Nurture Teacher – SEN

Aurora Poppyfield School, KT24 5JP

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 October 2025

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,398 - £48,913 per year (M1 - UPS1 Fringe)

Nurture Teacher – SEN job summary

Nurture Teacher – SEN

Location: Effingham, Surrey

Salary: £34,398 - £48,913 per year (M1 - UPS1 Fringe)** Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher*

Hours: 40 hours per week - - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm

Start Date: As soon as possible

Aurora Poppyfield School

Join our dedicated team at Poppyfield School, where we support students aged 11–16 with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) through a nurturing and inclusive approach. We empower our young people to access the national curriculum in a way that works for them and to achieve meaningful vocational qualifications by the time they leave school.

Why Apply?

• Make a real difference in students’ lives
• Contribute to a creative, inclusive curriculum
• Work with inspiring pupils and a supportive team
• Be part of an organisation that values and invests in staff

Key Responsibilities:

• Curriculum Delivery: Plan and deliver engaging lessons tailored to students’ educational, physical, and social needs, using short, medium, and long-term planning.
• Collaboration: Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to meetings and maintaining effective communication with staff and leadership.
• Student Progress: Set, monitor, and review personalised learning targets; assess and report on student progress to stakeholders.
• Planning & Reflection: Develop and evaluate lesson plans, incorporating self-reflection and curriculum developments.
• Student Support: Contribute to EHC plans, PEPs, and LAC reviews; manage behaviour positively in line with school policy.
• Professional Practice: Stay informed on autism and inclusive education to enhance teaching effectiveness.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the school when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

What We’re Looking For:

Essential:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Experience in special school settings, particularly with pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
• Proven ability to deliver a differentiated curriculum to meet diverse learning needs
• Strong knowledge of the national curriculum
• Working understanding of ASC and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, including complex presentations

Desirable:

• Specialism in Science
• Additional qualifications in SEND
• Experience in curriculum development for learners with SEND, especially those with autism
• Understanding of co-occurring conditions associated with autism and their impact on learning

What’s on offer:

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive Pension
• Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts, car lease scheme and bike to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Private 24 hour GP Service
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  

** Within Aurora we support teacher professional development by offering Upper Pay Scale both to teachers joining the company and through our internal professional development and performance management process.

To be offered a role on Upper Pay Scale we will expect you to:

• provide evidence that you are already receiving an Upper Pay Scale salary.
• Hold specific allocated responsibility, once you have completed your induction, that contributes to whole school improvement including the overall raising of standards in the school and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to their own CPD.

Details of the relevant area of responsibility will be discussed with you at interview and further when you join the company.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search. 

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Aurora Poppyfield School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 34 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aurora Poppyfield School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aurora-poppyfield-school

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