KS1 Class Teacher in Chatham

We are looking to appoint a highly enthusiastic and compassionate teacher with a positive attitude who is passionate and dedicated in enabling all of our children to thrive. If you are qualified, enthusiastic and passionate about helping all children, supporting and encouraging them as they strive to achieve their goals and want to work in a well‑resourced setting and share All Saint's ARISE values (Achieve Respect Include Support Enjoy), we would love to hear from you. This is a Fixed Term Appointment until July 2026.

Purpose of the Job

Class teacher, under the direction of the Phase Leader, will:

• Be responsible for the day‑to‑day education of pupils and support them within the classroom.
• Carry out such other duties as are reasonably assigned by the Senior Leadership Team.
• Provide leadership in the classroom for support staff.
• Model and hold others to account for living and working within the school's values.

Principal Accountabilities

Leading teaching and learning:

• To serve as a role model for pupils, staff and parents.
• Maintain a continuous and consistent focus on pupils' achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress.
• Plan engaging lessons that contain progression across ability ranges that are informed by secure subject and curriculum knowledge.
• Teach challenging, well‑organised lessons that build on pupils' prior learning and enable sustained progress to be attained.
• Ensure lessons are informed by well‑grounded expectations of learners designed to raise levels of attainment.
• Provide learners, colleagues, parents and carers with timely, accurate and constructive feedback on pupils' attainment, progress and areas for development.
• Use assessment as part of their teaching to diagnose learners' needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement and plan future teaching.

Developing self and working with others:

• Have excellent subject knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies.
• Promote and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and others.
• Know a range of approaches to assessment and formative assessment and understand the role of assessment in helping all pupils make good progress.
• Regularly review own practice, set personal targets and take responsibility for own development, seeking advice and support from other leaders.

Managing a subject area (excluding ECTs):

• Ensure improvement plans reflect the school's priorities and values.
• Ensure plans and policies promote continuous school improvement linked to the school SEF/SIP.
• Develop effective relationships and communications that underpin a professional learning community that enables everyone in the school to achieve.
• Create an inspiring, professional work environment within the phase team consistent with the school's values and aspirations.
• Put in place effective team communication mechanisms to ensure that all staff are involved in the development plan and are kept informed of key priorities.
• Manage budgets to achieve the schools' educational goals and priorities, and ensure systems are in place for the effective administration and control.
• Use and integrate a range of technologies effectively and efficiently.

Strengthening Community:

• Work with colleagues to strengthen and develop the ethos of the school, allowing this to influence and shape all areas of the school's work and collective worship.
• Create and maintain effective partnerships with parents, governors to support and improve pupils' achievements and personal development.

Health and Safety:

• Manage and organise the learning environment within the phase to ensure each classroom reflects the school's high standards and aspirations.
• Manage learners' behaviour constructively by establishing and maintaining a clear and positive framework for discipline.
• Use a range of behaviour management techniques and strategies, adapting them as necessary to promote the self‑control and independence of learners.

Safeguarding:

To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the LA and school.

Note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the class teacher will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the Senior Leadership Team.

Benefits

• Dedicated, supportive and friendly staff and governors.
• Children who enjoy coming to our schools and are excited about their learning.
• Excellent opportunities for continuing professional development and learning from highly skilled colleagues.
• An attractive, well‑resourced and maintained environment.
• Places in our breakfast club and nursery.
• The opportunity to make a real difference to pupils within our caring schools.

Informal visits to the school are both welcomed and encouraged. All Saints Church of England Primary School is a very successful school located at the heart of the diverse community of Chatham, Kent. The main school has 315 children on roll from Foundation to Year 6 and the nursery has a capacity for 60 more. The last Ofsted inspection graded the school “good” with outstanding features and our last Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) concurred by awarding the school a grading of “good” as well.