Steiner Waldorf Class Teacher – Class 1
‘Our aim is to provide a truly inspirational education where our children develop a love of learning and are prepared to go out into our ever-changing world as creative, resourceful and self-confident young people with the life skills to succeed.’
Vacancy Details
Position: Steiner Waldorf Class Teacher
Appointed by: School Leadership Team
Reports to: Teaching and Learning Lead
Position: Full time position, 37.5 hours per week
Core Hours: 8.00am – 4:00pm (with 30 minutes break, unpaid); Department meeting on Tuesdays 3:30-5pm and Faculty on Thursdays 3:30-5pm; plus occasional evenings and weekends
Salary Range: £28,350-£32,550 gross per annum (depending on qualifications and experience)
Type of Contract: Permanent
Deadline: Monday 10th March 2025, 9am, with interviews from Wednesday 12th March
Start Date: 1st September 2025 (with some observation/transition time across the summer to be agreed on appointment)
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment
Waldorf Cambridge is seeking a committed and inspiring person to join our innovative, passionate and warm-hearted team in the Lower School. In the role of Class 1 Teacher will have overall responsibility both for the pastoral care of the class and for much of the classroom work, supported in this by the other Class Teachers and the Lower School Subject Teachers. You will have completed Class Teacher training and have a proven ability to relate to and inspire children through your creative delivery of the education and curriculum. In addition, you will also relate to, communicate and cooperate well with colleagues, parents and the wider community.
About our school
Waldorf Cambridge is a small non-selective, co-educational independent school and is part of the Waldorf UK. We provide a dynamic and progressive education for children aged 2 to 16 years. Situated on a single site, located on the outskirts of Cambridge in the delightful village of Fulbourn, we welcome children from all over Cambridgeshire and beyond.
At the Waldorf Cambridge, we strive to give children the gift of an education that will nourish the whole life of the child. To this end, the academic, social, moral, and spiritual growth of every child is held as a central objective of our education. Children’s capacities and personal abilities are helped to unfold by providing them with a rich and carefully planned curriculum that enhances their own natural developmental growth.
Our school community encompasses families from diverse cultural, racial and socio-economic backgrounds. We offer a warm welcome to all, regardless of culture, creed, race, gender, sexuality or disability and promote an ethos of mutual respect and tolerance for all.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully in the attached documents.
All employees will be vetted for suitability to work with children and young people, and all appointments will be subject to the following:
Satisfactory DBS check
Satisfactory references
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
Cambridge Steiner School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
