EYFS Teacher

High Greave Infant School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3LZ

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  12 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual) The salary quoted is the actual salary for a main pay scale teacher - This role is fixed term for one year

EYFS Teacher job summary

High Greave Infant School is a welcoming and inclusive community situated in the heart of Rotherham. We pride ourselves on creating a nurturing and stimulating environment where every child is encouraged to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
Our school caters to children aged 3–7 and includes a vibrant Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), where the foundations for lifelong learning are laid. We are passionate about delivering high-quality teaching and learning experiences that inspire curiosity, creativity, and a love for learning.
At High Greave Infants, we believe in the importance of strong relationships – between staff, children, parents, and the wider community. Our dedicated and supportive team works collaboratively to ensure that all pupils feel safe, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential.
We are committed to continuous improvement and professional development, offering staff a positive and forward-thinking environment to grow and succeed in their careers.
If you share our values of care, ambition, and excellence, and want to make a real difference in the lives of young children, we would love to hear from you.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
In return we offer being part of a friendly team who value our staff members and are a hardworking and enthusiastic team with the desire and skills to improve outcomes.
As a Trust we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

The Headteacher will be available to give any potential candidates a tour of the school. Please call the school office to arrange this.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About High Greave Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 119 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: High Greave Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/high-greave-infant-school

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