Class Teacher (Year 1)
Start date: 23rd November 2026
Contract type: Part time Maternity Cover. 2 days plus PPA
Salary range: M1-M4, £32,916 - £39,556 (Sept 2025 pay range), actual salary £14,318 - £17,207 (Sept 2025 pay range).
(Salary will be determined at interview based on relevant experience)
If you want to work alongside experienced, talented colleagues in an exciting, highly supportive school to make a difference to our amazing children, then St. John’s could be for you.
St. John’s is a very happy, successful and popular school, operating over two sites and situated at the top of Whiteladies Road close to The Downs. We have high levels of staff retention but due to a teacher maternity, we are in the rare position of being able to recruit a teacher for the remainder of the academic year working part time, on a Monday and Tuesday, in Year 1 (2 days plus 10% PPA). Our outstanding team of highly dedicated and hardworking staff are the key to the school’s success and reputation, so this is an exciting opportunity for you to come and join us. Please read our latest OFSTED report for more details of our outstanding practice.
We pride ourselves on being a caring and high achieving organisation both for our pupils and our staff. We are seeking to recruit an exceptional individual who can develop excellent relationships with children and is dedicated to enabling the highest standards of achievement for their pupils. You will need to have experience of teaching in KS1, preferably including synthetic phonics/Read Write Inc, and with a passion for play based and outdoor learning. You will need to be flexible and organised, have high expectations for both work and behaviour, be able to work collaboratively with a very supportive team and have a good sense of humour.
The role is in Year 1 working within our dedicated Year 1&2 team of 5 classes. This position would be suited to an experienced teacher or an enthusiastic ECT, for whom we offer regular release time, an experienced mentor and a bespoke training package; in both cases, we are committed to providing support in order to develop you into a highly effective teacher. We offer the successful candidates a fun and friendly team, the pleasure of working with our fantastic pupils and a community committed to supporting and developing all its staff to be the best that they can be.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully. CVs will not be accepted and all application forms must be completed in full. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical checks and references.
Visits to the school are encouraged and will ideally take place on Wednesday 7th October at 4pm at our Lower Redland Road site. Please contact the School Office on 0117-3532090 to arrange or if you have any queries.
Closing date for applications 7pm Sunday 11th October 2026
Interviews are likely to take place on Monday 19th October 2026
St. John’s is committed to the protection and safety of its pupils. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As part of our duty to safeguard pupils we will check whether you are barred from working with children, or whether you have convictions that would make you unsuitable to work with children or in the role you’ve applied for. Please see our application form for further details.
If you are shortlisted for interview we will contact your referees and will also carry out an online search of publicly available information to identify any incidents or issues that we may wish to ask you about.
Our safeguarding policy can be viewed on our website.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from working with children.