Career spotlight
Special needs education teaching professionals
Average National Salaries (2020)
Age 20
£14,560
Age 35
£35,880
Age 50
£43,680
Average salary in the East Midlands: £22,880
What does this career do?
Special needs education teaching professionals organise and provide instruction at a variety of different levels to children who have emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties or physical disabilities. These professionals may also work with exceptionally gifted pupils.
Typical tasks
- creates a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment for students
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assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly
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gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s handicap
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develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs
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encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability
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prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students progress
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supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline
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liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists
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updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress
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discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals.
Current entry requirements
Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Additionally, prior experience in mainstream teaching is usually required, and further training for special needs teaching may be mandatory.
Percentage in work
Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.
Predicted employment status in 2022
Full-time
Part-time
Self Employed
Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands
Career related courses available at West Notts
There are no current courses offered by West Notts that are related to this career.
About the statistics
Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.