AddressAt Sonning Common Primary School we enjoy teaching and you will too!
Come and experience life as a teacher in our large, vibrant village primary school. From September 2024 we are seeking an amazing teacher to join our team and help us to build on our successes and achieve our ambitious vision for the school.
As a teacher at Sonning Common Primary you will strive for excellence and build on the values at the heart of our school community. You will be ambitious yet nurturing, fostering a culture of openness and mutual respect. You will also set the safeguarding and welfare of our pupils as your highest priority.
The position is fixed-term and could suite an Early Career Teacher or a more experienced teacher as we simply want to appoint the right person to fit in with us and our values. What we want in a new colleague is someone who:
- loves working as part of a team
- shares and lives by our values of respect, truth, kindness, doing-your-best and politeness
- has a high level of IT competence
What can our school offer you?
The school maintained its rating of ‘Good’ by Ofsted in September 2023 and the feedback we received from our inspection was reassuring and heartwarming. Our school is truly valued by the community it serves.
The pupils at Sonning Common Primary are happy, engaged and well supported by an outstanding team of dedicated teachers and staff.
Our teachers particularly enjoy working here because the school offers:
- a supportive board of governors, exceptional staff, an active PTA and parent community
- kind, curious, and enthusiastic learners
- 2-form entry so teachers have a teaching partner to share ideas with
- weekly PPA time with the teacher in the same year group
- an annual chance to change year groups and key-stage in order that teachers gain experience across the school
- professional development and leadership opportunities
- refurbished well resourced classrooms and an onsite library
- an up-to-date computer suite, plus sets of laptops for most years
- great facilities for sport including a huge field, an all-weather court, Forest School and our own swimming pool
