Teacher
St Michael's Primary School, Hartfield, East Sussex, TN7 4BP11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
9 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 February 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 2 Days a week - part of a job share
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31/08/2026
Pay scale
- M1 - M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a teacher who:
- Has a proven record of success and expertise in empowering children to make rapid progress.
- Demonstrates optimism about children and expects the highest possible learning standards.
- Nurtures pupils’ emotional wellbeing to ensure successful educational outcomes.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking for a flexible and skilled classroom practitioner with knowledge of adaptation teaching in class to meet a range of needs.
St Michael’s is a small rural community school. We aim to recruit hardworking, dedicated teachers who are passionate about making a difference to children’s lives, people who challenge themselves to keep on improving. This means our working relationships can be relatively relaxed and informal. People love working at St Michael’s; we are warm, welcoming, positive, supportive and always looking forward with the two other community schools we collaborate with. You will have to work hard but only on the things that make a difference to the children we teach and nurture.
You will be joining a small team that makes the best use of our environment to ensure high quality learning outcomes. As a community school (we are not a Church of England School) we have pupils from the village of Withyham and the surrounding area (20 minutes away from Tunbridge Wells).
All are welcome including those with a faith and those with none. We work together to foster children who are academically successful as well as compassionate, curious and collaborative.
We offer you:
- Sensible and successful systems, based on research, with a commitment to reduce workload.
- Carefully targeted training to help grow your teaching skills.
- A positive, warm and welcoming working environment.
- Experienced, intelligent, lively colleagues.
- A fantastic rural location in Sussex.
Interviews: Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 9 March 2026
Visits to the school are strongly recommended and can be arranged via Ms D Udell on 01892 770307 or by emailing office@st-michaels.e-sussex.sch.uk. This is also the e-mail address to contact if you would like an application pack. We reserve the right to close the selection process early.
For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:
St Michael's Primary School
Station Road
Withyham
TN7 4BP
Phone: 01892 77030
Website: www.st-michaels.e-sussex.sch.uk
St Michael’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding all children. Successful candidates will require a DBS clearance and suitable references before commencing employment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Michael's Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Michael's Primary School website
- Email address
- office@st-michaels.e-sussex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01892 770307
We are a small Community School with wonderful children, dedicated staff, a strong Governing Body and supportive parents. St Michael’s is set in a beautiful village, offering each child high quality learning opportunities. Our strength is our size, we know each child as an individual, ensuring teaching and learning meets the needs and interests of each pupil.
Our mission statement is 'learning and growing together'. As well as high quality teaching, we offer a broader curriculum related to the local countryside. We grow herbs by the school entrance for use in cookery lessons, We have a well-tended school garden and we sell produce after school on Fridays to the community during the growing season.
Arranging a visit to St Michael's Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@st-michaels.e-sussex.sch.uk.
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