Early Career Teachers / ECTs

Salary/Rate:Paid to scale - PAYE
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:All
County:Essex
Type of Role:Qualified Teacher
Job ref:8857
Post Date:12.03.25
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Early Career Teachers/ECTs 

Starting from £35,000 (Paid to scale) 

September 

PAYE

 

Are you currently completing your teacher training and have start to look for your first teaching position? Let Parker Smith Inclusion help you!

 

At Parker Smith Inclusion, we are ethical, SEND Specialists and our 5 ⭐ Google reviews speak for themselves! We understand the needs of our specialist schools, as well as the teachers we partner with, and as such we only offer long term contracts or permanent positions.

 

Not only that but we will be with you each step of the way whether that be helping you identify the the type of school you would enjoy working in, securing trial days and interviews for you, providing extensive preparation and being there for you every step of the journey.

 

We work with a huge variety of different schools and organisations and our schools not only look to recruit SEND trained teachers but those also wanting to transition into the extremely rewarding SEND sector. 

 

In our schools, you will be making a difference in the lives of students' who have received a diagnosis of having special educational needs or additional needs such as ASD/ASC, SEMH, SLCN, SpLD, MLD, SLD, HI, PMLD, Behavioural Issues, MED, PD just to name a few. 

 

  • Primary, Secondary, Post-Compulsory/Further Education Teachers are welcome to apply! 
  • We work with a huge number of primary, secondary and all through SEND schools as well as Alternative provisions and settings alongside Pupil Referral Units 
  • Opportunities across Essex schools
  • Open to both teachers who have trained in SEND and those who are looking to move into it 

 

If you are looking to be a part of something huge, then get in touch today by applying to this advert or by sending your CV directly to me at Harry@psinclusion.co.uk 

 

Unfortunately if you are not contacted within 5 working days it means your application has been unsuccessful, we will however keep your records on file and contact you if a job role becomes available that we believe is perfect for you.

Parker Smith Inclusion is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates must undertake a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. We will help you with this.

 

By applying for this role, you consent to Parker Smith Inclusion Ltd storing your personal details in our fully encrypted database, in line with the GDPR Requirements.

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