Primary Teacher

Are you a qualified Primary Teacher who knows that successful teaching is about far more than delivering a lesson? Do you have the resilience, patience, and relationship-building skills to engage pupils with SEMH needs and help them rediscover confidence in learning?

Smart Education is recruiting for a full-time Primary Teacher to join a specialist SEMH school in Shifnal, Shropshire.

Working with pupils aged 7–9 years, you’ll deliver a broad Primary curriculum within a highly therapeutic and adaptable environment where emotional regulation, behaviour, and engagement are just as important as academic progress.

This is a temporary position starting ASAP and continuing until the end of January 2027.

What’s in it for you?

Competitive daily rate, dependent on experience
Full-time Primary Teacher position
Assignment until the end of January 2027
Opportunity to work within a specialist SEMH environment
Small-group teaching with the ability to make a genuine individual impact
Work alongside Teaching Assistants, pastoral staff, and other professionals
Develop further experience in therapeutic and trauma-informed education
Dedicated support from Smart Education throughout your assignment

The Role

As the Primary Teacher, you will work with pupils aged 7–9 who have SEMH needs and may experience emotional dysregulation, attachment difficulties, challenging behaviour, and barriers to engaging with education.

This isn’t a traditional Primary classroom. Building trust, providing consistency, and understanding what sits behind a pupil’s behaviour will be fundamental to helping them access learning.

Your responsibilities will include:

Planning and delivering engaging and differentiated Primary lessons
Teaching pupils within a small-group specialist environment
Adapting learning to meet varying academic, emotional and behavioural needs
Building safe, trusting, and consistent relationships with pupils
Supporting children with emotional regulation and challenging behaviour
Creating a structured, nurturing, and predictable learning environment
Implementing individual behaviour support and therapeutic strategies
Using effective de-escalation and restorative approaches
Responding calmly and appropriately when situations change
Working closely with Teaching Assistants, pastoral staff, and other professionals
Monitoring both academic and personal development
Recognising and celebrating progress, including the smaller achievements that can represent significant milestones for individual pupils

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this Primary Teacher position, you will need:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Primary teaching experience
Experience supporting children with SEMH, challenging behaviour or additional learning needs
Strong behaviour and classroom management skills
Emotional resilience and the ability to remain calm and consistent under pressure
Confidence delivering a broad and differentiated Primary curriculum
Strong relationship-building and communication skills
The ability to adapt quickly to pupils' changing emotional and educational needs
A patient, nurturing, and solution-focused approach
A strong commitment to safeguarding children and young people

Experience within a specialist SEMH school, SEND setting, PRU, alternative provision, or nurture environment would be particularly beneficial.

Knowledge of trauma-informed practice, therapeutic approaches, attachment difficulties, restorative practice, and positive behaviour support would also be advantageous.

Location and Package

Location: Shifnal, Shropshire
Role: Primary Teacher – SEMH
Age Group: 7–9 years
Contract: Temporary
Hours: Full-time
Start: ASAP
Duration: Until the end of January 2027
Pay: Competitive daily rate, dependent on experience

If you’re a Primary Teacher who understands that progress for a child with SEMH needs can begin with trust, consistency, and feeling safe enough to learn, this could be an incredibly rewarding opportunity.

We welcome applications from candidates with the passion and dedication to make a difference for pupils with SEMH needs. Apply now to take the next step in your teaching career

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