Job description
We are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and committed teacher to join our friendly and supportive team at Ashdon Primary School — a small, welcoming village school near Saffron Walden, with around 60 children across three mixed-age classes.
The successful candidate will teach a mixed-age class. The exact class will be confirmed on appointment, depending on the wider staffing structure. We are keen to appoint someone with a proven track record as an effective practitioner who is comfortable teaching across a range of year groups within a small-school setting.
The successful candidate will be:
- Passionate, creative and self-motivated, with a positive outlook
- Committed to raising outcomes for all pupils in our inclusive school
- Caring about the welfare and wellbeing of every child
- A strong communicator
- Confident in classroom and behaviour management
- Enthusiastic about working as part of a close-knit team
- Well organised, with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Understanding of their role in safeguarding children
- Willing to take on subject leadership (area to be agreed on appointment)
About this school
Ashdon Primary School
Community school · Primary · Ages 4–11
- Pupils
- 54
- Avg teacher salary
- £45,560
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 11.3:1
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
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Location
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Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HB