Special Needs Teacher

Teaching Vacancies; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant educational institution in Reading is seeking dynamic professionals for a teaching role focused on students with special educational needs. The successful candidate will deliver an individualized curriculum, promote emotional wellbeing, and collaborate with staff and families. This position offers a chance to truly impact young lives while developing professionally in a supportive environment. Applicants should possess resilience, adaptability, and a genuine passion for education, making a positive difference every day.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and mentoring

Staff wellbeing days

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Experience with special educational needs and disabilities is preferred.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with pupils.
• Proven collaborative skills with professionals and families.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a creative and tailored curriculum.
• Foster a safe and inspiring learning environment.
• Engage in teamwork and support for pupil wellbeing.

Skills

Creative curriculum delivery

Strong relationship building

Collaboration with staff

Emotional resilience

Adaptability

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Deliver a creative, flexible, and differentiated curriculum tailored to the individual needs of pupils.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with pupils, promoting positive behaviour and emotional well‑being.
• Work collaboratively with support staff, families, and external professionals to ensure the best outcomes for each pupil.
• Foster a classroom environment where pupils feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn.

This is a challenging but highly rewarding role that requires a proactive approach, emotional resilience, and the ability to adapt to the unique needs of every pupil.

Our vibrant and friendly school community supports more than 250 pupils, aged between 3‑19, with a range of severe or profound learning difficulties, some physical disabilities and autism.

We have small, well‑resourced classes and a real passion for supporting young people to have active and healthy lives through an exciting education both in and out of the classroom.

Working at The Avenue provides you with the opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people with special educational needs. It also allows you to progress in your career, taking on responsibilities and developing your passions and interests.

Our ambitious school is rapidly expanding, and we need dynamic and committed professionals to join our excellent team.

Successful candidates will be strong team‑players with a compassionate, calm, friendly and playful nature. If you’re excited about the skills you can bring to one of our classrooms, we would love to hear from you!

What the school offers its staff

The Avenue cares deeply about CPD and balancing workloads to allow staff to flourish, so we offer a full programme of training and mentoring, staff wellbeing days, an employee assistance programme and the chance to work in a supportive and encouraging team environment where your voice really does matter.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical online and social media, prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.