SEMH Primary Teacher
Storyybrook School, Malt Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 6JQ
Salary: £35k - £45k depending on experience
Start Date: September 2026 or January 2027
The role
You’ll help children who have found school difficult feel safe enough to learn again. Not through control or compliance, but through relationships, consistency and teaching that meets them where they are.
About Storyybrook
Storyybrook School is a specialist SEMH primary provision built on a simple belief: behaviour is communication. We are creating a trauma-informed, relational school where children feel understood, valued and able to succeed.
Many of our pupils will have experienced disrupted education, adverse childhood experiences, anxiety, attachment needs, exclusion or significant barriers to learning. Our role is not to ‘fix’ them. Our role is to create the conditions where learning, confidence and belonging become possible again.
As a founding teacher, you will have a unique opportunity to help shape the culture, curriculum and practice of a new school from the very beginning.
What you’ll actually do
- Deliver engaging and adapted lessons across the primary curriculum.
- Build strong, trusting relationships with pupils and families.
- Create a calm, structured and emotionally safe learning environment.
- Use relational and trauma-informed approaches to support behaviour and engagement.
- Assess and monitor both academic and personal development.
- Work closely with therapists, support staff and external professionals.
- Contribute to the development of a school that puts relationships at the centre of everything it does.
- Maintain high standards of safeguarding, documentation and professional practice.
The kind of person we’re looking for
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Experience working with primary-aged pupils.
- Understanding of SEND and SEMH needs.
- A relational approach to behaviour and inclusion.
- The ability to remain calm, reflective and resilient during challenging situations.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- A belief that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed.
- A willingness to learn, adapt and help build something special.
How we work
- Be calm. Safety comes first.
- Be consistent. Children need adults they can rely on.
- Be relational. Connection comes before correction.
- Be reflective. We learn from every success and setback.
- Be ambitious. Every child deserves high expectations.
- Be collaborative. The best outcomes are achieved together.
What we offer
- The opportunity to help shape a brand-new specialist school.
- Small class sizes and meaningful relationships with pupils.
- High-quality professional development.
- Supportive and experienced colleagues.
- A strong focus on staff wellbeing.
- Opportunities for progression as the school grows.
- The chance to do work that genuinely changes lives.
Why this work matters
Many children who arrive at Storyybrook have lost trust in education. Some will have experienced repeated failure, exclusion or environments that did not meet their needs. The role of a Storyybrook teacher is to help rebuild that trust, create a sense of belonging and show children that school can be a place where they feel safe, successful and understood.
If that sounds like the kind of work you’ve been waiting to do, we’d love to hear from you!
Safeguarding
Storyybrook School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS checks, online searches and other safer recruitment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Dates
Closing date is 3rd July. Please complete this Job Application form by 12pm on Friday 3rd July: https://form.typeform.com/to/sBe5MIBj?typeform-source=9kt18a743yz.typeform.com
Pay: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Application question(s):
Work Location: In person
