Primary Teacher

Filton Avenue Primary School, Bristol, BS7 9RP

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  24 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teachers' main scale or upper pay scale

Primary Teacher job summary

Thank you for your interest in the role of Class Teacher at Filton Avenue Primary School. The former Infant and Junior schools merged and became Filton Avenue Primary School in September 2015.

The school is a part of Trust in Learning Academies (TiLA) with 8 other Bristol and South Gloucesterhsire schools, including Orchard School Bristol. Filton Avenue Primary School shares a campus with Filton Avenue Nursery and Children’s Centre, although both remain separate schools.

Dan Rodeck, the Headteacher, leads the school and is supported by a highly effective leadership team. The school received a Good judgement from Ofsted in March 2022 and is now looking to take the next steps towards being judged Outstanding, and to achieving our aim of becoming the local school of choice for children and their families.

The pupils are drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds from the Horfield/Lockleaze area with others coming from further away. The school offers a rich, broad and balanced curriculum, with the intention of creating a culture of enquiry, curiosity and challenge that permeates everything we do. Our curriculum is rooted in our community and underpinned by oracy.

We have very committed staff teams across the school and our high retention rates are proof that the school’s leadership team take the well-being of its colleagues seriously. We have a non-class based SENCo and Inclusion Lead and we run a range of therapeutic services such as ELSA and Hamish & Milo, as well as having a highly trained Learning Support Specialist team who deliver a wide range of interventions.

Job Purpose:

• To maximise the achievement of all children in your care.
• To be responsible for these children’s safety and welfare.
• To fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
• To meet the expectations set out in the Teachers’ Standards

Generic responsibilities:

• All members of staff at Filton Avenue Primary School have a collective responsibility for securing the vision of the school.
• All members of staff have a responsibility for helping to develop and secure continued improvement for their ‘school’ or phase of education.
• To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive vision and ethos, and to encourage staff/pupils to follow this.
• Communicate effectively with pupils and their parents/carers.

Duties:

The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by the latest School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. It may be modified by the Head Teacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title

Interview Date: Thursday 1st May 2025

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 Filton Avenue Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 591 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Filton Avenue Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/filton-avenue-primary-school

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