KS1 Class Teacher

Kfos; Woking; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Knaphill Lower School have a new opening for an enthusiastic and passionate Class Teacher to join our friendly team, starting September 2025. We are inviting applications from experienced professionals to join our teaching team in KS1.

You will be:

• Driven to help children reach their goals
• Enthusiastic, creative and a highly motivated class teacher
• Able to foster positive relationships with children
• Able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice and skills
• Keen to be part of a team of highly driven practitioners
• An excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills and a great sense of humour
• Strongly committed to developing your practice

We are one of two schools within the Knaphill Federation of Schools, which is a warm and friendly Federation. We maintain that learning should be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for everyone and believe in the concept of lifelong learning.

We can offer you:

• Fantastic children who have a love of learning and excellent behaviour
• A friendly, good-humoured team with a strong ethos of working together to continually improve
• An excellent team of experienced support staff that assist in supporting the children’s learning
• An approachable, supportive senior leadership team, who believe in collaboration
• High quality training within the school, across trust and externally
• A supportive, friendly Knaphill community

Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the school, prior to application. Please call the school office to arrange a visit, we look forward to welcoming you to our school.

Application closing date: Monday,9th June 2025 at 11.00am

An early application is recommended as candidates will be assessed and shortlisted as their application is received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Knaphill Lower School is part of The SWAN Trust, a multi-academy trust which incorporates 10 schools within the Woking area. The schools work closely together and aim to support each other through purposeful collaboration that enhances educational opportunities and supports improvements in the quality of learning for all our children.

All schools within The SWAN Trust warmly welcome children, families, governors, and staff from diverse backgrounds within the Woking community. The schools within The Trust aim to ensure that every child feels safe and happy in school creating a culture where they can grow and develop.

Knaphill Federation of School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Shortlisted applicants will be required to supply details of any unspent convictions and conditional cautions and any spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). If you are appointed, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

All schools within The SWAN Trust welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.