Early Years Class Teacher
| Posting date: | 11 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX4 6BG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1f72169a-f0e8-427a-9f81-f754f60a753e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for candidates who:
• Are an excellent practitioner. A specialism or additional training in Special Educational Needs (SEN) is highly desirable.
• Are confident in the classroom and understand how children with SEND, learn.
• Have high expectations of what can be achieved.
• Seek to build positive relationships with children.
• Are flexible with a good sense of humour and an understanding of the ‘bigger picture’.
• Are able to work to their own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Hold Qualified Teacher Status.
• Are confident and excited about using and embracing IT and outdoor learning in their practice.
• Are flexible, hardworking and have a passion to make a difference in the lives of our young learners.
• Are keen to explore leadership opportunities.
• A genuine passion for inclusive education and a commitment to making a difference.
What the school offers its staff
At Orchard Meadow School we are looking for someone with experience, energy, enthusiasm and a hard-working ethos to join our happy school. Orchard Meadow School is a school with a commitment to high standards and teamwork. By January 2026, our Early Years Unit will have undergone an exciting full transformation being fully rebuilt and redesigned to create an impressive indoor and outdoor environments to both work and learn in. We are proud to be an inclusive and successful school serving a diverse community. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our fantastic staff team.
If you are an experienced practitioner with a passion to make a difference, then we want to hear from you. Alongside your teaching, you will have the opportunity to work in partnership with others developing your professional capital. The successful candidate will benefit from a supportive and ambitious Senior Leadership team and the opportunities that come with United Learning.
Commitment to safeguarding
Orchard Meadow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.
We are looking for candidates who:
• Are an excellent practitioner. A specialism or additional training in Special Educational Needs (SEN) is highly desirable.
• Are confident in the classroom and understand how children with SEND, learn.
• Have high expectations of what can be achieved.
• Seek to build positive relationships with children.
• Are flexible with a good sense of humour and an understanding of the ‘bigger picture’.
• Are able to work to their own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Hold Qualified Teacher Status.
• Are confident and excited about using and embracing IT and outdoor learning in their practice.
• Are flexible, hardworking and have a passion to make a difference in the lives of our young learners.
• Are keen to explore leadership opportunities.
• A genuine passion for inclusive education and a commitment to making a difference.
What the school offers its staff
At Orchard Meadow School we are looking for someone with experience, energy, enthusiasm and a hard-working ethos to join our happy school. Orchard Meadow School is a school with a commitment to high standards and teamwork. By January 2026, our Early Years Unit will have undergone an exciting full transformation being fully rebuilt and redesigned to create an impressive indoor and outdoor environments to both work and learn in. We are proud to be an inclusive and successful school serving a diverse community. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our fantastic staff team.
If you are an experienced practitioner with a passion to make a difference, then we want to hear from you. Alongside your teaching, you will have the opportunity to work in partnership with others developing your professional capital. The successful candidate will benefit from a supportive and ambitious Senior Leadership team and the opportunities that come with United Learning.
Commitment to safeguarding
Orchard Meadow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.