Teacher

Kirklees Council; Salubindza; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A school in Kirklees is seeking an early career teacher to work with autistic children and young people. The ideal candidate will have a teaching qualification and experience in Special Education Needs (SEN). This position offers a supportive environment with professional development opportunities, and a chance to make a significant impact on students' lives. Responsibilities include designing engaging lessons and supporting students' individual needs. Applications close on 11th February 2026.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Professional development opportunities

Creative team atmosphere

High-quality resources

Well-resourced workspaces

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), especially autistic children.
• Ability to plan and implement creative activities.
• Promote Positive Behaviour Support in a nurturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Teach and support autistic students effectively.
• Design and deliver high-quality educational programs.
• Collaborate with a supportive team and engage with parents.

Skills

Experience with Autistic children

Effective people management

Creativity in teaching

Digital assessment methods

Flexibility and reflection

Education

Qualified teacher

Job description

1 fixed term post for 12months from 13/04/2026

We are delighted to be able to announce that we are recruiting. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced teachers of Autistic children and young people, to join Woodley School and College.

Are you a values driven, confident and skilled teacher with experience of teaching Autistic children and young people? Can you bring creativity, research led strategies and an open mind to learning? Are you ready for a new chapter in your career where you can make a real difference to the quality of life of children and young people?

Our children and young people deserve the very best teachers to develop their Communication, Independence and Achievement, and that could be you.

Salary: MPS as appropriate + SEN1

We are looking for an inspirational early career teacher to join the team. You can be trained for any phase from Primary upwards as long as you have the right transferable skills. We are looking for effective and a motivated developing professional with unlimited ambition for their pupils, themselves and the school. We want to make you a great teacher who will challenge, stimulate and support pupils and staff to achieve their best through:

• Inspiring trust and confidence
• Building team commitment
• Engaging and motivating autistic pupils
• Being a flexible, reflective and self-evaluating practitioner
• Taking positive action to improve the quality of learning throughout the school

This is a brilliant time to join our school as we are rapidly expanding in our desire to reach all autistic children and young people in Kirklees.

We offer

• A supportive working environment on the Woodley School and College site and at off-site satellite provisions in the town centre and Crosland Moor
• An experienced class team including a full time HLTA who will support, cover PPA and joint lesson plan
• A creative open-minded wider team
• A well-resourced and pleasant working environment including laptops and iPad
• A supportive leadership team school that values and invests in all our staff by providing a range of bespoke CPL opportunities to support you to meet the needs of our pupils
• A school committed to its children and families
• Great staff benefits and a friendly nurturing environment
• An ethos based on improving the Quality of Life for its students and staff
• The support, advice and guidance from a comprehensive in school therapy team including SaLT, Sensory OT, PBS, Music therapy and Art therapy.

The ideal candidate will

• Be a qualified teacher
• Have experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), particularly autistic children
• Ideally have experience of planning and implementing arts and crafts, DT and creative activities
• Have the ability to promote Positive Behaviour Support in a nurturing environment
• Be able to optimise the use of the onsite resources and facilities to design, deliver high quality and inspiring programmes to students at Woodley
• Assess and support students using a variety of digital methods to maximise learner potential
• Contribute to a high performing team through effective people management which ensures accountability and clarity of objectives and which utilises and develops the skills, knowledge and competencies of all staff members
• Participate fully in personal professional development
• Uphold the Schools behaviours and values at all times

Visits to the school are essential

Please call 01484 223937 to make an appointment. For information on our school, please visit the website - www.woodleyschool.org.uk/

Completed forms must be returned by email to [e-mail] or by post to the address below no later than 8am on Wednesday 11th February 2026.

If shortlisted, Interviews will be held in the afternoon on Thursday 12th February 2026.

Application Form

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form