SEN Class Teacher

SEN Class Teacher

Salary: Main Pay Scale, Point 1 - 6, £37,870 - £50,473, plus SEN Allowance 1 or 2

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Start date: September 2026

The Role

Sherwood Foundation School is a Foundation Special School located in the London Borough of Sutton and made up of three campuses:

Campuses Overview

• Sherwood Park Campus: This is a specialist school for learners aged 3 - 19 years who have severe, multiple and complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities. This includes learners who have highly complex access needs resulting from their physical and/or health conditions. All learners require high levels of adult support to access learning.
• Sherwood Hill Campus: This is a specialist school for autistic learners aged 3 - 19 years who have multiple and complex barriers to learning, requiring high levels of support to access education and learning around their peers. Many of our learners may also have severe learning difficulties and/or struggle to maintain a regulated state for learning.
• Sherwood Manor Campus: This is a specialist school primarily for Autistic learners aged 11 - 19 years who have moderate to severe barriers to learning. Most of our pupils can access a highly adapted formal learning environment with high levels of adult support. Some of our learners struggle to deal with the demands of an adult led learning environment so may need a highly individualised learning offer to meet their academic potential.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for teachers at our expanding Sherwood Manor campus with recent and successful class teaching experience who have high expectations of what children and young people with learning disabilities and autism can achieve. Experience of teaching pupils with learning disabilities and/or autism in a special school is desirable, but we have lots of experience supporting teachers with a mainstream background to succeed. Teaching in a special school is unbelievably rewarding.

If you have been considering a move to SEND teaching, this could be the right move for you!

Application Process

Please note applicants must demonstrate how they meet all sections and subsections of the person specification for this role. Although you will be employed by Sherwood Foundation School, please specify a preference as to which campus you think you would be best suited to.

Safeguarding Recruitment Statement

Sherwood Foundation School is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Emma Digby, Head of School.

Closing Date for Applications

Midnight, Sunday 12 April, 2026

Interviews

TBC