Early Years & KS1 Classroom Teacher 1.0FTE
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9BB20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time class teacher
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M3 to UPS 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
EYFS Lead & Class Teacher
Main responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the EYFS team to deliver outstanding provision in line with the EYFS Framework
- Develop and implement the EYFS vision and improvement priorities across Nursery and Reception
- Monitor the quality of teaching and learning within the phase and provide constructive feedback and support
- Ensure statutory requirements and safeguarding procedures are fully met
- Lead phase meetings and contribute to whole-school leadership and improvement planning
- Support recruitment, induction and professional development of EYFS staff
- To develop and review regularly the vision, aims and purpose for the designated whole-school subject area, with overarching responsibility for pupils’ achievement and standards across year groups
- To be a strong classroom teacher and to carry out the duties of a class teacher as set out by the school
- To contribute positively to the school community and its ethos
- To build effective professional relationships with colleagues, parents, external partners and the wider community
Roles and responsibilities:
- Model excellent classroom practice and maintain high expectations for all pupils
- Plan and deliver a broad, balanced and creative curriculum, including outdoor learning
- Create an enabling environment/provision that meets the needs of all learners both inside and outside
- Use assessment effectively to monitor progress and identify next steps for learning
- Promote high standards of behaviour, wellbeing and inclusion
- Ensure continuous provision supports high-quality child-led and adult-directed learning
- Keep up to date with developments in early years education and implement best practice
- Promote early language, communication, phonics and personal development across the phase
- Ensure effective support and provision for children with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
- To understand how to assess pupils’ work in relevant subjects and curriculum areas within the EYFS Framework
- To manage behaviour effectively to ensure a safe and productive learning environment
- To follow the school’s policies and procedures consistently
- To work well with parents, staff and other stakeholders
- To manage and use support staff and resources effectively within the classroom
- To oversee and provide support for classroom displays
- To meet deadlines in a timely manner
- To lead whole-school assemblies each week, as required by the Head
- To be on duty in the playground each week, as required
- To have responsibility as a subject lead across all year groups
Other responsibilities:
The lists above should not be seen as exhaustive, and the post holder may be asked to take on additional responsibilities related to the role of Class Teacher/EYFS & Subject Lead.
Qualifications
Qualified Teacher Status
Essential
Leadership qualification such as NPQ
Desirable
EYFS safeguarding qualification
Desirable
Knowledge and Understanding
Experience of working as a primary school teacher
Essential
Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and early years child development
Essential
Ability to teach and lead EYFS and to adapt the curriculum to meet all needs
Essential
Knowledge of statutory requirements on Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Health and
Safety, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and Safeguarding
Essential
Ability to develop and contribute to a creative curriculum and to motivate and inspire pupils
Essential
Understanding of and commitment to working as part of a team
Essential
Proven ability to raise standards and improve outcomes
Essential
Excellent understanding of child development and early learning
Essential
Practising Roman Catholic or Christian
Desirable
Experience of working in a Roman Catholic school
Desirable
Communication
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
Essential
Ability to teach a range of subjects across EYFS and Key Stage 1
Essential
Ability to use technology effectively to support teaching
Essential
Ability to build positive professional relationships and lead others effectively
Essential
Ability to set high standards, inspire, motivate and support staff
Essential
Ability to handle sensitive situations and resolve conflicts
Essential
Ability to work well with staff and to manage resources effectively
Essential
Personal Qualities
Passionate about teaching and learning, committed to raising achievement for all pupils, able to prioritise tasks, willing to keep learning and striving for excellence
Essential
Ability to work well as part of a team, willing to be involved in the wider life of school
Essential
Open-minded, self-reflective, adaptable to new ideas, caring and able to show sensitivity when working with children, good interpersonal skills
Essential
Able to work with a high degree of autonomy as part of a small, hard-working team
Essential
A sense of humour and self-awareness
Essential
The desire to live by our School virtues, underpinned by love and kindness: respect, resilience, curiosity, peace, aspiration, serving and giving
Essential
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
- A small, thriving school for children aged 2–11
- A happy school community with well-behaved children who enjoy learning
- A caring ethos centred on dignity, compassion and celebrating each child’s uniqueness
- High quality opportunities to develop professionally, for example through subject leadership across the School
- High levels of autonomy
- A committed, nurturing and hardworking staff team, determined to achieve the very best outcomes for the children they teach.
