Reception OR Year 1 class teacher

• An excellent classroom practitioner who finds innovative and creative ways to engage young children?
• Passionate about making a real difference to children's lives, embedding lifelong learning skills?
• Values a collaborative approach to drawing out the very best in every child, including EAL, disadvantaged and SEND learners?
• Committed to raising standards and securing excellent progress for all pupils?
• Driven to ensure every child finds their brilliance and fulfils their potential?
• A skilled practitioner who is able to draw learning and assessment out of play based activities?
• Flexible, creative and positive, always starting and ending each day with a smile even on one of 'those' days?
• A person who thrives in a team?
• A person who has high expectations of themselves and the children?

If this is you, please read on .

This is an excellent opportunity for an ECT, or a teacher near the beginning of their career, to join our fantastic, nurturing school, working within a supportive and experienced team.

Description:

We are a family feel, popular two form entry infant school in the heart of Wellingborough (Ofsted 'Good' May 2023). Our children are happy, enthusiastic and ready to learn. We are looking for the right person to join our fabulous team.

Our school is inclusive and welcoming. Our children thrive in our warm, nurturing environment provided by an amazing staff team. Each class is well supported with additional teaching support staff.

Our ethos of 'developing deep roots to grow the strongest trees' through our Avenue values of Kindness, Confidence, Respect, Responsibility and Perseverance is threaded through our curriculum, environment and relationships.

We can offer you:

• A supportive, positive and experienced staff team
• A high level of teaching assistant support to support additional needs
• Shared PPA time with job share teacher and teacher in the parallel class
• A culturally diverse school community
• Happy and enthusiastic children who relish every opportunity given to them

Applications packs are available from the school office. Completed applications should be emailed to the above email address by noon on Friday 27th March 2026. Interviews to be held in the week commencing 13th April 2026.

The Avenue Infant School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All candidates need to be aware that all relevant checks will be undertaken to establish eligibility and suitability. By applying for the post, candidates accept these checks will be made.

It is the School's policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose convictions or cautions (excluding youth cautions, reprimands or warnings) that are not 'protected' as defined by the Ministry of Justice.

In addition, the job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are 'protected' under Police Act 1997 - Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and are not subject to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account.

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