Class Teacher

Grove Road Primary School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5PD

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Feb 2026 (ideally)

• Closing date

  5 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Pay Scale
• Additional allowances:

  Main Pay Scale

Class Teacher job summary

Class Teacher (KS2 - Maternity Cover)

About the role

Full time, maternity cover (1-year fixed term) with scope to become permanent

Main Pay Scale

KS2 teacher

Start date, ideally February 2026

Grove Road is a successful, 2 form entry, primary school in the heart of the Tring countryside. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic teacher to join our talented team. Part of an established local Multi-Academy Trust, we can offer exciting opportunities as well as excellent induction and good career development. The Trust offers rich opportunities for purposeful collaboration with both primary and secondary colleagues.

If you are:

- a talented teacher with a positive and optimistic outlook

- resilient in the face of challenges and setbacks

- willing to take risks and learn from the outcomes

- someone who enjoys supporting children to learn and have the ability to take them beyond their own capabilities

- someone who enjoys working with, and contributing to a team

- someone who is excited by the prospect of working alongside other schools within the Trust- to share ideas and gain additional professional development

…then we would really like to meet you and explain why Grove Road should be the next step in your career journey.

We are looking for an organised and creative teacher who has the ability to motivate and engage children in their learning. Ideally, the role will start after February half term but there may be some flexibility for a later start.

We have high expectations of all our pupils and the right candidates would demonstrate the ability to meet the needs of all children in their care through effective adaptation and inclusive practice. The team at Grove Road is welcoming and supportive and we offer excellent CPD.

Grove Road Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; qualifications; identity (including online check) and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two references.

If you have lived outside the UK within the last 5 years, you will be required to provide a Certificate of Good Conduct or a police certificate from the country/countries you have resided in. Kindly note that this is at the expense of the candidate, as well as any costs involved for translating into English.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Further information can also be found on our school website. Please contact Mandy Lyons for further details and to arrange a visit.

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 Grove Road Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grove Road Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grove-road-primary-school-tring

Just 10 minutes up the A41 from Hemel Hempstead, Grove Road is a successful, 2 form entry, primary school in the heart of the Tring countryside. We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic teachers to join our talented team. Now part of a local Multi-Academy Trust, we can offer exciting learning opportunities as well as excellent induction and good career development.

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