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"Together in God's loving family, we believe, we learn, we grow".
EYFS Class Teacher - full time permanent position
Required September 2025
MPS - ECTs welcome to apply
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our school for an enthusiastic, dedicated teacher to join our friendly, hardworking EYFS team. St. Pius X is a dynamic school that cultivates a strong sense of community, where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and supported. Our recent Ofsted inspection commented on the fact that our pupils relish learning opportunities throughout the school and behave impeccably.
Please click here to read the whole Ofsted report.
The new EYFS teacher will be well supported in the setting with regular PPA, covered by an experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant, and established planning for the year that can be easily adapted. You do not need to be a Catholic to apply.We are looking for a great teacher that supports the ethos of our school. ECTs are welcome to apply and will be fully supported in their professional development.
We are seeking to appoint someone who is:
• Passionate for learning and inclusion
• Enthusiastic about working in a team
• A consistently good and outstanding classroom practitioner
We can offer:
• Enthusiastic and supportive teaching assistants
• Established planning by EYFS lead that can be easily adapted
• Regular weekly PPA time covered by an experienced HLTA
• A beautifully decorated and well-resourced EYFS classroom with its own play area
• A supportive and realistic Leadership Team
• An enthusiastic and highly committed staff team
• Pupils who are happy, motivated and have exemplary behaviour for learning
• Wonderful premises and grounds
• Supportive and kind parents and Governing Body
St Pius X Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and supportive references.
Application packs are available on-line @ www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk .Please email the completed application to admin@st-piusx.essex.sch.uk or alternatively post to the address above.
A visit to the EYFS setting is warmly welcomed, please contact Diane Robinson on 01245 354875 or email admin@st-piusx.essex.sch.
Closing date: Midday Monday 28th April 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Information about the School
Welcome to St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Our school is a small, caring and happy school where staff know all of the children and where every child really matters. Our committed staff work hard to provide a rich and challenging curriculum and strive to encourage a love of learning in our pupils to create resilient, life long learners when they leave us. Our curriculum is progressive so that knowledge and skills are built upon over time and designed in a way, using exciting topics (with clear defined subjects) to engage, inspire and motivate our learners so that they hold onto and build upon their learning each year.
Everything we do is underpinned by our Catholic faith with Christ at the centre:
‘Together in God’s loving family, we believe, we learn, we grow’. We work in partnership with parents and the Church to help the children to grow in a deeper understanding of their faith as they develop. We have close links with our parish church, Blessed Sacrament, Chelmsford.
Our school community has agreed core values, based on the Beatitudes that we want our children to work towards in their strive for excellence, to be the very best they can, no matter what their starting point. Our values of fairness, kindness, forgiveness, peacefulness, integrity and service are weaved throughout our curriculum and we reward our children when they demonstrate these values to help them grow to be the very best they can be! We value the joy of working and learning in a community that is strengthened by common values and expectations and that strives to serve God through service towards others. Our children are also taught to respect and value other cultures and faiths.
We believe in high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. We encourage children to have high expectations of themselves and aspire to be the best that they can be.
Our children, staff and parents, and parish are a happy and caring community who work together to enable our children to grow into successful, happy and caring individuals who are ready to go out in the world and make a difference.
We are all proud of our school where pupils enjoy their learning in a caring environment where they feel safe, secure and valued.
Mrs S.Derbyshire
Head Teacher (B.Ed.Hons)