All LocationsAll Locations:
Dorchester
Advertising SalarySalary Details:
£32,916 - £45,352 Per annum
What is the vacancy type for this advertVacancy Type:
Permanent
Function:
Teaching
EmployerEmployer:
Dorset Council - The Prince Of Wales School
Job Working PatternJob Working Pattern:
Full time

About the role

The Governors and Senior Leadership Team at the #GreatestSchoolOnEarth invites applications to join our friendly, hardworking and inspiring school community. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated teacher who is passionate about inspiring all children to learn.

 
Salary Range: Main Pay Scale £32,916 - £45,352
Contract Type: Full Time and Permanent
Closing Date: 10am on Tuesday 26th May 2026
Interview Dates: Wednesday 27th May 2026
Start Date: 1st September 2026

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, energy and the ability to be a key part of the wider school community.


The successful candidate will be able to create an engaging, exciting, child-centred learning environment where high expectations and standards enable pupils to fulfil their potential.


The successful candidate will embody our #InspiredToLearn ethos.


We are seeking an exceptional teacher who has extensive knowledge and understanding of the KS1 and/or the lower-KS2 Curriculum and is:


● Enthusiastic, imaginative, reflective and hard-working.

● Confident to use formative and summative assessments to assess achievement and move pupil’s learning forward.

● Able to work as part of our dedicated team of staff.

● Able to manage a range of SEN needs including children with physical disabilities.


We offer:


● An inclusive school with a very welcoming ethos where everyone is valued.

● Extensive schools ground, a Forest School environment and on site Celtic Roundhouse

● Pupils who are well-behaved, extremely keen to learn and have positive attitudes.

● A hard-working, dedicated and supportive team of staff.


We welcome applications from early careers teachers (ECTs).


The Prince of Wales School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. 


The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check in line with the government’s safer recruitment guidelines.


We recognise and actively promote the benefits of a diverse workforce and therefore welcome

applications from all sections of the community.


Visits are warmly welcomed; please telephone the school office to make an appointment.


Further Information

The Prince of Wales 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.

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