Current Vacancies
Class Teacher - Full-time
- Ref: KCC886-2569-100T
- Posted: 18/03/2025
- Pay: MPS
- Start Date: September 2025
- App Close Date: 25/04/2025 at 12:00
- Interviews: Friday 2nd May 2025
Advert
Thornden Wood is a school where children excel and grow in classrooms made of more than just four walls. Following a re-brand at the beginning of 2024/25, the school is on an exciting journey to excellence; serving all members of the local and wider community to help provide children with opportunities and experiences to raise aspirations and foster a true love of learning.
We are looking for an outstanding teacher, who embodies our values of Grit, Respect, Opportunity and Wonder, who shows a passion for helping our children to GROW.
If you are committed to:
- Making a difference to the lives of children;
- Being a reflective practitioner, who always strives to be better than yesterday;
- Working as an adaptable and flexible member of a team;
- Investing fully in the on-going development of our whole school community;
- Modelling unrelenting high expectations of yourself and for every member of our community;
- Bringing the sunshine every day with energy and enthusiasm.
Then we can offer you:
- Happy, respectful and hard-working children, with a thirst for knowledge;
- Leaders who are committed to your continued professional development and career progression at school and Trust level;
- A supportive and caring working environment, in which professional welfare and workload is kept under constant review;
- A school with outstanding facilities and personal development opportunities;
- A team who love coming to work and have fun!
We welcome applications from experienced practitioners and ECTs.
We would encourage all interested candidates to visit us prior to application. Please call us on 01227 373095 to arrange.
To apply for this opportunity, please complete our application form.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. We will contact all candidates once the shortlisting process has taken place. Please send application forms to recruitment@thorndenwood.kent.sch.uk
We look forward to meeting you.
Information about the school
“A school where children excel and grow in classrooms made of more than just four walls.”
Thornden Wood Primary School is a two form entry Primary School situated on the outskirts of Herne Bay. Formally Briary Primary School, we underwent and exciting re-brand in September 2024 as a springboard to share our re-imagined vision and values with our community. Since then, our school has seen an increase in the number of pupils wishing to attend and we are establishing our reputation as an exceptional provider of education.
Our most recent Ofsted report (Jan 2024) states, “Pupils are thriving at this inclusive, nurturing and successful school. There is a keen sense of community, which results in happy staff and pupils. The school has high expectations and staff create an environment where respect and kindness are commonplace. Each pupil is known as an individual and pupils have strong, trusting relationships with each other and with staff.”
Outdoor learning is fundamental to Thornden Wood; in a world which is getting smaller, we want the primary experience to feel bigger. All our children receive regular opportunities to learn and explore outside through weekly forest school sessions, daily OPAL play, frequent access to our brand new sports field and timetabled care or our school chickens.
Our personal development offer is second to none; we have a whole school award system that sees every pupil experience a multitude of amazing opportunities which will help them to further understand themselves, their community and the world we live in. Our unique partnership with the EKC Group Colleges provides our children with access to specialist environments and facilities, which would not ordinarily be accessible to primary age pupils.
Thornden Wood - Sowing seeds to GROW great minds.
Job Contact Information
- Name: Kate Espley
- Address: Greenhill Road West, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7RS
- Telephone: (01227) 373095
- Email: recruitment@thorndenwood.kent.sch.uk
