Year R Class Teacher - full time

North Farnborough Infant School, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 8AJ

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 November 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (662)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31st August 2027
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069 - £46,940
• Pay scale: M1 to M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a teacher who:

• Is passionate about early childhood education
• An excellent teacher who is committed to ensuring that children achieve their full potential.
• Passionate about encouraging children to develop independence, confidence, self-esteem and respect for others.
• Able to plan enriching and stimulating learning experiences based on effective assessment for learning
• A great team player who is collaborative, flexible, adaptable and well-organised.
• Keen to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in a positive and supportive learning environment.
• An effective communicator, verbally, in writing and in the use of ICT.

What the school offers its staff

North Farnborough Infant School can offer:

• A friendly and supportive team from admin and site maintenance to teaching and support staff.
• A Senior Leadership Team who are passionate about children’s progress, but also about ensuring staff wellbeing and a healthy work/life balance.
• A school with a strong, ethos, focused on our CARE principles – Curiosity, Achievement, Resilience and Excitement
• Friendly, happy and very well-behaved children who love learning and a supportive parent body.
• Excellent professional development opportunities.
• A wonderful setting in which to work.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

The role is initially fixed term until 31st August 2027, with the possibility of the role becoming permanent.

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.

Person Specification 2026.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

HampshireSchools-EqualitiesMonitoringForm.docx - 49.7 KB (opens in new tab)

Mainscale class teacher job description - May 2026.pdf - 644 KB (opens in new tab)

About North Farnborough Infant School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 170 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: North Farnborough Infant School website
• Email address: adminoffice@nfis.hants.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01252544606
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-farnborough-infant-school

North Farnborough Infant School is a small two form entry school with 180 children on roll.

At North Farnborough Infant School, we want to instil a love of learning whilst creating happy, confident and aspirational children who are well prepared to be good citizens of any community they join.

We want to inspire and challenge our children through an exciting and enriching curriculum which allows all children to achieve their very best regardless of their starting points. By offering a diverse curriculum supplemented by trips and visits, and a range of extra-curricular opportunities, we ensure that children have the opportunity to achieve well in a range of subjects. We wish for all of our children to leave our school ready to face the challenges of junior school, both socially and academically and also in terms of preparing them for the world around them so that our children continue to succeed beyond their time with us.

We firmly believe that every child deserves the very best start in life and have high aspirations for all.

Our vision is expressed through our school motto:
Nurturing the future; inspiring success

Arranging a visit to North Farnborough Infant School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email adminoffice@nfis.hants.sch.uk.

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