22 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    14 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,083.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

Class Teacher job summary

WILLOW GROVE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Class Teacher (MPS/UPS)

To start September 2025

Willow Grove Primary School is a new four-form entry school for children aged 4 to 11, which opened in September 2024. This is an outstanding opportunity for an excellent practitioner to join the Trust as a class teacher at the school, which is in Wixams, Bedfordshire. The vision for the school is to become a Centre of Excellence for the Arts and to provide first class academic and personal development opportunities for all in the school community.

Eventually there will be 840 pupils in the school, although it currently only has pupils in Foundation and Years 1 and 2 (with a Year 3 in September 2025) so we are looking for a teacher with KS1 experience on this occasion. We are particularly interested in candidates who have a strong EYFS knowledge as well as experience in KS1.

Part of the Kingsbridge Educational Trust, this is an outstanding and rare opportunity for an excellent practitioner to play a key role in the development and growth of this exciting new school from its very early stages. You will need to understand the unique position of working in a new school and be flexible enough to thrive in an ever-changing environment as the school grows over its first few years.

We are looking for a dedicated, dynamic and creative colleague committed to team-working and developing excellence for our pupils. Excellent conditions of service will be offered.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a proven track record of excellent teaching;
  • Have high expectations of our children in all aspects of school life;
  • Have the ability to forge and maintain positive working relationships with children and their families;
  • Be ambitious for themselves and the school;
  • Be supportive of the school’s vision to be a Centre of Excellence for the Arts.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school office at admin@willowgrove.school . Alternatively, further details are available on the school website: https://www.willowgrove.school (or through My New Term).

Closing date for applications is midday on Thursday 6th February 2025

Interviews to be held w/c 10th February 2025.

Kingsbridge Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post prior to commencement.

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 are not accepted.

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About Willow Grove Primary School

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
Up to 840 pupils
Age range
4 to 11

School location

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