Class Teacher

Badbury Park Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6ER

37 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  7 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE)

Class Teacher job summary

Badbury Park Primary School moved into a state-of-the-art new building in November 2020 .We are passionate about outdoor learning, education for social responsibility and forest school and we have wonderful green spaces to bring the curriculum alive. We have engaged, happy learners in beautiful, authentic learning spaces with carefully chosen versatile resources that provoke creativity, curiosity, and concentration. The school building is spacious, and purpose built with the latest technology including an immersive room, VR headsets, and coding robots.

Our free school is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon who offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme, child care vouchers, free car parking and free staff health and well-being support.

Badbury Park has a great staff team who are supportive, passionate, and caring. Our aim is to work collaboratively together to nurture and develop every child through carefully planned lessons. We believe in teaching skills, sharing knowledge, and building special memories that children will take with them through the rest of their lives.

We are ideally looking for someone who:

• Has experience of "Trauma informed" teaching
• Enjoys outdoor learning
• Is passionate and creative
• Clearly shows evidence of inclusive teaching
• Is flexible and is ready for the challenge of working in a developing school

Please see job description for more information.

For the right candidate and depending on availability, we may start this position before September 2026.

We would encourage you to visit the school to see the fabulous facilities for yourself and to meet the team. Tours are available on 6th or 13th March. Please contact the school office to book a tour on either 6th or 13th March.

Applications should be submitted electronically by 16th March 2026, however we will review applications as they come in and may close this vacancy early, so please don’t delay your application.

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.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Badbury Park Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Badbury Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/badbury-park-primary-school

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