Teacher - Frome Valley First School at Dorset Council in Dorchester

Frome Valley CE First School is looking for a Class Teacher to join our fantastic team.

Salary details: £34,069 - £46,940 per annum (M1 to M6)

This job is Full Time.

Contract Type: Permanent basis.

Approximate start date: 01st January 2027.

Interview date: Monday 23rd November 2026

Closing Date: Friday 20th November 2026 at 12pm

Contact details: Karen Norris (Office): office@frome.wessex.ac Tel: 01202 606888

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and exceptional teacher who has the knowledge and expertise to ensure all children receive a high standard of education across all aspects of the curriculum.

We are looking for an outstanding individual who is:

• A confident classroom teacher
• Committed to raising standards and achievement
• Enthusiastic, imaginative and reflective
• Skilled at building positive relationships with children, staff, parents and local school committee members
• An effective team member
• Committed to continuous professional development
• Committed to a child centred ethos
• Passionate about providing a caring, nurturing environment, sympathetic to our Christian values
• Able to inspire and motivate our learners, has high expectations and a drive to enable pupils to be the best they can be
• Able to promote high standards of behaviour

We can offer you:

• Children who are keen to learn
• A friendly, welcoming and supportive staff team
• An environment where children flourish

Visits are warmly welcomed; please telephone the school office to make an appointment.

For more information and a copy of the job description, please click the Apply button below which will direct you to our jobs page.

Frome Valley CE First School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.