Role: Nurture Teacher - Therapeutic Education Setting
Location: Taunton
Start: September 2025
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per annum (depending on experience and qualifications)
Long-Term Teachers have a proud, long-standing relationship with a compassionate and innovative specialist school in Somerset. They are looking to recruit a dedicated Nurture Teacher to join a brand new learning centre within the school community. This is a fantastic opportunity for a kind, creative and resilient teacher who is passionate about re-engaging learners through play, care and a trauma-informed approach.
The school supports young people with complex needs, many of whom have faced barriers to learning in mainstream environments. This role sits within the school’s new Nurture Learning Centre, designed to support students through emotional regulation, social development and the rebuilding of trust in education.
About the Role:
- Deliver holistic and engaging lessons across the curriculum for pupils in a small-group nurture environment
- Use play-based learning, creative planning and a responsive teaching approach
- Draw on frameworks such as the Boxall Profile and National Curriculum
- Help pupils develop self-confidence, emotional resilience and positive relationships
- Manage behaviour with empathy and consistency in a trauma-informed framework
- Be part of a collaborative, child-centred team dedicated to whole-child development
Ideal Candidate:
- QTS or equivalent, with a strong background in primary teaching
- A deep understanding of how to re-engage pupils through nurturing, play-based education
- Confident working with children who have social, emotional or behavioural needs
- Skilled in creating personalised and meaningful learning experiences
- A team player who can bring kindness, humour and creativity into every lesson
What You’ll Gain:
- A meaningful and highly rewarding teaching role
- The chance to shape the development of a brand-new nurture centre
- A supportive leadership team and forward-thinking staff culture
- Ongoing CPD and professional growth opportunities
- A permanent, full time contract in a school committed to holistic learning
If you’re a compassionate, experienced teacher who believes in the transformative power of nurture and play, we would love to hear from you!
Working with Long-term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
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- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
- Permanent job roles
- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
- Working to Agency Workers Regulations
- Interview preparation, advice and support
- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay