Overview
Reception Teacher – Puddletown CE First School Jobs in Crossways, England, United Kingdom at Dorset Council
Title: Reception Teacher – Puddletown CE First School
Company: Dorset Council
Location: Crossways, England, United Kingdom
Salary – £32,916 – £45,352 per annum
About The Role
We are looking to recruit an inspirational, permanent, full time, Reception class teacher to join our forward-thinking school.
If You
- can enthuse, motivate and empower children to learn
- can create and develop high quality, stimulating and ambitious continuous provision that meets the needs of all learners.
- have high expectations and a commitment to ensuring all children succeed
- have proven track record of excellent phonics teaching.
- have a positive attitude to outdoor learning
- have a passion for teaching young children and can bring energy and enthusiasm to the role
- can make learning exciting and motivating for all learners.
- have the ability to work flexibly and creatively with our dedicated team
- have a positive attitude towards professional development.
- have excellent interpersonal skills and are committed to relational practice.
- are able to support our Church school Christian ethos.
We encourage you to meet us for an informal chat about this opportunity and to arrange a visit to the school,
contact us on 01305 848206 or [email protected]
Application deadline Monday 15th June at 12pm
Interview date: Friday 26th June
Start date: September 2026 or flexible
We Can Offer
- a stimulating and creative approach to teaching and learning
- a supportive, friendly team
- pupils with a positive attitude towards learning and behaviour
- fantastic classroom and outstanding school facilities.
- a huge outdoor, newly updated learning environment.
- a successful, popular school.
- supportive and hardworking group of parents and governors
- excellent CPD opportunities within the school and Wessex Mat
If this sounds like you, then please do not hesitate to contact us. We would love to meet you and offer you an informal tour of our wonderful school.
Further Information
Puddletown CE First School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Puddletown CE First School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Puddletown CE First School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
About Us
Puddletown VC First school is in the large village of Puddletown with easy transport links to nearby towns. Our beautifully designed school was built in 2013 and is surrounded by large grounds looking out to the countryside. Puddletown is a vibrant village with a strong sense of community. Most of our pupils come from within our catchment and the school is often oversubscribed. We are a 150 capacity, single form entry, first school finishing at year 4. Most of our pupils then transfer to St Mary’s middle school which is also in the village. We believe that every child deserves the very best education and a wealth of opportunities to achieve their full potential, and as a team we strive to achieve this within our Christian ethos.
‘We care enough to try our best in all we do because we are wonderfully made:
Made to be unique, made to flourish, made to love.’
We are proud to be a part of the Wessex Trust Multi Academy trust which has 12 schools in the Dorchester area. https://www.wessex.ac/ to find out more.
Being Part Of Wessex Multi Academy Trust Provides
- excellent CPD opportunities and training and development programmes
- in-house teaching school
- an individual induction programme supported by a mentor
- networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff
- eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
- Membership of the Employee assistance programme
