Class Teacher

Oakridge School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 2PN

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  9 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (Actual) MPS1 - MPS6

Class Teacher job summary

About this Role

About the EYFS KS1 Teacher Role

We are looking for a full-time EYFS or KS1 Teacher to join our vibrant school community.

We are a two-form entry school, so you will be working alongside a partner teacher sharing ideas and planning.

About this School

At Oakridge, our mission is clear: to enhance the life chances of all our children. We are a vibrant, ambitious school where every child is known, valued, and encouraged to shine.

Our motto, ‘Working together to succeed’, captures the spirit of our community. Staff, families, and pupils work side by side to create an environment where high expectations, kindness, and aspiration go hand in hand.

Visitors regularly comment on the warm, positive atmosphere across the school and the exceptionally high standard of behaviour shown by our children. Their curiosity, respect, and enthusiasm make Oakridge a truly special place to learn and work.

And the wider community is noticing too. In the Buckinghamshire School Awards 2026:

• Our EYFS team has been shortlisted for Excellence in Early Years

• Oakridge has been nominated for Inclusive School of the Year

• Our Headteacher has been nominated for Head of the Year

Great things are happening at Oakridge — and this is just the beginning. If you’re looking to join a school where teamwork, positivity, and ambition drive everything we do, Oakridge is the place to be.

Professional Growth & Support
We’re proud to offer outstanding professional development, including a personal Instructional Coach for every teacher. Our staff thrive on exploring new teaching strategies and deepening their understanding of how children learn. Recently, we were privileged to attend an INSET led by the renowned Doug Lemov (The author of ‘Teach Like a Champion’). The school offers plenty of opportunities for staff to progress. For example, most of our leadership have progressed internally and a number of our support staff have become teachers.

Wellbeing & Workload
We care deeply about staff wellbeing. Please take a look at our wellbeing and workload document to see how we support our team. We offer no marking, three hours of PPA for full-time teachers and no expectation to run a club! Please see our Welbeing, Workload and CPD charter.

About You

What we are looking for:

• a qualified teacher,
• someone who understands how children learn
• someone with effective organisational and communication skills
• someone who is open to new learning and developing
• someone who works well in a team and has a positive outlook

Safeguarding

Oakridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS checks, and an online/social media screening process.

Find Out More

We warmly welcome visits, please contact us to see our wonderful school setting.

Please see attached job description, person specification and wellbeing information

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 Oakridge School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 480 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakridge-school-high-wycombe

Oakridge is a two-form entry school taking children from 2-11 years old.
The school has amazing, polite and respectful children who love being at school and learning. All visitors comment positively about learning behaviours.
The staff all share the school’s vision of ‘Enhancing the life chances of all our children.’ We feel strongly about wellbeing and workload, which is why we have developed the attached, ‘Wellbeing and Workload Charter.’
We are a school that is outward looking, wanting to learn from current research and best practice.

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