EYFS Class Teacher

About the role

Caring, committed and creative Early Years Teacher/Leader wanted!

Are you an experienced Early Years teacher looking to develop  your career, or an ECT just starting out?  Have you got a good understanding of what makes Early Years practice successful?  If so, why not consider joining our supportive and friendly team?

Cuffley School is a warm and welcoming school, at the heart of the community, where we all strive to be lifelong learners.  Our staff are forward-thinking, enthusiastic and passionate about teaching and learning - all eager to achieve the very best for our children.  No-one here is afraid to try new ideas and to share their successes and failures. 

The successful candidate will need to embrace our ethos, which includes a commitment to high quality teaching and assessment for learning.  We follow a 'no marking' approach with an emphasis on providing children with  personalised verbal feedback and opportunities to work in focused conference groups.  Our aim is to constantly raise standards through quality first class experiences.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Share our vision and aspirations
• Are enthusiastic, positive, flexible and hard working
• Are a creative and inspiring teacher, who is friendly and caring
• Have a commitment to inclusive education
• Have a desire to manage behaviour positively and effectively
• Are confident in the use of technology and willing to learn new strategies and methods 
• Are a forward thinking and reflective teacher who wants to develop teaching initially within their class but also across the school
• Are a reliable, well-organised team player with good interpersonal skills
• Are an excellent classroom practitioner 
• Have passion and an ability to raise the attainment and progress of all children you teach
• Are keen to develop your training and development and learn more

In return we can offer you:

• Happy, well-behaved, enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
• A strong and supportive senior leadership team and governing body
• A positive, happy environment
• A strong commitment to continuing professional development and opportunities
• Coaching and mentoring
• A commitment to training and development 
• Potential leadership opportunity
• Positive attitudes and focus towards work/life balance
• A school where the whole child matters
• Forest School accreditation

If this sounds like a place to start your career (Early Career Teachers welcome) or to develop it, we would invite you to call us to find out more about the role, or even better, to come and see us in action and ask any questions you may have. 

Safeguarding

We are a safeguarding school committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff and requires all staff share this commitment.

Cuffley School reserves the right to close the advert early, should we find the right candidate, so early applications are encouraged.

Want to find out more?  Please visit our website:  www.cuffleyschool.org and take the virtual tour.   

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact Mrs Wendy Wing, headteacher or Mrs Charlotte Lloyd, Deputy Headteacher, through admin@cuffley.herts.sch.uk or by calling us on 01707 888100 to arrange a tour..

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