CLASS TEACHER KS2 (MIXED AGE CLASS)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and committed teacher to join our friendly and supportive team at Ashdon Primary School — a small, welcoming village school near Saffron Walden, with around 60 children across three mixed-age classes.

The successful candidate will teach a mixed-age class. The exact class will be confirmed on appointment, depending on the wider staffing structure. We are keen to appoint someone with a proven track record as an effective practitioner who is comfortable teaching across a range of year groups within a small-school setting.

The successful candidate will be

• Passionate, creative and self-motivated, with a positive outlook
• Committed to raising outcomes for all pupils in our inclusive school
• Caring about the welfare and wellbeing of every child
• A strong communicator
• Confident in classroom and behaviour management
• Enthusiastic about working as part of a close-knit team
• Well organised, with the ability to remain calm under pressure
• Understanding of their role in safeguarding children
• Willing to take on subject leadership (area to be agreed on appointment)

What the school offers its staff

Ashdon is a happy, nurturing school where every child is known as an individual. We offer a supportive team, strong professional development, and the rewards of teaching in a small school where staff make a real difference every day.

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.