KS1 Class Teacher

Edenbridge Primary School, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 5AB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  27th August 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £38,627.00 - £46,839.00 Annually (FTE) National Teachers' Pay Scales - salary dependent on experience (MPS)

KS1 Class Teacher job summary

We are looking to appoint a class teacher from September 2026. This will be in Key Stage 1 and can be full time or part time (working 3 days a week). Edenbridge Primary School is a fantastic school to start your teaching career, or to further develop it and move into middle leadership roles within the school or wider academy trust. We welcome applications from experienced teachers. For experienced teachers, we offer subject specific training, access to NPQs and professional coaching to support wellbeing and workload.

Please note that, although this is a role listed to start in the new academic year, our INSET days are on 27th and 28th August and the successful candidate will be required to attend.

Please make your application form clearly state if you are seeking a part time (3 days a week) or full time working pattern.

Set in the heart of Edenbridge town centre near Sevenoaks, Edenbridge Primary School is a two-form entry school, serving our busy community. We have high expectations for all our children at Edenbridge Primary School. We want them to be happy and successful, and we are committed to giving every individual child a chance to develop their talents, whatever they may be. We believe that children should be given the chance to succeed in a secure and reassuring environment. Our aim is to help children become self-confident and independent individuals who respect themselves, others and the world in which they live.

Our school site has three playgrounds, a playing field, an ICT suite, a library and two halls to ensure that we are able to provide a great learning environment for our pupils. In 2018, we were really excited to open a purpose-built EYFS block which will ensure we are able to give our youngest pupils a first class start to their primary schooling. If you would like to know more about the school,please contact the school office on 01732 863787 and arrange a visit. For candidates who wish to apply without a tour, for ease and speed, we may be able to offer tours for shortlisted candidates on the interview date.

What we offer you:

• A friendly, dedicated staff team who believe in teamwork and building positive relationships across the school, the Trust and in the local community.
• A supportive and collaborative working ethos, including support from the Trust’s Central Executive Team and a range of experts, such as specialists in EYFS, SEND and Phonics.
• A Trust wide curriculum with shared planning and resources, including adaptive teaching tools, to significantly reduce workload for teachers and subject leaders.
• High quality development programme with induction programmes for all new staff.
• Excellent CPD opportunities, including outstanding ECT training and support, subject specific training for all, and access to NPQs.
• Annual conferences with keynote speakers, including experts from the EEF.
• Access to professional coaching beyond your ECT years.
• Termly subject leader forums to increase collaboration and reduce workload.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling, integrated GP and nurse services, and access to a range of other wellbeing services such as private physiotherapy, mindfulness and yoga sessions, bereavement support, menopause support, men's health support.
• Access to discounted wrap around childcare for staff.
• Free academy-wide social events throughout the year.

If you are interested in applying for the post, please see the Job Description/Person Specification. To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form, completing a full education and employment history since leaving school and indicating how you satisfy the criteria set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. Please list your teaching experiences clearly in your application. Previous teaching posts, including any teacher training placements for those recently completing Initial Teacher Training, should be listed in the employment history section of the form, and you should expand on your experiences within your personal statement, articulating the year groups and key stages that you have experiences of teaching in. Applications should be submitted via email My New Term. CVs will not be accepted.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal disclosures and declarations form prior to interview. References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 online searches will be completed as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates, searching online content that is publicly available for inappropriate online content that may suggest that a shortlisted candidate may not be suitable to work with children, or that may harm the reputation of the school. If any issues of concern come up in online searches, shortlisted candidates will have an opportunity to address these at interview. An Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct or other overseas police check. Candidates will be required to arrange this themselves if they do not already have the necessary certificate. We recommend that those applicants who have lived and/or worked abroad read the Gov.uk information ahead of interview to familiarise themselves with the vetting checks that will be required: Criminal Records Checks for applicants who have lived overseas - further information

The Pioneer Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Our Academy Safeguarding Policy is attached for your reference.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS ADVERT EARLY AND SUITABLE CANDIDATES MAY BE INTERVIEWED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct.

The Pioneer Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Our school Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded and read on our website.

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.

About Edenbridge Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 412 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Edenbridge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/edenbridge-primary-school

Set in a county town in Kent, Edenbridge Primary School is a school at the heart of its community. In July 2018, the school joined The Pioneer Academy Trust. The Pioneer Academy is a primary school multi academy trust that promotes and achieves excellence through our compelling Vision and Mantra. At The Pioneer Academy, we recognise the importance of outstanding teaching and learning by actively encouraging creativity and innovation.

The Pioneer Academy offers excellent career opportunities, personalised induction, high quality professional training and coaching at every stage of your career, as well as outstanding NQT support.
Together we will continue to grow and embed an inclusive culture of high aspirations where a commitment to putting children first is the norm.

Find out more about Edenbridge Primary School at: @ÉdenbridgeTPA www.edenbridge.kent.sch.uk

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