EYFS Teacher - Special Education
| Posting date: | 08 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2026 |
| Location: | Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6AA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7f2ecdde-a5e0-4a7c-b601-71d8c282b8ac |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will:
• Be a qualified teacher (QTS or EYFS)
• Have successful teaching experience working with EYFS pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and relational skills with pupils, families and colleagues.
• Be creative, reflective and solution focused, able to adapt and differentiate to meet diverse needs.
• Be passionate about helping young people develop confidence, independence and self-esteem.
• Be committed to ongoing professional development and to contributing positively to Westfield’s ambitious Broadening Horizons curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
• A highly supportive and collaborative staff team that values therapeutic practice and emotional wellbeing.
• Ongoing training and development in Therapeutic Thinking, communication approaches and SEND pedagogy.
• Excellent facilities, beautiful grounds and welcoming learning environment
• A school community that celebrates progress in all its forms – academic, social and emotional.
• A real opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of extraordinary young people.
Further details about the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative Early Years teacher to join our committed team. We are seeking a dedicated and skilled SEND professional, who has proven experience in EYFS and understands therapeutic practice.
You will:
• Lead, deliver and support EYFS learning tailored to individual EHCP outcomes.
• Create and maintain a therapeutic classroom environment that promotes regulation, safety and engagement.
• Use Therapeutic Thinking approaches to understand and support behaviour, fostering resilience and personal development.
• Work closely with families, teaching staff, teaching assistants, therapists and external agencies to ensure holistic support for each young person.
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.
You will:
• Be a qualified teacher (QTS or EYFS)
• Have successful teaching experience working with EYFS pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and relational skills with pupils, families and colleagues.
• Be creative, reflective and solution focused, able to adapt and differentiate to meet diverse needs.
• Be passionate about helping young people develop confidence, independence and self-esteem.
• Be committed to ongoing professional development and to contributing positively to Westfield’s ambitious Broadening Horizons curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
• A highly supportive and collaborative staff team that values therapeutic practice and emotional wellbeing.
• Ongoing training and development in Therapeutic Thinking, communication approaches and SEND pedagogy.
• Excellent facilities, beautiful grounds and welcoming learning environment
• A school community that celebrates progress in all its forms – academic, social and emotional.
• A real opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of extraordinary young people.
Further details about the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative Early Years teacher to join our committed team. We are seeking a dedicated and skilled SEND professional, who has proven experience in EYFS and understands therapeutic practice.
You will:
• Lead, deliver and support EYFS learning tailored to individual EHCP outcomes.
• Create and maintain a therapeutic classroom environment that promotes regulation, safety and engagement.
• Use Therapeutic Thinking approaches to understand and support behaviour, fostering resilience and personal development.
• Work closely with families, teaching staff, teaching assistants, therapists and external agencies to ensure holistic support for each young person.
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.