- Supportive parents and governors who work in partnership.
- The potential in future to be supported within a Multi-Academy Trust
The Governors are looking for a committed teacher who:
- Is highly motivated and self-driven with an ambition to be an excellent teacher.
- Wants to inspire our children and help them to achieve their full potential academically and as individuals.
- Will fully engage with professional development opportunities.
- Has experience and success in working with younger pupils.
- Will engage fully with our supportive community.
We would like to work with someone who:
- Is committed to the vision of our Catholic ethos.
- A passionate teacher who is committed to inclusion and will embrace the opportunity to work with children from diverse backgrounds.
- Has experience of working in EYFS
- Has the skills, drive and passion required to develop secure the very best outcomes for our learners.
- Is a team player who has high expectations for all children’s learning, spiritual, social and emotional development and behaviour.
- Is ambitious to take on responsibility for subject leadership.
Further information about the job
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 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 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 82 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury website
- Email address
- anita@st-josephs-malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01666 822331
St Joseph’s is a small, nurturing school with ambitious plans for growth. We are excited to advertise for an experienced class teacher to lead on our EYFS provision, who has the skills, imagination and passion to inspire our children and secure for them the very best of outcomes.
Our unique, historic site crosses the old town walls and leads down to a secret space beside the river. We have the feeling of a village school with a real sense of community and strong links with our wider Catholic family.
Alongside our academic achievements we have highly successful music and sport provision. Our children take part in carnival, perform musicals in Malmesbury Abbey, and sing for the elderly in their care homes. All children have the opportunity to compete in local and regional sporting events throughout the year.
Parents choose us because they want their children to grow in a family environment where every child is known by every member of staff. We welcome applications from candidates of all faiths and none and are as proud of our inclusivity as we are of our unique learning environment.
St Joseph’s is a well-established Catholic primary school serving the parishes of Malmesbury, Tetbury and Cirencester. Parents choose us because they recognise the value of a faith-based education and prefer the intimacy of a small school where every child is known and valued by every member of staff.
The school, while in the heart of the town, feels like a village school. It is full of warmth and love; a nurturing environment where our children can learn and feel safe and valued. The first St Joseph’s school was founded in 1868 shortly after a Catholic mission arrived to establish a church in the town. Our site appears traditional with our 1930’s school buildings, but it is much more than that. We are uniquely positioned on part of Malmesbury’s ancient Iron Age fortifications with the Nuns’ Walk running from the school to St Aldhelm’s Church along the summit of the earth work and beside the town walls. We celebrate the ancient and have hosted archaeological digs, but we are mindful of the future too. Recent work to install green technology, alongside our extensive riverside outdoor spaces, reflects our spiritual desire to care for God’s creation and the children’s access to an outdoor learning environment and places for reflection and spiritual growth.
The Daily Telegraph has described St Joseph’s as Very Good in the September 2025 review of schools. We were rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023 and were commended for enabling our receptive and well-behaved pupils to thrive through an ambitious strategic plan that aimed to meet the needs of all “Relationships between adults and pupils” were seen as “warm and nurturing.” “Pupils appreciate that staff know them well and care about them.” OFSTED (March 2023). We would challenge anyone to walk into the school and not get a sense of the calm, warm and nurturing environment.
One of our strengths is music and the whole school recently put on a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. This was performed in the wonderful setting of Malmesbury Abbey. Pupils also regularly take part in the town carnival and visit community homes to entertain residents. The school prides itself in the role it plays in the growing community, and we are committed to developing the whole child with an enriched academic curriculum and personal spiritual growth. As a Catholic primary school this latter is manifested in the strong, established Christian tradition that permeates the day-to-day life of the school. One of the key strengths is the strong links with the parish priest and St Aldhelm’s Church, supportive staff who provide distributive expressions of worship and an outstanding ethos where singing and music are visible celebrations of faith and community.
We have worked with the children to develop the virtues which underpin our school life: • Aspiration • Love • Resilience • Giving/Service • Curiosity • Respect • Kindness
Arranging a visit to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email anita@st-josephs-malmesbury.wilts.sch.uk.
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