SEND Cover Teacher
Southfield School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NN20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
12 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- M3 - UPS1 (Fringe) SEN allowance. Salary dependant on experience of successful candidate.
Additional allowances
M3 - UPS1 (Fringe) SEN allowance. Salary dependant on experience of successful candidate.
SEND Cover Teacher job summary
Inspire, Support, Make an Impact - Every Day is Different
Are you a passionate teacher who thrives on variety, collaboration and making a real difference?
Southfield School is seeking an enthusiastic, adaptable and committed SEND Cover Teacher to join our exceptional team. This is a rewarding opportunity to work across our specialist primary provision, supporting pupils with autism and a range of additional needs.
As a Cover Teacher, no two days are the same, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring continuity, stability and high-quality learning for our pupils, whether covering staff absence, PPA or enrichment activities.
Why Join Southfield School?
At Southfield, we are proud of our warm, inclusive and ambitious community, where both pupils and staff are supported to thrive.
We offer:
- Small class sizes (8-14 pupils) to enable meaningful relationships
- A highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team
- A strong culture of collaboration, care and professional respect
- Excellent CPD and opportunities to build SEND expertise
- A genuine focus on staff wellbeing, including:
- Dedicated PPA space and staff breakout areas
- Free refreshments and on-site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 support)
- Staff recognition initiatives
About the Role
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, teamwork and responsive teaching, and who can confidently step into different classroom environments.
As a SEND Cover Teacher, you will:
- Deliver high-quality, engaging lessons across a range of classes and age groups
- Adapt teaching to meet a wide range of learning, communication and sensory needs
- Follow and adjust lesson plans to ensure continuity of learning
- Support pupil wellbeing, behaviour and emotional regulation using established strategies
- Work closely with teaching assistants, therapists and wider staff to ensure every child succeeds
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an excellent and adaptable classroom practitioner with high expectations
- Has experience of, or a strong interest in, working with children with SEND
- Can quickly build positive and trusting relationships with pupils and staff
- Is flexible, resilient and solution-focused
- Demonstrates strong behaviour management and communication skills
- Works effectively as part of a team and contributes to school life
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Desirable to have experience within a SEND or specialist setting and knowledge of autism and communication strategies
Our Vision
We have high aspirations and big dreams for every child. Our mission is to ensure all pupils develop the confidence, independence and skills they need for the next stage of their lives.
At Southfield, staff are at the heart of this mission and your role as Cover Teacher is key to ensuring every day counts.
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references.
Visit Us
We warmly welcome visits from prospective applicants come and see our school, meet our team and experience our ethos first-hand. Call 01707 276 504 or visit the website at https://www.southfield.herts.sch.uk
Apply Now
Apply via MyNewTerm:
https://mynewterm.com/school/Southfield-School/130362
We encourage early applications and may interview before the closing date.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Southfield School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 11
- School size
- 109 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Southfield School website
Dear Applicant,
Looking for a challenge? Have a desire to work in an environment where you can make a ‘real’ difference to the lives of young
people? If so, Southfield School could be the place for you.
We are a family where no two pupils are alike, and no two members of staff are alike. Our pupils all have challenging
communication difficulties/ASD and associated conditions.
Our school vision is to support all children, so they thrive during their time at Southfield School and are prepared socially,
emotionally, and academically for their next steps in education. Collaboration with parents and carers and the entire multidisciplinary
team who support our pupils is vital and key to our success.
Everyone plays a part in the future of our pupils with staff skills being utilised in order that we have a huge range of expertise, to
support our pupils and families.
We are looking for like-minded, resilient staff who are passionate and who can work in a team. See more about Southfield in
our School Video here: https://southfield-school.secure-primarysite.net/our-school/
Come and join us and make a difference to the lives of children every day.
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