EYFS SEN Teacher

Location: Near Cambridge (South Cambridgeshire)

Contract Type: Part-Time, Long-Term Assignment

Working Days: 1 day per week (day to be agreed)

Responsibilities: Classroom teaching responsibilities on your designated day

Are you an experienced Early Years specialist looking to balance your passion for early childhood development with your personal lifestyle commitments? We are seeking a dedicated EYFS SEN Teacher for a rewarding part-time, long-term opportunity at a specialist school located near Cambridge.

This role offers a wonderful opportunity: the professional fulfilment of guiding young children with complex learning needs through their vital first steps in education, combined with the ultimate balance of a one-day-a-week schedule. Running on a long-term basis, this placement offers excellent consistency for early years learners and the chance to become an integral part of a collaborative, expert specialist team.

• Play-Based Specialist Delivery: Deliver creative, highly sensory, and interactive play-based learning experiences aligned with the EYFS framework, tailored to individual cognitive and developmental levels.

• Support Individual Milestones: Work closely with individual Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) to ensure early communication, physical development, and personal/social milestones are actively supported.

• Lead Classroom Support Staff: Guide and collaborate with a dedicated team of SEN Teaching Assistants within your nursery or reception class to maintain a safe, nurturing, and sensory-friendly environment.

• Track Early Development: Monitor and record individual progress, utilise visual aids or alternative communication tools, and collaborate closely with parents and therapists to ensure a holistic approach.

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent is essential (Early Years Teacher Status also welcomed).

• Proven experience teaching pupils with special educational needs (such as Autism, Global Developmental Delay, ADHD, or Speech and Language Needs).

• Deep understanding of child development, sensory integration, and positive behaviour management within an early years setting.

• A warm, highly patient, and nurturing approach to learning.

• A valid Enhanced DBS check registered on the Update Service (or willingness to complete one immediately).

• Work-Life Balance: A guaranteed part-time schedule of 1 day per week, designed to work harmoniously around your other lifestyle commitments or existing roles.

• Paid to Scale: Highly competitive daily rates paid strictly to your scale point (MPS/UPS), processed weekly.

• A Supportive Environment: Teach within a school renowned for its early intervention facilities, sensory rooms, and exceptional focus on staff well-being.

• Dedicated Consultant: Support from a local specialist education consultant to manage your application and onboarding smoothly.

Bring your early years expertise to a classroom where early intervention truly changes lives.

How to Apply: Please forward your current CV and a brief introduction detailing your EYFS SEN teaching experience to [email removed] or call our Cambridge office on [phone removed] for a confidential discussion regarding this vacancy.

We are strictly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All candidates will be required to undergo comprehensive vetting, reference checks, and an enhanced DBS disclosure.

experience

Teaching

skills

ability to track progression in attainment,background in youth work,behaviour management,building relationships,classroom management,communication,de-escalation techniques,empathy,experience in administering medication,experience in managing challenging behaviour,experience with autism spectrum disorders,experience with learning difficulties,experience with social emotional mental health,inclusiveness,manual handling,marking,mentor experience,personal care experience,planning,resilience,restraint training,speech and language therapy experience

qualifications

QTS