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Class Teacher - Key Stage 2

St Meryl School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 5BT

This job expired on 21 April 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  3rd September 2025

• Closing date

  21 April 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  25 March 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: Main Scale

Class Teacher - Key Stage 2 job summary

We are seeking to appoint a full time Key Stage 2 teacher to start in September in a Key Stage 2 class here at St Meryl School.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, creative, hardworking and passionate about teaching and enabling children to reach their full potential so that they can be the best that they can be.

Why come and teach at St Meryl?

There will be many schools advertising teaching posts and anyone looking for a new job or for a school in which to start their teaching career will be able to take their pick. However, St Meryl School is special. This is what we can offer you should you choose to come and join us:

St Meryl School is an exciting place to be-we are positive, proactive and put the children at the heart of everything we do. We work hard to make our school vibrant, stimulating and exciting for our children. We are currently working towards the achievement of the Rights Respecting Schools Award so mutual respect is embedded in all we do. We are excited about what we do. We love working with each other and we love teaching and learning. We are willing to try new things and constantly seeking to move our practice forward. Visitors comment upon the ‘buzz’ they sense when they enter the building. This is the friendly buzz of adults and children working and learning and having fun together.

If appointed you will join a dedicated and close team of teachers and support staff who love being at St Meryl. Coaching partnerships mean that all teachers work together to develop their practice in a supportive manner. We are all on a learning journey together at St Meryl, regardless of how experienced we might be.

If appointed you will have the pleasure of teaching wonderful children who are polite, very well behaved and eager to work hard and learn.

We have a proven track-record of supporting and developing teachers and are committed to staff wellbeing.

St Meryl School follows safer recruitment procedures and we are committed to the safeguarding of children. The position is subject to references and a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.

Information about the School

School Name:

St Meryl School

School Type:

Primary

School Description:

St. Meryl is a happy and successful school. Our children are delightful. They are polite, happy and keen to learn. They behave well and they are taught by talented and dedicated teachers who are ably supported by a committed team of support staff. Our parents are very supportive and we have strong links with our local community. In June 2021 we were very proud to receive a "Good" grading from Ofsted. We have delightful, extensive grounds and are situated a short walk from Carpenders Park Station. The school is easily accessible from Watford, Harrow and surrounding areas. Please note-despite our name, we are not a church school. We are told that Meryl was the name of the wife of the builder who built the school! .

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.

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About St Meryl School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Meryl School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-meryl-school

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