Class Teacher - Symondsbury Primary School

Full Time Fixed Term Year 3 and 4 Teacher required for April – This is a fixed term contract for the Summer Term 2026

Teacher's Main Scale (relevant point to be determined on interview)

Symondsbury C of E VA Primary School is a vibrant and welcoming village primary school within a beautiful setting in the Dorset Countryside. We are a learning centred, values driven school, where our core purpose is to maximise all learning opportunities to ensure the best outcomes for all of our pupils. We wish to appoint a dedicated, inspirational and creative teacher who will play an active role in the life of the school and who will show dedication to continuing school improvement supporting the School’s Christian ethos.

Our school is at an exciting time in its development so the Governors are looking for someone who can join us to motivate and enable children to achieve highly: someone who will inspire children, parents and colleagues in a love for learning.

If you would like to join a friendly and supportive team, and work in a stimulating learning environment where pupils are well motivated and want to learn, then we would like to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint a highly effective teacher and we can offer a fixed term contract if you can demonstrate you:

• Have a proven track record of outstanding teaching and the ability to motivate and inspire pupils and adults working within your team;
• Have excellent interpersonal skills, dynamism and drive;
• Are knowledgeable, forward thinking and up to date with current education practice;
• Are committed to high expectations of pupil’s achievement and behaviour;
• Are organised and creative in your approach to children’s learning;
• Are open to learning and have a passion and drive to be the best teacher you could be;
• Have the ability to ‘spark’ children’s curiosity and make learning fun;
• Can make a significant contribution to the life our school;
• Have a commitment to work with colleagues to share and develop skills and expertise;
• Have a commitment to supporting our school’s caring, Christian ethos;
• Are passionate, imaginative and reflective: and
• Are able to work as part of a team.

Symondsbury Primary 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.

We can offer:

• A thriving school with supportive parents, dedicated governors and school community;
• A commitment to the professional development of staff;
• A good school with high expectations and clear vision for improvement;
• Enthusiastic and respectful children who are eager to learn;
• A talented, dedicated and hardworking staff team committed to raising standards;
• A purposeful, supportive and happy work environment;
• An inclusive and caring culture: And 
•  caring, polite and well-behaved children with a love of learning and a sense of community.