Special Needs Teacher
| Posting date: | 05 December 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4BZ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | cf512fde-af6d-4afe-8221-dfffe271dfe3 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for motivated and resilient teachers who can:
• 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.
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Our ambitious school is rapidly expanding, and we need dynamic and committed professionals to join our excellent team.
Successful candidates will bestrong 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
he 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.
We are looking for motivated and resilient teachers who can:
• 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.
T
Our ambitious school is rapidly expanding, and we need dynamic and committed professionals to join our excellent team.
Successful candidates will bestrong 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
he 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.