Kings Education Trust

Class Teacher Maternity cover

Based at Waterside Primary Academy in Chesham

                                                                                                           For Summer Term 2026 – Summer 2027

Our Trust and schools are built on the foundations of kindness, respect and always doing our best.  We aim to nurture our pupils to become the best they can be and encourage them to develop as global citizens who understand their responsibility to themselves and to their wider community.  We encourage our pupils to dream big and need a class teacher who can do the same.

We are looking for a talented and inspirational class teacher to join our happy and supportive team.  The Trust places a firm focus on the mental health and wellbeing of both pupils and staff.  We have recently completed the Outstandingly Happy Schools project with the Art of Being Brilliant, to support the mental health and wellbeing of our pupils, staff and families.

You must be a strong team player, with an ability to build strong relationships with adults and children. You must be resilient and hardworking, teaching is a challenging job and whilst every effort is made to provide a supportive environment and a manageable workload, the job is still demanding.

You must be willing to look beyond what is on the prescribed curriculum, we need a teacher who is motivated, creative and inspired, with the ability to transfer these skills to our wonderful pupils.

We can offer you:

·       Enthusiastic and motivated children

·       A supportive and caring environment to work in, with a dedicated senior leadership team.

·       A focus on ensuring your workload is manageable

·       An encouraging environment to help you grow as a professional and nurture your wellbeing

·       A fantastic teaching team to work alongside and learn from.

·       A curriculum that is supported and designed specifically for our pupils, using an assessment system that enables teachers to teach.

·       Caring and inclusive schools with supportive, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues, Trust and parents.

·       A commitment to high quality professional development, including Early Career Development

·       A welcoming and well-resourced environment

·       5 inset days and 1 wellbeing academy day

·       July start date for ECTs to enable you to get to know the school before taking up your full time role

About you

We love teaching! If you would like to work with like-minded colleagues, we want to hear from you!

Are you:

·       Looking to become or already an exemplary primary class teacher with a passion for teaching and learning?

·       Willing to teach across the whole primary range?

·       Pro-active in your approach to raising standards?

·       Someone who has high expectations of all children.

·       Eager to develop your skills and experience?

·       A team player with good interpersonal skills?

·       Someone with an excellent sense of humour and a sense of fun?

·       Someone who is willing to go the extra mile.

If you can answer yes to all the above questions, we would love to hear from you.  This is a rare opportunity and we are looking for a staff member to become an integrated part of our school family.  We have a proven track record of supporting ECT’s and this position would be ideally suited to someone just starting out in their teaching career.