Class Teacher

Barton Park Primary School within The River Learning Trust, OX3 9WN

Main Scale: M2 - UPS

About this role

Barton Park Primary School is at the heart of a vibrant new community on the north-eastern edge of Oxford. We are proud to support children from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, fostering an environment where every voice is valued. Currently judged as a ‘Good’ school, we are at an exciting stage of development—building on our successes and growing in both size and strength.

We have high aspirations for all our children. Our curriculum is designed to provide rigorous and engaging learning opportunities, where oracy and enquiry are central. We aim to nurture each child’s natural curiosity, helping them become resilient, confident learners who embody our values of responsibility, respect, equality, kindness, and perseverance. We are also proud that our academic data remains competitive with national averages, a testament to our pupils' hard work and the dedication of our staff, who consistently go the extra mile to ensure all our children make great progress from their starting points.

If we sound like a school that fits your ethos, we’d love to hear from you. We warmly welcome candidates to visit us, meet our team, and see our learners in action. Please email office@bartonparkprimary.org  to arrange a visit.

This role has become available as a maternity cover, but is offered as a permanent post due to natural school growth. The role is in KS2 but experience in KS1 is also welcomed due to school growth. An April 26 start date is preferred, but we are open to a September 26 start date for the right candidate.

What skills / experience are required?

• Qualified Teacher Status (UK)

• A secure knowledge of how children learn and adaptive teaching methods to ensure excellent progress for all.

• A proven track record in raising standards 

• Experience in teaching in either Key Stage Two or Key Stage One and a good knowledge of the curriculum.

• Good interpersonal skills 

• The ability to excite, inspire and motivate pupils.

• A commitment to evidence based approaches and an openness to new ideas and research  

• Excellent classroom behaviour management through a range of positive strategies.

• A commitment to success through effort and teamwork

• A commitment to your own continued professional development. 

• A willingness to be fully involved in the life of the school.

• Patience, and a sense of humour. 

What we can offer

The successful candidate will be joining a school with:

• A diverse school community.

• Vibrant and curious children, who are eager to learn and love to please.

• A wonderful new-build school, which is well-resourced with space to spare.

• A supportive leadership team and governing body. 

• As part of the River Learning Trust, we can also offer you an excellent network of professional support and CPLD that will help you grow as a professional through access to some of the county’s best teachers and leaders. 

• A commitment to wellbeing and workload. 

• Flexible working and job share/part time applications will be considered. 

• PPA can be taken at home, by arrangement. 

Visits to the school are positively encouraged. If you wish to find out more about our school or this role, you are invited to contact the Headteacher for a discussion and/or tour of the school. Please do so via our office: office@bartonparkprimary.org / 01865415800

How to apply / closing date / where to find further details

NB. Online applications through MyNewTerm 

Closing Date for applications: 10pm, Sunday 18th January 2026

Shortlisting: Monday 19th January 2026 

Interviews: Week of 26 January 2026

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Bryony McCraw, Headteacher, about the role, prior to application, then please email office@bartonparkprimary.org or telephone 01865 415800.

The River Learning Trust and Barton Park Primary School School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered