Class Teacher

Hurst Drive Primary School, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8DH

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  19 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,398.00 - £48,913.00 Annually (Actual) MPS-UPS . ECT applications are welcome

Class Teacher job summary

The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation are looking to appoint an experienced, passionate and reflective teacher to join our fantastic staff team at Hurst Drive Primary School from September 2026.

We can offer you the opportunity to be part of a unique federation where teachers and senior leaders recognise the importance of ongoing professional development in a supportive culture through an instructional coaching and targeted professional learning approach. We have wonderful grounds, fabulous children and a welcoming staff team.

Our federation serves a diverse and vibrant community on the border of Hertfordshire and London. Our vision is for all our children, from age two to eleven, to receive the best possible start in life. We are passionate about bringing the highest quality of education to our children and are looking to recruit a class teacher who will share in this ambition for our community. To find out more about us please watch our video tour and visit the Hurst Drive and Greenfield websites.

We are looking for a teacher who:-

• Has QTS

• Has high expectations for all children

• Is passionate about providing high quality, exciting and engaging teaching

• Can provide creative and enriching learning opportunities to enable our children to reach their potential

• Develops positive, productive relationships with children, staff and parents/carers

• Is a reflective practitioner who dedicates themselves to continuing professional development

• Enjoys working in collaboration and as part of a strong team

• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and families in our community

• Vibrant children who enjoy learning and are a pleasure to teach

• A friendly and supportive senior leadership team

• A reflective professional environment with great opportunities for personal and professional development

• Hard working and supportive colleagues

• Fantastic grounds

• A truly excellent staff room and planning space!

Visits to the federation are highly encouraged, giving you the opportunity to meet our fantastic pupils, see our extensive grounds and talk in more detail about working at the federation with a member of our senior leadership team.

Please contact Cetta Guglielmo, PA to Executive Headteacher, if you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the federation.

Date for interview: tbc

Safeguarding

The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation together with the local authority are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment

The school is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation actively promotes the core British Values defined by the Department for Education as: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation is a safer recruitment school. The successful candidate will be subject to rigorous safeguarding check and will be expected to undertake safeguarding training as part of the induction process.

Employment checks required:

Enhanced DBS check

Evidence of entitlement to work in the UK

Evidence of essential qualifications (see page 2 of this job specification)

Two satisfactory references

Confirmation of medical fitness for employment

Registration with appropriate bodies (where applicable)

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 Hurst Drive Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 390 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hurst Drive Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hurst-drive-primary-school

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