KS1 Teacher - Sandford St Martin

LEARN – LOVE – LAUGH: at Sandford St Martin’s CE VA Primary.

Sandford St Martin's CE VA Primary School is seeking to appoint a passionate and skilled KS1 teacher as soon as possible to teach one of our mixed age Year 1/2 classes. The role is for 14.3hrs per week (8.45am – 3.15pm Thursday – Friday, with paid PPA time at 10% of contract) for an initial 1 year contract from September 2025 to August 2026.

We are looking to appoint a teacher who is committed and passionate when it comes to teaching and nurturing children well. Our school is big on relationships so you need to be approachable, friendly and have strong teamwork skills alongside genuine passion for supporting children to be their best. We can offer modern, purposeful classroom spaces and extensive outdoor facilities (including a dedicated Forest School space).

We also offer a genuine commitment to reducing your workload, whilst supporting your wellbeing, job satisfaction and professional development. You would be ably supported by a dedicated teaching team, support staff team, senior leadership team and admin/site staff.

Most of all – we can offer you delightful, captivating and sparky children. Ofsted said our children are 'exceptional' leading to behaviour and attitudes being graded as Outstanding (Nov 2022). This takes daily effort, excellent modelling from adults and consistent compassion.

For a fuller introduction to our school, please visit http://www.sandfordprimary.dorset.sch.uk/

Sandford St Martin School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Key stage: Key stage 1

Working pattern: 0.44FTE (14.3 paid hours pw). School day 8:45-3:15 Thursday-Friday with paid PPA at 10%.

Contract type: Fixed term contract

Pay scale: M3-M6a

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Able to deliver high quality English and Maths lessons to Key Stage 1
• Able to plan, resource, teach and assess the full primary national curriculum within a well-equipped school
• Able to build and sustain clear, consistent boundaries with unwavering commitment to strong, positive relationships (relational practice)
• Record/evidence of being a reliable, skilled, committed professional who is willing to go the extra mile to make their class 'buzz'
• Committed to supporting children with SEND by making reasonable adjustments, understanding a range of neuro-diversity and implementing quality provision with understanding and compassion

What the school offers its staff

• We are a 2 form primary school (in KS2; parallel mixed age classes in KS1) with dedicated, weekly, PPA time as a teaching team.
• We encourage our teachers to share the workload and play to their strengths
• Dedicated, experienced and available admin and leadership team
• SENDCo and Assistant SENDCo to guide, advise and support class practice
• Experienced, committed team of support staff who want the best for our children and school
• Extensive outdoor environment and grounds in a beautiful setting
• Modern, purpose-built building which promotes a calm learning environment
• A supportive team with regular CPD
• Dedicated, experienced and available governors
• A team of excellent teachers, subject leaders and generally fun-loving, supportive humans!