs
• Understanding and supporting the challenges of our learners
• Motivating & inspiring our learners to engage & achieve
• Providing practicalresources & strategies for colleagues to use & integrate into other lessons
• Helping to champion the work of our learners

For the SEND Teacher (Primary) we're looking for a qualified primary teacher (holding UK QTS / QTLS) with good SENDexperience. Applicants best suited to this rolewill have previous experience of having worked with learners that have SEND relating to SEMH & trauma who also have other barriers or challenges to their education. Unfortunately for this roleECTs cannot be considered unless they can demonstrate significant previous SEND experience & expertise. There is no current commitment on offer to supporting ECT induction.

We're growing our team so if you love working with people who are dedicated to supporting young people and strive to support child development in a positive setting, this is the role for you.

Every Child, Every Opportunity, The Right Opportunity

Our approach is to offer a bespoke and relevant learning program for each learner. Integration into standardised education opportunities and social integration is everything we do. No child should have their future negatively affected or be excluded in their later life due to the lack of access or support for education opportunities that are appropriate to their abilities & strengths.

We believe strongly in people and look for people that have:

• Education-relevant qualifications in supporting teaching & learning
• goodexperience insupporting young people in an education setting
• understanding and expertise in supporting learners with SEND
• skills & strategies in supporting emotional wellbeing
• tenacity & resilience to manage, influence & effect positive behaviours & decisions in learners
• the ability to present a strong role model for young people, including having fun!
• collaborative and pro-active working practices
• a strong sense of responsibility & work ethic

Working with our organisation is a rewarding experience. We offer an enjoyable workplace with additional employment benefits for our permanent staff colleagues:

• Bright HR - online HR management portal also offering partner discounts
• Private Healthcare (Vitality)
• Employee Assist - independent healthcare perks
• Free training - role specific & relevant, accredited training
• Employee Support Assistant - dedicated colleagues to coach & support our employees
• Pension scheme
• company celebration events

Applications are welcomed from candidates that meet the vast majority of the above job & person criteria. We also recognise that many people who are interested in such a role may not have specific experience as detailed so we would still welcome an application from those that have substantial experience of supporting young people with SEND or other challenges in education.

Successful applications will have a full-prescreen, interview, ‘insight session’ and visit to one of our Alternative Provision sites. Any (permanent) appointment will be subject to a successful interview process, satisfactory references, DBS Enhanced Disclosure (which may be chargeable at £64.20 unless you have a DBS subscribed to the Update Service) and successful completion of employment trial period.