KS1/2 SEND Teacher

Beaucroft Foundation School, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2SS

41 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M2 to UPS3
• Additional allowances:

  SEN1

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Role

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled SEND professional, qualified Teacher, who is experienced in Key Stage 1 / 2 and has a deep understanding of therapeutic and trauma-informed practice.

You will:

• Lead, deliver and support personalised learning programmes tailored to 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 prosocial development.
• Work closely with teaching staff, therapists, and external agencies to ensure joined-up support for each young person.
• Model best practice in SEMH support and contribute to the professional development of colleagues.
• Champion our THRIVE values in everything you do, ensuring that every student feels seen, heard, and supported.

The Person

You will:

• Be a qualified teacher with experience working with pupils with complex special educational needs and disabilities.
• Have experience working with students within the Key Stage 1 / 2 age groups.
• Have a strong understanding of SEMH needs, trauma-informed and therapeutic practice, and be confident using these approaches to support complex learners.
• 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 Beaucroft’s nurturing, ambitious culture.

Beaucroft Foundation School and College is a welcoming, inclusive, and forward-thinking special school and college for children and young people between the ages of four and nineteen who are experiencing learning difficulties, including complex needs, and those with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

Our ethos is firmly rooted inTherapeutic Thinking— understanding behaviour as communication, focusing on relationships, and meeting underlying needs rather than simply managing behaviour. We want every child to feel safe, valued, and empowered to succeed.

Our vision is for every student toTHRIVE: Thoughtful & Caring | Happy & Safe | Resilient | Independent | Valued | Empowered

You’ll join a highly experienced, effective team where therapeutic practice, emotional well-being, and holistic education are at the heart of everything we do.

We look forward to hearing from you — and potentially welcoming you to our Beaucroft community, where every young person is supported to THRIVE.

What the school offers its staff

Why Join Us?

• A deeply supportive, collaborative staff team that values therapeutic practice and emotional well-being.
• Ongoing training and development in Therapeutic Thinking, communication approaches, and SEND pedagogy.
• Excellent facilities, including sensory spaces, therapy support, forest school, and enterprise-based learning for post-16 students.
• A school community that celebrates progress in all its forms — academic, social, and emotional.
• A real opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of extraordinary young people.

Closing date for applications: Monday 20th April 2026

Interviews to be held on: Thursday 30th April 2026

Start date: 1st September 2026

For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact the school office at 01202 886083 or email:office@beaucroft.dorset.sch.uk, asking for Rachel Shaw (HR).

We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Beaucroft School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Beaucroft Foundation School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 231 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beaucroft Foundation School website
• Email address: office@beaucroft.dorset.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01202886083
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beaucroft-foundation-school

Beaucroft Foundation School and College is a welcoming, inclusive, and forward-thinking special school and college for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 19 who are experiencing learning difficulties, including complex needs, and those with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. We operate over two sites within Wimborne - our School site and College site.

Arranging a visit to Beaucroft Foundation School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@beaucroft.dorset.sch.uk.

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