Primary Teacher – St Albans

Primary Teacher (KS1) – St Albans, Hertfordshire

Primary Teacher | Classroom Teacher

Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire
Pay: Up to MPS6 depending on experience
Start Date: November 2026 
Contract: Full-Time 

Are you a passionate Primary Teacher with QTS looking for a new opportunity this academic year? We are working with a welcoming and inclusive primary school in St Albans to recruit a dedicated KS1 Primary Teacher who can commit to a full-time position.

The school is committed to providing a high-quality education in a joyful, stimulating and supportive environment where every child is encouraged to reach their full potential. With a strong focus on foundational learning, positive behaviour and inclusion, the school aims to inspire curiosity, develop confidence and help pupils become independent learners.

About the role:

• Plan and deliver engaging, creative and high-quality lessons across the KS1 primary curriculum, inspiring a love of learning and supporting pupils’ academic, social and emotional development.
• Assess, monitor and report on pupil progress, using assessment information to inform planning, address misconceptions and ensure all children make strong progress.
• Create a positive, inclusive and stimulating classroom environment that promotes excellent behaviour, high expectations, confidence and wellbeing.
• Differentiate learning to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and higher-attaining learners, ensuring every child can access and succeed within the curriculum.
• Build on pupils’ prior learning, ensuring lessons are well sequenced and provide appropriate challenge, support and opportunities for independent learning.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and the wider school team to contribute to curriculum planning, school initiatives, educational visits and enrichment opportunities.
• Build positive relationships with parents and carers, communicating effectively to support pupils’ learning, development and overall wellbeing.
• Contribute to the school’s wider ethos of kindness, tolerance, respect and mutual support.
• Support the school’s commitment to safeguarding and ensuring every pupil feels happy, safe and valued.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and committed Primary Teacher with QTS. You will have high expectations of pupils, strong classroom management skills and a genuine passion for helping children achieve their potential.

About the school:

• Ofsted ‘Good’ primary school and nursery located in the St Albans area of Hertfordshire.
• A welcoming and inclusive school community where every pupil is valued and encouraged to achieve their potential.
• A strong focus on foundational learning, with a broad and well-sequenced curriculum designed to build knowledge, skills and independence.
• A positive approach to behaviour, with high expectations and a strong focus on creating a calm and purposeful learning environment.
• A supportive school culture built around kindness, tolerance, respect and mutual support.
• A commitment to inclusion, with the curriculum adapted to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and those facing disadvantage.
• A stimulating learning environment where pupils are encouraged to be curious, creative, resilient and independent.
• A broad and enriched curriculum, with opportunities for educational visits, workshops, extracurricular clubs and learning beyond the classroom.
• A strong focus on reading, oracy and developing pupils’ confidence in communication.
• A supportive approach to staff development, including tailored CPD and opportunities to develop teaching practice.
• A school community where pupils are encouraged to challenge themselves, embrace mistakes and develop resilience and self-belief.
• The opportunity to join a friendly and collaborative team and make a genuine difference to the lives of young people.

About us:

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• Free CPD sessions via. Creative Education
• Your own dedicated consultant to support you throughout the application process
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