Special Needs Cover Teacher

New Directions
📍 Solihull, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

New Directions are working closely with a SEND school in Shirley. This all-age (4 to 19 year) specialises in educating children and young people with a lead diagnosis of Autism as well as other additional needs such as non-verbal communication, behaviour that challenges and sensory challenges.

The school is looking for qualified teachers (with QTS) to work on a casual but regular basis across, working 2-5 days per week covering planned and unplanned teacher absence across the primary and secondary departments. The school is very understanding that teacher’s have their preferred and specialist age-groups and therefore do not expect teacher to work with year groups they are not comfortable with. They require teachers to have experience of working with classes of children with complex Autism, including high staff to learner ratios; teamwork and staff management will be required.

Key Responsibilities

* Following the class teacher’s planning (planned and unplanned abs...

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Job Details

  • Location Solihull, West Midlands (County)
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category educational-instruction-and-library
  • Posted Date June 06, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 16, 2026