KS2 Teacher

Primary Division Boys’ Junior School (7 – 11 Years)

Required from January 2027

An enthusiastic full-time teacher is sought to teach across the curriculum in Key Stage 2, from January 2027 on a fixed term contract until 31 December 2027. This is a selective school, where standards are high and the boys are inquisitive and eager to learn. It is an excellent setting for either starting or furthering a career in teaching. We have ambitions to build on our outstanding inspection report to be the very best in junior education and we seek a KS2 teacher who shares that vision.

The successful candidate will be joining a well-resourced school, with supportive, experienced colleagues. Candidates should display excellent classroom practice and be keen to work as part of a team to provide the best education for able boys. A willingness to participate fully in the extra-curricular programme within school is essential through commitment to extra-curricular and enrichment activities.

The present Boys’ Junior School teaching staff consists of eleven full-time teachers and five part-time teachers. They are supported by the Head, Deputy Head, an Assistant Head as well as four teaching assistants, a First Aider, Pastoral and Pupil Wellbeing Support Assistant and a full-time secretary. One unusual aspect regarding the staff is the specialist subject teaching, which applies throughout the school, and increasingly so in the older year groups.

The School is also fortunate to have a number of specialist teaching rooms. The loyalty, commitment and dedication of the staff ensures that the strong academic programme is richly complemented by an unusually wide range of extra-curricular activities. There is strong co-operation with the other parts of the Primary Division and in the wider Bolton School Foundation, especially with the ADT, PE and Music departments, where the Junior School has access to the expertise of Senior School staff, in addition to having its own specialists.

The Junior School has an outstanding reputation in ADT, sport and music.

Junior School entry is primarily at 7+ into Year 3, when boys are recruited into two classes. Boys’ coming into the Junior School enter from the School’s own Infant School, Beech House, and from schools within the catchment area, which is particularly extensive due to the coach service provided by Bolton School. Further new boys join classes each year up to a maximum of 25 boys in each class.

A high standard for entry into the Junior School has been maintained and virtually all boys qualify for entry into the Senior School at the end of Year 6.

All staff and pupils are issued with iPads; applicants with an interest in the use of mobile devices in the classroom would be desirable.

With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.

In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections:
Girls’ Division, Boys’ Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer and Director of Operational Services, are the Foundation’s Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.

Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys’ and Girls’ Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes…