Class Teacher

Farway Church of England Primary School, Colyton, Devon, EX24 6EQ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September/October 2025

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,100.00 - £45,351.00 Annually (FTE)

Class Teacher job summary

Experienced Class Teacher – Farway C of E Primary School

Full time – Permanent post

This post will be paid within the Main Pay Scale 3-6. Applications may be considered for Upper Pay Scale depending on applicant and experience.

Required for a start as soon as possible in September/October 2025, we are looking for a passionate, talented and experienced excellent classroom practitioner to join our dynamic organisation and the fabulous team at Farway School to lead the KS2 class. If you are a teacher with real ambition to develop your career further and would like to be at the forefront of current school improvement opportunities we need you.

The Trust offer the prospect of teaching in a range of settings, being empowered to develop your own expert knowledge and skills and the chance to support others in their professional journey. You will be part of a proficient team dedicated to improving the outcomes for all our children, where your work-life balance will be promoted. We offer you the support of clear systems, protocols, expectations and structures to help you to succeed as a teacher.

You will need to be inspirational and reflective, show initiative, resilience, creativity and demonstrate the aptitude and professionalism to work as part of a successful and growing team of reflective practitioners to improve the life chances of our pupils and make every child feel ‘special’. We expect you to effectively liaise with parents, stakeholders and the community. The School leaders will recognise and develop your expertise and skills to ensure career development.

We want you to come and join our happy, positive learning environments where our consistent vision is that through collaboration we will always be ‘Stronger Together’

What we are looking for in a candidate is:

• A commitment to developing your own practice through engagement in professional learning in order to develop and implement the most current teaching strategies.

• An understanding of how pupils learn and real commitment to provide and maintain high-quality indoor and outdoor learning opportunities.

• Recognition of our amazing children; nurturing, supporting and challenging them, meeting their needs to ensure they have independent learning behaviours that will see them prepared for their future learning journey.

• An ability to see the best in all and promote and expect positive behaviour at all times.

• A committed approach to the wider school community and engagement with them.

• A cheerful, fresh and creative approach to giving the children under your care the best you can

• Experience of working in KS2

• What we can offer you:

• Salary Sacrifice offers, including Bike2Work, Tech Scheme and Gym Membership

• Substantial workplace pension

• Term time ‘Give Back Day’ to take for personal reasons

• Staff Wellbeing support

• CPD opportunities for all staff

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure and Social Media online check is required for this post.

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 Farway Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 36 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Farway Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/farway-church-of-england-primary-school-colyton

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