Year 2 Class Teacher
Vallis First School, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3DBThis job expired on 26 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
26 March 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Full Time FTE1 Class Teacher of Year 2. Working Monday - Friday. 32.43 hours per week.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 3 months
Pay scale
- MPS1-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Vallis First School is well-placed to be ‘the heart of Frome’. Our historic building perches at the top of the hill on Milk Street. Our school is a family, surrounded by the warm embrace of our vibrant local community. We are a local authority-maintained community school.
Our aim is to bring out the best in everyone, enabling them to develop a lifelong love for learning and understand the part they can play in building their community.
We offer a creative curriculum, underpinned by well-structured plans, in a nurturing learning environment where we aim to ‘be the heart of Frome’ in both staff and children.
We are seeking a special person who shares our vision and values, and who enjoys their job as a teacher. We are looking for a teacher who is committed and cares about our school and the people in it.
We are looking for a candidate who:
- Has experience of delivering the KS1 curriculum.
- Has strong phonics, early reading and SEND knowledge but is also willing to learn.
- Is committed to the highest expectations of children’s learning and progress.
- Is enthusiastic and imaginative in creating engaging, surprising, learning experiences.
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build strong relationships with our families.
- Is nurturing and able to encourage the best from every child allowing all to shine.
- Is friendly, caring, team-player with a good sense of humour who can complement our team.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer:
- Delightful, engaging children who love to learn.
- A dedicated leadership team supporting everyone in school to succeed.
- A stable team of experienced helpful colleagues
- Several Teaching Assistants assigned to each class.
- Single year group classes.
- A beautiful, established Victorian school in the centre of Frome.
- Talented, creative and supportive families and governors
- A school in which children are genuinely at the heart of everything we do
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility – Vallis First School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and we expect all members of staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.
About Vallis First School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Vallis First School website
- Email address
- katie.twitchen@vallisfirstschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01373 462657
At Vallis First School, we are a unique and nurturing school with a strong sense of community across the teachers, parents and local residents. Located in the heart of Frome’s conservation area, we are a local authority maintained school and of a non religious denomination. Our historic school boasts wonderful indoor and outdoor learning environments, including a bespoke library, forest school, allotment, three playgrounds and one playing field – all of which are continuously being developed. Our evolving wide and varied curriculum, with its roots in maths, reading and writing is crucial for children in acquiring a rich, creative and broad education. As a school we aim for the environment we provide to be supportive and inclusive so all children can feel a sense of achievement.
Arranging a visit to Vallis First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email katie.twitchen@vallisfirstschool.org.uk.
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