Classroom Teacher, Secondary SEN

Job Summary of Classroom Teacher - Secondary SEN

Post: Classroom Teacher (SEN Secondary)

Salary/Scale: Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale (as applicable) + SEN allowance (as applicable)

Contract: Full time (or part time by agreement); term time only (teacher contract)

Location: Charlton Park Academy (London, SE7)

Responsible to: Pathway Lead (with day-to-day line management by Pathway/Subject Lead as finalised by the Principal)

Start date: 13th April 2026 or 1st June 2026 or 1st September 2026 depending upon availability of suitable candidates

Job Purpose:

The Classroom Teacher is accountable to the Pathway Lead and is responsible for securing high-quality teaching, safe practice and strong progress for pupils with complex SEND. In our context, pupil achievement is inseparable from the daily conditions that enable pupils to engage with learning safely and consistently: emotional regulation, communication, consistency of adult support, and safeguarding-competent practice.

• Plan and deliver ambitious, well-sequenced learning that is adapted for pupils with ASD (including sensory autism), SLD, PMLD and complex communication needs.
• Secure progress against pupils' EHCP outcomes, with a clear focus on communication, independence and participation across lessons and routines.
• Create and maintain a calm, predictable, trauma-aware and autism-informed learning environment that supports regulation and reduces incidents.
• Ensure safeguarding-competent practice and clear professional boundaries in all adult-pupil interactions.
• Lead and guide the class team (including LSAs) so adult support promotes learning and independence rather than dependence.
• Deliver high-quality teaching that meets the Teachers' Standards and reflects specialist SEND practice.
• Use adaptive teaching to make learning accessible: clear modelling, small steps, structured scaffolds, and meaningful rehearsal.
• Integrate communication systems (AAC, visuals, objects of reference, structured routines) so pupils can understand, express needs and participate.
• Teach and rehearse routines explicitly so pupils experience predictability and psychological safety.
• Plan for generalisation - ensure skills learnt in class transfer to other settings, including break times and community learning.

Please contact Nina Randall-Webb, HR and Resources Manager with details of your experience and qualifications for this role in the first instance. Her email is:

For more information and and informal chat about the role please contact either:

Charlton Park Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to relevant safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.