Class Teacher - Hillside First School

Hillside First School is looking for a Class Teacher to join our wonderful team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary: £32,916 – £45,352 per annum (M1 to M6)

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Approximate Start Date: 1st September 2026

We are seeking an exceptional teacher who will champion every child, bring energy, warmth and commitment to the role, and help ensure that all pupils thrive in a nurturing, ambitious, and child-centred environment.

At Hillside First School, our motto is “Children at the heart of everything we do”, and we are looking for someone who shares this belief wholeheartedly. The successful candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with high expectations, a passion for learning, and a commitment to helping every pupil achieve their very best.

We are looking for an individual who is:

• ➢a confident and effective classroom teacher
• ➢committed to raising standards and improving outcomes for all pupils
• ➢enthusiastic, imaginative and reflective
• ➢skilled at building positive relationships with children, staff, parents and local school committee members
• ➢an effective team member with a good sense of humour
• ➢committed to continuous professional development
• ➢dedicated to a child-centred ethos
• ➢passionate about providing a caring, nurturing environment, sympathetic to our Christian values
• ➢able to inspire, motivate and challenge learners
• ➢able to promote high standards of behaviour and a positive learning environment

We can offer you:

• ➢children who are keen to learn
• ➢a friendly, welcoming and supportive staff team
• ➢an environment where children flourish
• ➢the opportunity to work in a school where children are truly at the heart of everything we do

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Please arrange these through the school office.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 3rd May 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 6th May 2026

Please refer to the attached job description for further details about the role.  Please click the apply button below which will direct you to our jobs page.

Hillside First School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Hillside First School is 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.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert.

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

Hillside First 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.