SEN Specialist Teacher
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Location: | Mitcham/ Raynes Park, Surrey, CR4 3BE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1d0ee023-d06f-4413-b404-c9bbc1a52592 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Candidates should have:
-An excellent teaching record
- Experience of the use of restorative practices and effective behaviour management skills as well as good rapport with challenging pupils
- Ability to monitor and review through self-evaluation, report writing and a clear system of record keeping
-Ability to teach flexibly, innovatively and responsively in a challenging environment
- Evidence of ability to successfully manage and support pupils with SEMH
- The ability to plan and deliver outstanding teaching and learning for both individuals and small groups with high quality outcomes for all pupils
- Dedication to creating a positive and inclusive learning environment
- Have a passion for working with young people and their families
- Have a genuine desire to improve the lives of some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in London
- Want to work with like-minded colleagues who put children at the centre of everything they do
- Consider yourself to be patient, compassionate, determined, kind, rigorous and hard-working
- Believe that education is about facilitating academic progress, personal development and life skills in a nurturing, structured environment
- Actively seek out ways to improve your practice
- Want to learn from children, as well as enable them to learn from you
What the school offers its staff
-A wonderfully supportive family of teaching, support, therapy and admin staff - No more than 10 students in a class
- An abundance of TA and HLTA support - Young people who want to be in school and enjoy their time with us
- Supportive parents and carers
- A huge building, redesigned and fully renovated to our specific requirements
- Bespoke SEN facilities and resources
- On-site parking and secure cycle storage
- On-site gym (after school hours)
- A comprehensive induction programme for all new staff
- An extensive staff wellbeing programme
- A train station 5 minutes’ walk away (Wimbledon Chase)
- Weekly CPD
- Career progression within Whatley as we continue to grow, and across Melbury College
Further details about the role
Whatley Campus is a specialist SEN school for students with autism. We opened in September 2022 and we were judged as GOOD by Ofsted less than two years later.
We are looking to recruit a nurturing and dynamic SEN specialist teacher who has a strong commitment to raising standards and who can promote positive learning and development. In this role, you will be teaching our Year 7/8 high needs stream within our secondary phase. Students in this stream all have autism and complex learning needs, and are working several years below age related expectations. You will be passionate about supporting students with diverse learning needs, offering tailored support with a positive and inclusive approach, and managing behaviours within a structured learning environment to ensure that every learner can reach their potential.
This post offers an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed teacher to work within a dedicated and successful team and positively impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in Merton through our trauma-informed approach.
If you are interested in learning more, we welcome tours and telephone calls from prospective candidates. Please email Osita Afam at oafam@melbury.merton.sch.uk for more information.
Closing date: Monday the 13th of October at 3.00 pm.
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.
Candidates should have:
-An excellent teaching record
- Experience of the use of restorative practices and effective behaviour management skills as well as good rapport with challenging pupils
- Ability to monitor and review through self-evaluation, report writing and a clear system of record keeping
-Ability to teach flexibly, innovatively and responsively in a challenging environment
- Evidence of ability to successfully manage and support pupils with SEMH
- The ability to plan and deliver outstanding teaching and learning for both individuals and small groups with high quality outcomes for all pupils
- Dedication to creating a positive and inclusive learning environment
- Have a passion for working with young people and their families
- Have a genuine desire to improve the lives of some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in London
- Want to work with like-minded colleagues who put children at the centre of everything they do
- Consider yourself to be patient, compassionate, determined, kind, rigorous and hard-working
- Believe that education is about facilitating academic progress, personal development and life skills in a nurturing, structured environment
- Actively seek out ways to improve your practice
- Want to learn from children, as well as enable them to learn from you
What the school offers its staff
-A wonderfully supportive family of teaching, support, therapy and admin staff - No more than 10 students in a class
- An abundance of TA and HLTA support - Young people who want to be in school and enjoy their time with us
- Supportive parents and carers
- A huge building, redesigned and fully renovated to our specific requirements
- Bespoke SEN facilities and resources
- On-site parking and secure cycle storage
- On-site gym (after school hours)
- A comprehensive induction programme for all new staff
- An extensive staff wellbeing programme
- A train station 5 minutes’ walk away (Wimbledon Chase)
- Weekly CPD
- Career progression within Whatley as we continue to grow, and across Melbury College
Further details about the role
Whatley Campus is a specialist SEN school for students with autism. We opened in September 2022 and we were judged as GOOD by Ofsted less than two years later.
We are looking to recruit a nurturing and dynamic SEN specialist teacher who has a strong commitment to raising standards and who can promote positive learning and development. In this role, you will be teaching our Year 7/8 high needs stream within our secondary phase. Students in this stream all have autism and complex learning needs, and are working several years below age related expectations. You will be passionate about supporting students with diverse learning needs, offering tailored support with a positive and inclusive approach, and managing behaviours within a structured learning environment to ensure that every learner can reach their potential.
This post offers an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed teacher to work within a dedicated and successful team and positively impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in Merton through our trauma-informed approach.
If you are interested in learning more, we welcome tours and telephone calls from prospective candidates. Please email Osita Afam at oafam@melbury.merton.sch.uk for more information.
Closing date: Monday the 13th of October at 3.00 pm.
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.