EYFS Nursery Class Teacher
Redcastle Family School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 3PU50 days remaining to apply
Start date details
13 April 2026 (or negotiable)
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
19 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS / UPS
EYFS Nursery Class Teacher job summary
Tel: 01842 752239
Email: office@rfs.norfolk.sch.uk
Website: https://www.redcastleschool.org.uk/
- Salary – MPS / UPS
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Required for 13 April 2026 (or negotiable)
Are you passionate about giving children the best possible start in life?
Redcastle Family School is seeking a dedicated, enthusiastic, and ambitious EYFS Nursery Teacher to join our thriving early years team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children’s development at the very beginning of their educational journey.
About Us
Located in the heart of Thetford, Redcastle Family School is proud to serve a vibrant and diverse community. We place children at the centre of everything we do and are committed to delivering a high-quality, bespoke curriculum that nurtures curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning.
Our Nursery provision is flourishing, with recently refurbished facilities for 2- and 3-year-olds. We offer excellent staffing ratios and robust whole-school support for safeguarding, SEND, CPD, and targeted interventions. We believe this early stage is the foundation of every child’s success—and we treat it as such.
About you
We are looking for a passionate and reflective practitioner who:
- Has a strong understanding of the EYFS curriculum
- Sets high expectations for all learners
- Promotes children’s holistic development—academically, socially, and emotionally
- Thrives in a collaborative team environment
- Is committed to continuous professional growth and innovation in practice
In return, we offer:
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
- A “Good” school (Ofsted, November 2022)
- Excellent standards of behaviour and a positive school culture
- Happy, enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
- A forward-thinking approach to teaching, learning, and school improvement
- Systems that prioritise staff wellbeing and reduce workload
- Opportunities to be creative, innovative, and make a real difference
We warmly welcome visits to our school. To arrange a visit or for further information, please contact the school office before the closing date and speak to Mr James Julian, Headteacher.
How to apply
A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.
To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.
Completed applications should be returned to: office@rfs.norfolk.sch.uk
Closing date: 9 January 2026
Interview date: TBC
Redcastle Family School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expects all volunteers and staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
The successful applicant will also be required to complete a declaration form under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Redcastle Family School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 269 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Redcastle Family School website
Are you passionate about making a difference to children’s lives? Redcastle Family School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive, committed and ambitious individual. This is an exciting opportunity to have a significant and real impact on outcomes for children.
Redcastle Family School supports a thriving community within Thetford. We are a school that puts children at the heart of everything that we do and takes pride in the reward that comes from seeing the progress that children make by delivering a quality education through a tailor made curriculum.
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