Classroom Teacher - KS2
Kimberworth Community Primary School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 1HE14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
1 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
17 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors of Kimberworth Community Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated KS2 class teacher. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside our experienced team and contribute to the continual improvement of our fantastic school.
Kimberworth Community Primary is at the heart of our community, striving to ensure that every child from Day care to Year 6 has the support, care, guidance, and challenge to be the best they can be. We are very proud of our school and every effort is made to create a happy and caring atmosphere and an inclusive environment where each child feels confident and valued. Every member of our school community has a whole-hearted commitment to giving their best, hence our school motto: One community achieving together.
We are looking for someone who would relish the opportunity to become part of our successful team and can demonstrate:
- The highest ambition for the school, our pupils, staff and the wider community.
- Excellent teaching and learning
- Approachability, effective communication skills and a good sense of humour
- Commitment to their own development
- Commitment to working closely with staff, children, governors and families and playing an active role in the life of the school
The successful candidate will:
Essential
- Have QTS.
- Be willing to undertake relevant CPD.
Desirable
- Evidence of further professional development
- First aid training
The successful candidate will:
Essential
- Have previous experience of working in a primary school.
Desirable
- Previous experience teaching in KS2
- Previous experience working in partnership with parents
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience working with pupils with SEND
- Experience working with children with EAL
The successful candidate will have:
Essential
- A sound understanding of the primary curriculum.
- Knowledge of teaching and learning strategies
- Excellent behaviour management skills.
- Excellent inter-personal skills.
- The ability to work as part of a team.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupil progress
- Awareness of the needs of pupils with EAL.
- Awareness of the needs of pupils with SEND.
- An understanding of how a pupil’s learning is affected by their intellectual, emotional and social development, and the stages of child development.
Desirable
- An interest in/experience of leading a curriculum area across school
- An interest in/experience of leading computing across the school
The successful candidate will:
- Be committed to teaching
- Supportive of their colleagues
- Have good attendance and punctuality
- Be enthusiastic and positive
- Communicate effectively
- Be motivated to continually improve practice
- Be able to accommodate changes in priorities
- Be able to anticipate workload and plan ahead
- Be able to develop effective relationships with parents
- Be able to encourage and enable others to reach their full potential
- Be committed to safeguarding and equality
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A welcoming, friendly and positive school at the heart of our community
- The opportunity to work alongside an experienced and ambitious headteacher and a professional, hardworking and motivated team of teachers and support staff committed to developing and raising standards.
- A firm commitment to your continuing professional development, including opportunities to collaborate
- The opportunity to work with our fantastic children who are enthusiastic, well behaved and show respect and care for others
Further information about the job
Closing date for the post is 9:00am – Friday 1st May 2026
Shortlisting will take place on Friday 1st May 2026
Interviews will be held during W/B 4th May 2026
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Visit dates: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 – 1:30pm
Friday 24th April 2026 – 9:15am
Tuesday 28th April 2026 – 3:30pm
Alternatively, after-school appointments can be arranged.
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 governors 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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Kimberworth Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kimberworth Community Primary School website
- Email address
- revans@kcps.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01709740879
We are very proud of our school. Every effort is made by all the staff to create a happy and caring atmosphere and an inclusive environment where each child feels confident and valued. Our fantastic children work together to achieve their best, showing respect and care for others. Every member of our school community has a whole hearted commitment to giving their best, hence our school motto: One community achieving together.
It is important to us that all our children are successful. We believe that they deserve the best possible chances in life and so we have high expectations of them to ensure that every child is able to achieve their full potential and achieve the highest of standards. We provide a varied, relevant and interesting curriculum with lots of opportunities for the children to learn through first hand activities. Through this we aim to develop lifelong learners who have the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for the next stage of their learning journey and for their future life.
Arranging a visit to Kimberworth Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email revans@kcps.org.uk.
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