14 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    11 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 May 2026

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - 1 year

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916-£37,101

Pay scale

MS1-3

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’re looking for a teacher who:

  • Is passionate about learning and inspiring children
  • Sets high expectations for themselves and others
  • Creates a positive, stimulating, and creative classroom
  • Wants to contribute to shaping the future of our school
  • Ensures consistent/embedded behaviour expectations

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

  • Motivated, happy children eager to learn
  • A supportive, experienced, and collaborative staff team
  • Leaders committed to school improvement
  • Professional development and career growth
  • A proactive Governing Body and supportive parents
  • Beautiful grounds and an inspiring Forest School environment
  • Dedicated mentoring for ECTs

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Join Pirehill First School – Lets achieve more, together!

Come and join Pirehill First School at a pivotal moment: new leadership, a refreshed curriculum, and a focus on innovation. Make an impact, shape learning, and grow with a forward-thinking team.

Pirehill is a popular, thriving school within the Stone Pyramid of schools, known for high standards and a strong reputation in the community. Here, children are at the heart of everything we do.

We are seeking an outstanding, ambitious teacher to join our team and help us deliver the very best teaching and learning for our community.

If you think this describes you, we’d love to hear from you!

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Pirehill First School

School type
Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 5 to 9
Education phase
Primary school
School size
270 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 9
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01785 334970

Pirehill First School is very much a Community School situated in the residential area of Walton, Stone. We are very fortunate in having beautiful, well maintained grounds which are used throughout the year to enhance our children’s learning, this includes our extremely popular Forest School which is accessed by all of our pupils. Our school is a joyful place of learning which offers a rich and varied curriculum both within and outside of the school day.
Our Ofsted inspection in May 2022 confirmed that we are a ‘good’ school and parents reported that the school is ‘exceptional’, ‘supportive’ with ‘kind and caring staff’.
At Pirehill, we pride ourselves in our excellent standards of teaching, pupil progress, attainment and behaviour. We strongly believe that every child has a right to reach their full potential and succeed in their own unique way, whether that is via sport or music, the arts, or by their own academic excellence. In understanding the unique child, by celebrating their strengths and through working together, our children learn very important lessons in life. We show that we care and respect everyone and everything, by living up to our Pirehill Principle.

Proud, Independent, Respectful, Enthusiastic, Happy and Healthy, Intelligent Individuals who Love Learning and who Love Life

Arranging a visit to Pirehill First School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk.

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