SOC 2020 · 2316
Special and additional needs education teaching professionals
Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations from
Skilled Worker
Eligible
This occupation appears on Appendix Skilled Occupations.
Salary floor
£41,700
The higher of the going rate and the general threshold.
Shortage lists
Not listed
This code is on neither the Immigration Salary List nor the Temporary Shortage List.
Salary the job must pay
A Skilled Worker job must pay at least the higher of the general threshold and the going rate for its occupation code.
Going rate (standard)
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General threshold
£41,700
Visa thresholds from
Minimum for this role
£41,700
Home Office going rates from
What this occupation actually pays
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time gross annual pay.
- UK pay for this occupation
- General threshold£41,700
View these figures as a table
| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £27,320 |
| 25th | £36,845 |
| 50th | £47,432 |
| 75th | £52,484 |
| General threshold | £41,700 |
| Region | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 2025 | £27,320 | £36,845 | £47,432 | £52,484 | — |
| East 2025 | — | — | £43,291 | — | — |
| East Midlands 2025 | — | — | £51,800 | — | — |
| London 2025 | — | — | £44,407 | — | — |
| North West 2025 | — | — | £43,237 |
Job titles in this code
What the work involves
Special and additional 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
assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly
gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s disability
develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs
encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability
prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students’ progress
supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline
liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists
updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress
discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals
Entry routes and qualifications
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. A DBS check is mandatory