SEND Specialist Teacher

Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 4PT

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 May 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: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who:

• is an excellent teacher with a strong understanding of SEND and inclusive practice;
• has high expectations for pupils with additional needs and believes every child can make meaningful progress;
• can deliver carefully planned, adaptive teaching and targeted intervention;
• understands how to support pupils with communication and interaction, SEMH, cognition and learning, and regulation needs;
• can help children communicate, regulate, reconnect with learning and develop independence;
• can work effectively with class teachers to support pupils’ successful access to mainstream classroom life;
• can guide and support teaching assistants effectively;
• communicates sensitively and professionally with families, colleagues and external professionals;
• is reflective, resilient, organised and committed to evidence-informed practice;
• brings warmth, ambition and genuine commitment to helping children thrive.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• a warm, inclusive and welcoming school community;
• wonderful children who deserve skilled, thoughtful and ambitious provision;
• a clear vision rooted in helping every childbelong, believe and become;
• the opportunity to play a central role in developing new specialist provision pathways;
• support from the SENDCo, senior leaders and external SEND specialists;
• excellent opportunities for professional development;
• extensive school grounds, including a forest area, to support outdoor learning and wider provision;
• supportive colleagues who care deeply about inclusion and doing the job well;
• access to the School Advisory Service, including GP, counselling and physiotherapy services;
• access to the Vivup employee benefit package;
• staff wellbeing and social opportunities.

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.

This is a significant opportunity to join Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School at an exciting stage in our development.

Inclusion is at the heart of our vision for Newlaithes. We believe every child shouldbelong, believe and become: to feel known, valued and included; to believe in themselves and their future; and to become the very best version of themselves.

We also recognise that, for some children, inclusion requires more than adaptive teaching alone. From September 2026, we are developing specialist provision pathways for children who need carefully planned, personalised and purposeful support to access learning successfully, develop independence and thrive as part of our school community.

The Specialist SEND Teacher will play a key role in leading and delivering this provision. Working closely with the SENDCo, senior leaders, class teachers, support staff, families and external professionals, the successful candidate will provide skilled teaching and specialist support for children with a range of needs, including communication and interaction, SEMH, cognition and learning, and regulation.

This role will involve teaching children through carefully planned provision, supporting pupils to access mainstream classroom life wherever appropriate, and helping to develop inclusive practice across the school. The postholder will also provide day-to-day guidance, deployment and support for teaching assistants working within the provision, in liaison with the SENDCo and senior leaders.

Our school has extensive grounds, including a large forest area, and we are keen for our specialist pathways to make purposeful use of outdoor learning, Forest School and the wider school environment. We want provision that supports children’s regulation, communication, confidence, independence and curriculum access, while remaining firmly connected to the life of the whole school.

This role would suit someone who:

• has high expectations for pupils with additional needs;
• understands that specialist provision should be ambitious, nurturing and purposeful;
• can deliver adaptive teaching and targeted intervention;
• can support pupils with communication and interaction, SEMH, cognition and learning, and regulation needs;
• can help children communicate, regulate, reconnect with learning and develop independence;
• can work effectively with class teachers to support successful access to mainstream classroom life;
• can guide, support and deploy teaching assistants effectively;
• communicates sensitively and professionally with families, colleagues and external professionals;
• is reflective, resilient, organised and committed to evidence-informed practice;
• brings warmth, ambition and genuine commitment to helping children thrive.

The successful candidate will join a school with a strong commitment to inclusion and a clear ambition to strengthen provision for pupils with additional needs. This is a rare opportunity to help shape something important from the beginning, while making a direct and lasting difference to children, families and staff across our school.

You are warmly welcomed to visit school. Please use this link to book on to a tour:

https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/TeacherTours@stf.newlaithes.co.uk/?ismsaljsauthenabled

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance, including KCSIE. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check, checks regarding suitability to work with children, verification of qualifications, right to work checks, and any other relevant pre-employment checks.

Online searches may be carried out on shortlisted candidates as part of our checks. Any matters arising from these checks may be discussed with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

HNPS Specialist SEND Teacher Job Pack.pdf - 786 KB (opens in new tab)

About Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School website
• Email address: headteacher@stf.newlaithes.co.uk
• Phone number: 0113 258 8645
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/horsforth-newlaithes-primary-school

Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School is a large, welcoming and inclusive primary school serving the community of Horsforth, in north-west Leeds.


Our vision is for every child to belong, believe and become: to feel known, valued and included; to believe in themselves and their future; and to become the very best version of themselves.


We are proud of our warm school community and our extensive grounds, including a large forest area which provides rich opportunities for outdoor learning, Forest School and wider personal development. Reading is at the heart of our school, and we are committed to ensuring that every child becomes a confident, fluent reader who can access the full richness of the curriculum.


Newlaithes is entering an exciting stage of development. We are strengthening curriculum, teaching and provision across school, with a particular focus on high-quality early education, adaptive teaching, explicit instruction and ambitious learning for all pupils.


We are looking for people who share our belief that children should thrive both personally and academically. Staff who join Newlaithes become part of a caring, committed and ambitious team working together to build something exceptional for our children and community.

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