Full Time Teacher required for September 2025
Oakridge Primary School, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 0PRDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
3 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £31,650 and £49,084
What skills and experience we're looking for
Oakridge is a vibrant, successful and forward-thinking primary school with a talented team dedicated to offering the highest standards of education and care to the children in our community. Joining our school as a teacher is a rare opportunity. As affirmed in our recent Ofsted report, ‘This school is a truly special place’.
Our ethos challenges both our pupils and staff to always reach for the stars; striving for excellence in everything we do. We believe in our infinite purpose of making our children lifelong learners through our ‘Disney Land’ curriculum.
We are looking for a passionate, positive, self-driven, and proactive educator to join our ambitious team. You will play a key role in motivating and engaging our pupils, creating innovative and challenging learning opportunities in a safe and supportive environment. Along with your experience and knowledge of best practice in primary education, you will bring high expectations of yourself and your learners, a commitment to personal development, and a desire to make a meaningful impact to our school community.
What the school offers its staff
Teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. As part of our dedicated staff, you will embody and promote The Oakridge Way. Our school encourages everyone to be the best version of themselves, fostering both personal and professional growth in a collaborative environment. You will become part of a team that is provided with exceptional support from colleagues and a continuous opportunity for professional development.
Further details about the role
We encourage prospective candidates to visit the school to meet the staff and have an informal chat about the position.
Tours of the school will take place on Wednesday 26th March and Monday 31st March at 9:30am and 2:30pm on both days.
If you wish to attend, please can you contact the school office by emailing Mrs Edwards at office@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk .
Fully completed Application Forms along with a Supporting Statement (comprising of no more than 2 sides of A4) should be emailed to recruitment@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk by 12noon on Thursday 3rd April 2025.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The school follows safer recruitment practices. Successful applicants will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including enhanced DB Service check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975/2013/2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Oakridge Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 217 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oakridge Primary School website
- Email address
- office@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01785 337300
Oakridge is a thriving and successful primary school that prides itself on providing the highest standards of education for the children in our school community. We expect our pupils to reach for the stars and it’s no different for our dedicated team of professionals.
Oakridge has many qualities, the most important of these being a dedicated and caring staff who share a wealth of experience. In addition we have excellent facilities and enjoy support from the community at large. These factors help us to provide the highest standards of education for your child. In partnership with parents we strive to ensure continued academic success and develop personal qualities in pupils of which we can be proud.
Our curriculum, whilst complying with National Curriculum, is skills based focusing on teaching children to be outstanding learners, providing exciting and challenging learning opportunities steeped in real life experiences. We seek to provide every opportunity for children to apply Literacy, Numeracy and Information technology skills across their learning in addition to co-operative group work and presentation skills.
We want all children to achieve the highest possible standards and make maximum progress in relation to their prior learning. We want children to enjoy acquiring and using knowledge and skills, to question and explore, to acquire positive attitudes, behaviour and personal beliefs and gain independence to become lifelong learners.
Arranging a visit to Oakridge Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk.
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