Reception/KS1 Teacher

Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School, Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1JG

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  29 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS

Reception/KS1 Teacher job summary

Part of The Wensum Trust 

 

Tel: 01328 710320 

Email:  htaylor8hr2@nsix.org.uk

Website: https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies  

 

• Salary – MPS / UPS (£32,916 - £51,048) 
• Permanent – 0.6 FTE (3 days per week) 
• Temporary – maternity cover – 0.4 FTE (2 days per week) 
• Full Time  
• Required for September 2026 

The Wensum Trust is seeking an experienced Reception / Key Stage 1 Teacher to join Wells-next-the-sea Primary and Nursery School. We are looking for a motivated professional to deliver our vision: "Anchored in the community, A place to be, a world to explore." The role offered is 3 days per week permanent, plus 2 additional days per week maternity cover from September 2026. 

This role involves managing our Early Years class and promoting a philosophy of education deeply rooted in our beautiful coastal setting. We require a graduate with QTS and at least two years of experience in Reception or KS1 who can bring our bespoke curriculum to life, utilising the North Norfolk coast as a living classroom to inspire curiosity and a sense of belonging. 

The successful candidate will be a relational and reflective practitioner capable of weaving our local environment into high-quality early years provision. You will embrace our location-based curriculum where the unique geography, maritime history, and natural beauty of Wells-next-the-sea serve as the foundation for learning. From the salt marshes to the quay, you will work as part of our team to make education relevant and exciting to our children. 

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team. 

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels. 

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes. 

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities. 

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities. 

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Helen Taylor on - htaylor8hr2@nsix.org.uk

How to apply 

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our recruitment website to apply via the online application form. 

Closing date: 11 May 2026, 9am 

Interview date: 15 or 18 May 2026 

 

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Wensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks. 

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.

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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.

About Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wells-next-the-sea-primary-and-nursery-school-wells-next-the-sea

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