Job description
- Strong communication skills (clear instructions, active listening, age-appropriate language)
- Patience and empathy when working with young children
- Creativity in lesson planning and classroom activities
- Good classroom management and behaviour management skills
- Ability to make learning engaging and fun
- Adaptability to meet different learning styles and needs
- Basic knowledge of child development (ages 5–7)
- Organisation and time management skills
- Teamwork and collaboration with other teachers and staff
- Assessment and observation skills to track pupil progress
- Problem-solving skills for handling classroom challenges
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for teaching
- Ability to build relationships with pupils, parents, and carers
- Basic literacy and numeracy teaching skills (phonics, reading, writing, maths)
- Safeguarding awareness and responsibility
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About this school
St John's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Voluntary aided school · Primary · Ages 3–11
- Pupils
- 248
- Avg teacher salary
- £43,960
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 18.9:1
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
View full school profileOfsted rating key
Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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London, Barnet, N20 0PL
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- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Full time
- Posted
- 10 June 2026
- Closing date
- 24 June 2026
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