KS 1/2 Teacher - Valentine Primary School

KS1/2 Teacher Vacancy

TLR for an experienced candidate - Oracy or Technology Lead.

If you want safe, predictable and compliant, this is not your school. If you want ambitious, creative and relentlessly focused on doing what works for children, read on.

Why Valentine?

We installed a fully equipped cookery and food technology suite capable of teaching classes of thirty. Why? Because children told us they wanted to become chefs and we took them seriously.

Every child has one hour of gardening each week. Our polytunnels are not decorative. They are part of our curriculum.

We transformed our oversized entrance hall into a state of the art library, placing reading at the centre of school life.

We opened a year-round nursery in 2025, welcoming children from 6 months to 5 years old and building a genuine 0-11 learning journey.

We invest where it matters.

• 400 new laptops and iPads across the school.
• 90 VR headsets enabling immersive curriculum hooks.

A fully resourced non-core curriculum, planned and sequenced, with adaptations ready to go. You will not be left reinventing everything at 10pm.

We are serious about teacher workload

We stream for reading, writing and maths. Not to label children. To reduce cognitive overload for teachers and make instruction sharper and more precise.

You will teach within a structure that protects your energy and increases impact.

We provide

• Wellbeing days at your request across the year. Go to the concert. Have your birthday off. Attend the event that matters.
• Real professional development. Coaching that is developmental, not performative.
• Leaders who will challenge you and support you in equal measure.

We are not perfect, we make mistakes, we adjust, we learn, we expect you to do the same.

We were judged Good by Ofsted in 2025. That was not an end point. It was the starting line.

We are building something exceptional and that requires teachers who

• Care deeply about children.
• Want to refine their craft.
• Believe curriculum can be ambitious and joyful.
• Are prepared to work hard and grow.

If you want to be part of a school that is expanding, evolving and unapologetically ambitious for its community, we would welcome your application.

Valentine Primary School and Nursery - Growing something extraordinary.

Any other information

For a full application pack visit the school website or contact Vanessa Rattley, School Business Manager.