Special Education Needs Teacher

Targeted Provision; North East; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Work from home

CPD access

Specialist team backing you

Community events

Job summary

Targeted Provision Ltd is recruiting experienced SEND tutors for one-to-one tuition with children and young people across the UK, including County Durham. Pay is £28-£35 per hour on a self-employed, freelance basis, with flexible, time-limited placements and planning/reporting done from home.

Sessions are typically 1–2 hours, in home or school settings, often during school hours. We support tutors with DBS arrangements, safeguarding, and a collaborative specialist team to back you up.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' teaching or tutoring with SEMH/ADHD/ASC/MLD/SLD or other SEND needs.
• QTS or QTLS or equivalent specialist teaching qualification.
• Confidence teaching English, Maths, or Science at one or more Key Stages.
• Ability to promote safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

Responsibilities

• One-to-one tutoring in English, Maths, or Science to children aged 4-18.
• Sessions typically 1-2 hours, in-person—home, school, or community setting; occasional hybrid.
• Most learners have SEMH/ADHD/ASC/MLD/SLD or other SEND needs.
• Per-session reports supported by templates and SEND Support Specialist.

Skills

SEND experience

Safeguarding

Independent work

Education

QTS or QTLS or equivalent

Job description

You'll work with vulnerable young people, one at a time, on their terms - none of the teaching-at-scale trade-off, less admin, just one person and the part of teaching you care about. We're recruiting experienced SEND tutors in County Durham, £28 - £35 per hour, for one-to-one tuition with children and young people who've fallen out of mainstream education, or never been properly served by it.

What You Get

• Flexible schedule: Most placements are a few sessions a week (time-limited part-time engagements), with more hours sometimes available. Work not guaranteed; you choose your placements.
• Work from home: Planning, prep, and reporting from home; hybrid placements available.
• Tes CPD access: Unlimited Tes professional development library, plus our own SEMH-focused courses.
• Specialist team behind you: SENDCos, Designated Safeguarding Leads, senior special-school leaders, and experienced tutors.
• Community events: Online drop-ins, knowledge-sharing sessions, and a real tutor community.

How We Work

We meet each young person where they are - engagement before attainment, child-led. We match, we don't dictate. Trauma-informed tuition that's transformative, not a gap filler - trusted by Local Authorities and schools across the UK.

Day to day

• One-to-one tuition in English, Maths, or Science to children aged 4-18, referred by Local Authorities and schools.
• Sessions typically 1-2 hours, in-person - often in the home, sometimes in school or a community setting, occasionally hybrid, usually within school hours.
• Most learners have SEMH, ADHD, ASC, MLD, SLD, or other SEND needs; many are out of school or at risk of being so.
• Per-session reports supported by templates and your SEND Support Specialist.

You'll need

• Experience: 2+ years' teaching or tutoring, including substantial hands-on work with SEMH, ADHD, ASC, MLD, SLD, or other SEND needs.
• Qualification: QTS or QTLS, or an equivalent specialist teaching qualification.
• Subjects: Confidence teaching English, Maths, or Science at one or more Key Stages.
• Safeguarding: It is a strict requirement that you have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Compliance: Enhanced DBS (we can help arrange this) and two professional references.
• Right to work: UK-based with right to work in the UK.

Invoicing and payments

Paid monthly via an auto-generated invoice you approve in our tutor portal.

Applying

Safer recruitment applies; we welcome tutors from every background and want our network to reflect the communities our learners come from.

You may have worked as

SENDCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator), SEND Teacher, Special Needs Teacher, Special Needs Tutor, 1:1 Tutor, Home Tutor, Alternative Provision Tutor, Reintegration Tutor, Intervention Specialist, Inclusion Coordinator, or a mainstream / class teacher including Maths, English or Science with SEND experience.

Not a permanent or salaried position; you are not an employee of Targeted Provision. Self-employed, freelance contract for services.