SEND Sensory Teacher

SEND Sensory Teacher

South Manchester
Permanent | Term Time plus Staff Directive Days
Monday to Friday, 08:15–16:00
Salary: M1 to M6

An established specialist education setting in South Manchester is looking for an experienced SEND Sensory Teacher to join its team.
This is a specialist teaching opportunity for a teacher with proven experience delivering a Sensory Curriculum to pupils with complex SEND.
The school provides a highly supportive and personalised learning environment for pupils with a range of additional needs. The successful candidate will play an important role in developing meaningful learning experiences that support communication, engagement, regulation, cognition, independence and wider personal development.
The Role
As SEND Sensory Teacher, you will:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate a personalised Sensory Curriculum.
• Develop learning around individual pupil starting points, needs and EHCP outcomes.
• Create purposeful sensory learning experiences that develop communication, cognition, physical development, regulation and independence.
• Adapt teaching approaches, resources, the environment and pace of learning to individual sensory profiles.
• Use structured routines, repetition, anticipation, sensory cues and responsive interaction to support engagement and learning.
• Assess, track and evidence progress from individual starting points.
• Develop and review personalised learning plans and contribute to EHCP Annual Reviews.
• Embed communication approaches, including visual communication and AAC where appropriate.
• Work closely with Teaching Assistants and specialist professionals, including Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists.
• Lead and model effective sensory teaching practice within the classroom.
• Build positive relationships with parents, carers and external professionals.
• Maintain a calm, structured and sensory-aware learning environment.

About You
We are looking for a qualified teacher who has genuine, practical experience of sensory-led teaching and has worked with pupils with SEND and complex or profound learning needs.
You should have:

• QTS or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification.
• Proven experience planning and delivering a Sensory Curriculum is an essential requirement.
• Experience teaching pupils with complex SEND and/or profound learning needs.
• Experience within a specialist Primary or Secondary setting.
• Strong understanding of personalised teaching and curriculum adaptation.
• Experience assessing and evidencing progress from individual starting points.
• Experience contributing to EHCP processes and personalised learning plans.
• A strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection.

Experience of PMLD, ASD, AAC, sensory processing, positive behaviour support, regulation approaches and multi-disciplinary working would be particularly valuable.
The Person
You will be a teacher who is:

• Nurturing, patient and pupil-centred.
• Creative in developing meaningful sensory learning opportunities.
• Calm and responsive when working with pupils with complex needs.
• Confident leading and working alongside Teaching Assistants.
• Collaborative when working with families and specialist professionals.
• Committed to high expectations and meaningful pupil progress.
• Passionate about developing specialist SEND practice.

What the school offers

• A supportive and collaborative specialist education environment.
• The opportunity to develop and shape sensory curriculum practice.
• Ongoing professional development and specialist training.
• Opportunities for progression within a growing education organisation.
• Term-time working.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to pupils with complex SEND.

Safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including Enhanced DBS, satisfactory references, online checks and overseas police checks where required.
Right to Work / Sponsorship
Please note that the school is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the existing right to work in the UK without sponsorship.
If you are an experienced SEND teacher with a genuine background in Sensory Curriculum delivery, we'd like to hear from you.

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