Year 1 Teacher | Community Primary School | Windsor

CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, highly skilled Key Stage 1 (KS1) Teacher to deliver high-quality primary education to a Year 1 cohort. The role involves facilitating a creative, foundation-strong academic curriculum that accelerates early literacy, mathematical fluency, and cognitive development, ensuring a smooth and successful transition for pupils moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) into formal Key Stage 1 learning.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Curriculum Design & Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver highly engaging, evidence-based lessons across all core and foundation subjects, tailored specifically to the developmental transitions of Year 1 learners.

• Early Literacy & Phonics Mastery: Implement robust systemic synthetic phonics programmes (such as Little Wandle or Read Write Inc.) with absolute consistency to secure rapid reading mechanics, decoding skills, and vocabulary acquisition.

• Numerical Fluency Foundations: Guide pupils systematically through early mathematical concepts, abstract reasoning, and concrete-pictorial-abstract approaches to build rock-solid early number sense.

• Academic Progress Monitoring: Execute rigorous formative assessment strategies, tracking early learning milestones closely to design sharp, targeted small-group interventions that close learning gaps early.

• Pastoral & Safeguarding Care: Maintain proactive, close communication with families, managing daily registration, pupil well-being, and establishing a nurturing, safe classroom environment.

ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE

• Community School Framework: Operating within a well-established community primary structure, our school benefits from deep-rooted local partnerships, a supportive infant teaching team, and a shared commitment to providing inclusive, high-aspiration educational opportunities.

• Behaviour Systems: The campus implements highly consistent, positive reinforcement behaviour routines that maintain a quiet, respectful, and orderly atmosphere, ensuring early years classrooms remain calm, predictable, and entirely optimised for focused learning.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent recognised primary teaching credential, paired with a solid understanding of the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum and early childhood development.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to demonstrate exceptional phonics delivery and primary pupil progress through explicit, structured, and warm pedagogy.

• Routine Implementation: The ability to execute school behaviour and pastoral policies with absolute consistency, maintaining a positive, structured, and high-expectation classroom culture.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Royal Heritage & Riverside Innovation: Based in the historic town of Windsor, Berkshire, the school operates within a prestigious Thames Valley locale globally celebrated for its rich royal heritage, iconic architecture, and vibrant riverside economy that seamlessly blends traditional tourism with modern corporate enterprises.

• Connectivity: The area offers premier South East transport infrastructure, providing seamless commuting via major motorway corridors (M4, M25, and M40) alongside excellent rail networks running smoothly through Windsor & Eton Central and Windsor & Eton Riverside stations—offering direct Great Western Railway links via Slough and South Western Railway services straight into London Paddington and London Waterloo.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.