Year 1 Class Teacher

Cliffe Woods Primary School, Rochester, Kent, ME3 8UJ

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  11 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS

Year 1 Class Teacher job summary

Key Stage 1 Teacher

Salary: MSP

Full-time, permanent

Required to start: September 2025

Are you a passionate and dedicated teacher looking to make a real difference in a vibrant school community? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding individual to join Cliffe Woods Primary School as a Key Stage 1 Teacher from September 2025.

We are a popular and successful school with a strong reputation for excellence in both teaching and learning. Our friendly, supportive staff work collaboratively to create a nurturing environment where pupils are engaged and eager to learn.

The successful candidate will:

• Be caring, imaginative and innovative
• Have excellent teaching skills and thorough knowledge of the primary curriculum.
• Be committed to high standards, ensuring pupil progress and attainment are a priority
• Have the commitment to value our children and celebrate their achievements
• Be interested in joining a hardworking and friendly team

We can offer:

• A friendly and supportive staff team
• A well-resourced working environment
• A school community committed to raising progress and attainment
• Enthusiastic and hardworking children
• A commitment to professional development
• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment opportunities.
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.
• Enhanced annual leave allowance with term-time offerings.
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Free eye test, examinations and eye care voucher.

Please be aware that because of the high volume of applicants expected, only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date.

Informal visits are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office on T: 01634 220822, to make an appointment. Information about the school can be found by visiting our website (www.cliffewoods.medway.sch.uk).

Information about the school

Please refer to the Website www.cliffewoods.medway.sch.uk

For more information, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Commitment to safeguarding

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers and governors will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

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 Cliffe Woods Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cliffe Woods Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cliffe-woods-primary-school

Please refer to the Website www.cliffewoods.medway.sch.uk

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