SEND Primary Teacher (Pre-verbal Pupils with Sensory Needs)

Owlsmoor Primary School, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 0TA

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  20 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: M5 to U1 dependent on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a passionate and nurturing teacher with experience or a strong interest in working with pupils who have profound communication and sensory needs? Join our dedicated team and make a real difference.

We are seeking a committedSEND Primary Teacherto join our specialist provision forpre-verbal pupilswho experiencesevere sensory processing delaysand complex needs. This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering meaningful and individualised learning experiences that support communication, regulation, and engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver a sensory-rich, engaging curriculum tailored to pre-verbal learners.

• Use a total communication approach, including AAC, objects of reference, sensory stories, Makaton and intensive interaction.

• Create and maintain a calm, safe, and predictable environment that meets sensory and regulatory needs.

• Collaborate with speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and other professionals to support pupils’ development.

• Lead and support a class team of experienced and dedicated teaching assistants, ensuring consistent strategies and high-quality care.

• Monitor and assess pupil progress using EHCP outcomes and semi-formal/pre-formal curriculum pathways.

We Are Looking for Someone Who:

• Is a qualified teacher (QTS/QTLS) with experience or a strong interest in teaching pupils with SEND, particularly those with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) or autism.

• Has knowledge of sensory integration and communication strategies for pre-verbal learners.

• Is calm, patient, and adaptable with excellent teamwork and leadership skills.

• Is passionate about inclusive education and every child’s right to learn, however they communicate.

What the school offers its staff

We Offer:

• A supportive and experienced inclusion team.

• Ongoing CPD opportunities including training in sensory processing, communication methods, and trauma-informed practice.

• Small class sizes and high adult-to-pupil ratios.

• A caring, child-centred school committed to inclusion and holistic development.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.To arrange a visit or to request an application pack, please contactKelly Potter, School Business Manager atsbm@owlsmoorprimary.comor on01344 776642

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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About Owlsmoor Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 547 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Owlsmoor Primary School website
• Email address: sbm@owlsmoorprimary.com
• Phone number: 01344 776642
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/owlsmoor-primary-school

Owlsmoor is a three form entry, popular and highly successful primary school with aspirational and exciting plans for the next few years. We been judged by Ofsted to be ‘good’ (November 2017) and offer
• a modern high quality learning environment
• opportunities for professional development to enable you to continue to grow and flourish
• a supportive team of friendly and talented staff
• a strong and committed governing body
• potential opportunities for progression into leadership in the future for aspiring individuals
• well-behaved children who enjoy coming to school and are enthusiastic learners

Arranging a visit to Owlsmoor Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@owlsmoorprimary.com.

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