Year 1 Class Teacher

Position: Year 1 Class Teacher NEW
* Year 1 Class TeacherNEWFast Apply# Year 1 Class Teacher Employer Location :
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent Contract Type:
Fixed term contract

Hours:

Part Time Contract Length: 12 months

Salary:
Dependent on relevant skills and experience

Posted: 2nd October 2026

Start Date:

4th January 2027

Expires: 16th October 2026 11:59 AM Contract Type:
Fixed term contract

Start Date:

4th January 2027

Job  Date: 4th January 2027
* Contract Type:

Fixed term contract
* Contract Length: 12 months
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We are seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic teacher as part of our teaching team, in our Year 1 Class for maternity cover. The successful candidate will have recent classroom experience, be an excellent practitioner and hold a degree level qualification and QTS. The candidates should provide high quality learning experiences for pupils, appropriate to their age and stage of development, ensuring excellent academic progress, and be responsible for pupils' care, wellbeing and happiness in line with the school vision, ethos and aims.

Benefits include small class sizes and a progressive working environment where teachers are given substantial autonomy to develop a creative, exciting curriculum. There will be an expectation to deliver a broad offering outside of the classroom including concerts, shows and extra-curricular clubs such as school choirs and music groups/clubs across the age range. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced teacher to deliver a vision for inclusive excellence.

Reporting to:
Head, Deputy Head
** Hours,

Salary & Benefits:

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* Hours:

Part time (Monday - Wednesday), maternity cover with the expectation that you will work at least 8:00am - 4:00pm, with at least one night a week until 5:30pm plus a weekly staff meeting until 5pm, plus additional meetings/ evening events as required

Fixed term contract up to 12 months, maternity cover.

Salary:
Dependent on relevant skills and experience

Benefits:
* 12% employer pension
* EV scheme with Octopus
* Cycle to work scheme and shopping discount card
* Means tested staff discount
* Free lunch
* Access to the group's counselling scheme
* Personal accident at work cover

To read the full job description and person specification, please read the attached candidate pack.### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:

The Mead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.### The Mead School Part of### Wishford Education