Class Teacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Michael’s Primary School, Withyham

Part-time Class Teacher Vacancy (3 days a week) - To start September 2026

Main Pay Scale 1 – 6 This post is open to Early Career Teachers.

Closing date

9.00a.m: 10 June 2026 interviews w/c 15 June 2026

We are looking for a flexible and skilled classroom practitioner with sound knowledge of

adapting 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 other community schools we regularly 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 are looking for a teacher who

• Has a proven record of success and expertise in empowering children to

make rapid progress in previous posts or on teaching practice.

• Demonstrates optimism about children and expects the highest possible

learning standards from all.

• Nurtures pupils’ emotional wellbeing to ensure successful educational

outcomes.

What the school offers its staff

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 15 June 2026

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.