EYFS Class Teacher - Full-time

Phoenix Primary School, Chatham

• Ref:MED887-2001-53T
• Posted:11/03/2026
• Pay:Main Pay Scale + £2,000 Welcome Payment
• Start Date:September 2026 (or sooner)
• App Close Date:19/03/2026 at 09:00
• Interviews:W/C Monday 23 March 2026

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We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated EYFS Class Teacher to join our supportive and welcoming school community. Applications are welcome from teachers with experience in KS1, KS2, or both phases with year groups confirmed on appointment. 

Phoenix is a diverse, vibrant and proudly compassionate community school where children show remarkable resilience, warmth and spirit. Step into Phoenix Primary School and you will join a values- led team with a big heart and bold professional culture. 

We coach, laugh and grow together – our SLT collaborates with staff, not above you. With PPA from home, a coaching-led development model, children and staff are encouraged to share their aspirations and passions. You will find a true sense of community, halls filled with children enjoying their day, staff with a profound sense of humour, a leadership team that places importance on family and professional trust and welcomes professional challenge. A team that faces the next steps of each journey with resilience, kindness and compassion. 

 In return we offer:

• A passionate leadership team
• Geniune staff voice in how the school runs, supported by an active staff well-being team
• A growing school with opportunities for career development as we expand.
• A staff well-being team owned and run by staff.
• A headteacher that is always succession planning, wanting to hear your aspirations and planning how to meet them.
• Flexibility in placement, enabling us to match your strengths with the needs of our pupils and the evolving structure of our growing school.
• PPA from home
• Coaching opportunities
• Care First employee assistance programme
• non-contributory membership of Benenden private health care cover
• membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• two-week, half-term break in October
• Cycle to work scheme

For further details on this role and to apply please visit the school’s careers page Our Vacancies | Phoenix Primary School 

We warmly encourage visits — you will feel Phoenix the moment you walk through the door. To arrange a visit or ask any questions, please contact Jo Penn  on 01634 829009 or via email jpenn@phoenixprimary.com

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date where interest and applications received are high, therefore we encourage early applications. 

Safeguarding Commitment

Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".

 Equality & Inclusivity Statement

At Beyond Schools Trust we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented communities, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background.

Information about the school

Phoenix Primary School is a large, vibrant, and friendly school. We are a proud accredited enhanced VbE, Centre of Excellence and Character Education setting. With VbE at the heart of our curriculum we are developing ethical vocabulary and ethical intelligence, which could be argued is the most important intelligence for the sustainability of our world, enabling Phoenix children to be educated citizens, helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.

Step into Phoenix Primary School and you will feel a haven of warmth and a true sense of community, halls filled with children enjoying their day, staff with a profound sense of humour, a leadership team that places importance on family and professional trust. A team that faces the next steps of each journey with resilience, kindness and compassion. A team that supports the children and their families through so much more than their educational journey.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Jo Penn
• Address:Glencoe Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5QD
• Telephone: 01634 829 009
• Email: jpenn@phoenixprimary.com

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Candidate Pack