Class Teacher
Elstow School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9GP16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 8am
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,756.00 - £44,015.00 Annually (FTE) AST 1-6 £31,756-£44,015 dependent on experience
Class Teacher job summary
Class Teacher
Elstow School is an exceptional primary school that offers a warm, welcoming, and nurturing learning environment for children aged 4-11. We are looking for an experienced and creative Class Teacher to join our team and play a key role in motivating and inspiring young learners. In everything we do, we aim to create a positive and safe environment to foster success and impact our students’ lives. We prioritise providing a transformational education for the children and young people in our care, and we are looking for great people with the knowledge and skills to support us in achieving this aim.
At Elstow School we emphasise the importance of kindness, civility, and inclusivity in a text-rich, teacher-led learning environment. We want our pupils to leave our primary schools equipped for success in the next stage of their educational journey, and to achieve this we teach an academic curriculum enhanced by an entitlement to enrichment for all.
We believe in pro-actively supporting pupils to successfully achieve high standards of conduct, resulting in very high expectations, and a calm and consistent learning environment where pupils feel safe, valued and can thrive. We think this makes for a warm and happy school, where teachers can teach and pupils can learn, but moreover enables us to give pupils the foundations they need to lead happy and fulfilling lives.
Key Duties
To teach the Advantage Schools curriculum to a cohort of pupils
To ensure effective use of assessment that leads to responsive action aimed at filling gaps in knowledge
To ensure that teaching and learning practice is supported by the most robust research and evidence
To maintain and contribute to the development of the curriculum and champion the school’s approach to curriculum development and delivery
To work as part of the teaching team and, where appropriate, help develop other teaching staff
To support very high expectations and standards in all aspects of school life in keeping with the vision for the school
To ensure that safeguarding procedures and practices are followed with rigour.
The successful candidate will have:
QTS is a must.
Passion for Education: Ideal candidates should have a genuine love for teaching and a strong desire to make a difference in the lives of their students.
Creativity: Primary school students respond well to engaging and creative teaching methods. Ideal candidates should be able to think outside the box and come up with new and exciting ways to teach.
Excellent Communication Skills: Ideal candidates should be able to communicate effectively with both students and parents. They should be able to explain complex ideas in simple terms and be able to give constructive feedback.
Strong Organisational Skills: Primary school teachers have a lot of responsibilities, and it is important to be organised and efficient. Ideal candidates should be able to manage their time effectively and have strong organisational skills.
Team Player: Teaching is a collaborative effort, and ideal candidates should be able to work well with colleagues and other members of staff.
Continuous Learning: Ideal candidates should be committed to ongoing professional development and should be willing to learn and adapt to new teaching methods and technologies.
Job Specifics
Start date: 1st October 2025
Salary: AST 1-6 £31,756 - £44,015
Contract: Full time, One year Fixed Term for Maternity Leave Cover
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicants will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Elstow School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 410 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Elstow School website
In 2017, Elstow School was proud to join Bedford Free School and become part of an exceptional offer to families in Bedford.
Elstow School offers a truly enriched and academic curriculum. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things.
We take our values of We Care, We Share, We do our best, very seriously. They underpin our routines, our curriculum, and what we strive to develop in our pupils.
We work hard on our culture in which the highest expectations and aspirations surround all of our pupils, delivering on our families’ demand for excellent educational opportunities.
We deliver a knowledge-based curriculum to enable our children to go on to excel at secondary school and beyond. We make sure that the latest research informed practice guides our teaching development and this in turn means that the lessons are coherent.
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