SEN Teacher / Mainstream interested in SEND Teaching!
Job description
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SEND or Primary teacher interested in SEND teaching - required now!
Protocol Education are looking to recruit an experienced Primary or SEND teacher to join a specialist school in Chelmsford on a Long-term / Permanent basis.
You will be joining an incredible team that predominantly work with students who have Autism, severe, profound and complex needs. Therefore, experience or qualifications within special educational needs is preferred but not essential!
A friendly and positive approach to teaching and learning, as well as the ability to quickly build up strong relationships and rapport with individual children is important. Being able to work in a team of other professionals is also an integral part of this role.
- Are you passionate about working with SEND?
- Do you Hold QTS/QTLS?
- Are you an instructor?
- Looking for a new challenge?
- Does this sound like the role for you?
If so, please APPLY NOW or contact Angharad on / for further information!
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Lead your Personal Statement with QTS or QTLS status explicitly, as the advert lists this as a direct qualifying question — place it in your first two lines.
📊 Quantify your SEND experience: e.g. 'Supported 8 pupils with Autism and PMLD across KS2, achieving 90% of individual EHCP targets in one academic year.'
🎯 Highlight any experience with Autism, severe or complex needs specifically — the advert names these as the school's primary cohort, so generic 'SEN experience' is not enough.
🔒 Include your DBS Update Service subscription number or confirm enhanced DBS status in your CV header or cover letter, as this is a mandatory requirement and speeds up placement.
🤝 Demonstrate multi-disciplinary teamwork explicitly — reference collaboration with SENCOs, speech and language therapists, or occupational therapists, as working alongside other professionals is flagged as integral to the role.
Suggested CV bullets
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Delivered daily SEND provision for 9 pupils with Autism and PMLD across KS2, supporting 85% to meet their EHCP short-term targets within one academic year.
- •Collaborated with a 5-person multi-disciplinary team including SALT and OT professionals to review and update 9 individual EHCPs, reducing review turnaround time from 6 to 3 weeks.
- •Maintained full safeguarding compliance across 2 academic years, completing enhanced DBS renewal, DBS Update Service subscription, and annual Keeping Children Safe in Education training with zero audit findings.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Protocol Education's vacancy for a SEN Teacher at a specialist school in Chelmsford aligns directly with my professional focus. Having worked with pupils presenting Autism and complex needs, I hold QTS and a current enhanced DBS with Update Service subscription, meeting your core requirements from day one.
My background in SEND and Primary teaching has equipped me to design structured, sensory-aware learning environments and deliver against individual EHCP targets. Across my most recent role, I collaborated daily with SENCOs, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists to support a class of 9 pupils working significantly below national curriculum expectations, achieving measurable progress for 85% of the cohort by the end of the spring term.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you adapt lesson plans to meet the individual needs of pupils with Autism and profound and complex learning difficulties?
- ›What strategies do you use to create a structured, sensory-aware classroom environment for SEND pupils?
- ›How do you track and evidence progress for pupils who are working significantly below national curriculum expectations?
- ›Describe your experience writing or contributing to EHCPs or IEPs — what does good look like to you?
- ›How do you apply the principles of 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' in your day-to-day practice?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you built a strong relationship with a pupil who was initially resistant or non-communicative.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to adapt your approach mid-lesson because a pupil's needs changed unexpectedly.
- ›Give an example of a time you worked effectively as part of a multi-professional team to support a child with complex needs.
- ›Tell me about a safeguarding concern you identified and how you handled it in line with school policy.
- ›Describe a time you supported a pupil through a challenging behaviour episode — what did you do and what was the outcome?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you built a strong relationship with a pupil who was initially resistant or non-communicative.
Describe a situation where you had to adapt your approach mid-lesson because a pupil's needs changed unexpectedly.