Job Description

Salary:  M6 to UPS1 dependent on experience

Hours of work: Part-time (0.6)

Contract type: Permanent

A bit about us:

Stanton St Quintin Primary School is a small village school nestled between the market towns of Chippenham and Malmesbury.  We are a caring, friendly community where children are supported, enthused and challenged to broaden their interests, maximise their learning and achieve their very best.  Children benefit from an outstanding team of committed and imaginative teachers, spacious buildings and grounds and a huge range of academic, artistic and sporting opportunities.

Expectations are high across the school and standards are consistently good (Ofsted, February 2024) Ranked No 1 School in Wiltshire December 2024 based on end of key stage results. 

We are looking to appoint a kind, dedicated, inspiring and creative Key Stage 1/2 teacher to help our children grow in confidence and curiosity every day. We are looking for someone who is able to work effectively and successfully in a mixed age class. This position is for a mixed year 2/3 class.

Applications are welcome from passionate teachers who have a commitment to supporting the school at all levels.

All about the role:

The successful candidate

• Will be an experienced, enthusiastic, inspiring and dedicated teacher who is able to work effectively teaching a mixed age KS1/2 class, with a good understanding of the Key Stage 1 and 2 curriculum.
• Have high aspirations and is passionate about providing all children with the very best opportunities.
• Will be keen to take on responsibilities for leading and developing the curriculum and raising standards of teaching and learning across the school with a particular focus on English.
• Will be someone with high expectations and a commitment to securing outstanding progress for all learners across all curriculum areas
• Will be someone who shares our ethos and passion for children’s learning and can identify with the vision and values of our school 
• Will be keen to make a significant contribution to the wider life of the school
• Have the ability to form excellent relationships with children and get to the heart of each and every child in their care.
• Will be a team player, keen to get involved, be open to new ideas and have a good sense of humour!

We can offer the candidate:

• A rewarding role working with a supportive and highly motivated team, who are looking to develop and maintain high expectations and commitment to learning
• Enthusiastic and happy children who have excellent attitudes to life and learning.
• A positive family of experienced colleagues who will support and challenge you and who are committed to securing outstanding progress for all learners across all subjects. 
• A supportive leadership team committed to the school, staff development and staff well being.
• Outstanding links and relationships with parents, a committed Governing Body and excellent links with our local Community
• Exciting opportunities to develop and broaden your experiences and a commitment to your professional development

The successful candidate will be committed to self-development, team work, high expectations and helping to move the school from strength to strength.

Find out more and apply:

To apply please contact the School office for an application on 01249 837602 or email admin@stanton-st-quintin.wilts.sch.uk

Please note: CV's will not be considered.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Please take the time to visit our website for further information:  https://www.stanton-st-quintin.wilts.sch.uk

Closing date (and time): 9am Monday 24^th November 2025

Interview date: Friday 28^th November 2025

Commencement date: Monday 5^th January 2026

Stanton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

All applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

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For more information, you may wish to watch this video together with your child/ren: https://youtu.be/0PzWnljCpL0 

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World Book Day ‘SSQ style’ was enjoyed by children and adults alike! Enjoying reading takes place every day at Stanton School, but World Book Day is always an exciting day to celebrate books and the joy they bring. A huge thank you to our team of librarians and staff for making the day so exciting for everyone.

Don’t forget to use your £1 book tokens to choose a free WBD book or receive money off another book of your choice.

Here is a small snapshot of our day.

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Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

JOB DESCRIPTION

Salary: £11.98 per hour

Hours: 12.5 hours per week,  Monday + Tuesday

Contract: Temporary fixed term

A bit about us:

Stanton St Quintin Primary School opened a school led Early Years Unit in September 2020. Under the direction of a qualified class teacher the successful candidate will be part of a team who will establish a bespoke setting aimed to meet the needs of the Early Years aged children.

All about the role:

NVQ Level 3 Early Years Child Care qualification is desired. The candidate should have a love of learning, a tenacity and desire to be part of a team committed to moving our school forwards.

We will offer you:

• Enthusiastic, motivated, friendly and happy children
• An excellent working school environment.
• Dedicated, hardworking and talented teachers and support staff
• A supportive governing body
• A genuine opportunity to lead and make a difference

Find out more and apply:

Please contact our school for an application form on 01666 837602 or admin@stanton-st-quintin.wilts.sch.uk

Closing date (and time): 28/2/24

Interview date:  6/3/24

Commencement date:  15/4/24

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

During the afternoon, the children saw all the professional performers rehearsing their parts and it was a fantastic opportunity for them to see a range of musical skills in action and realise the importance of practising their musical instruments until you can’t get it wrong. 

In the evening, they performed to an audience which included family members. All the children sang and danced their hearts out, making it an amazing and unforgettable experience to be part of.

Watch our video for highlights  

Each class took part in a workshop, learning how to put each other into the recovery position and what to do in the case of an emergency.

We were curious to explore the inside of an ambulance and learn about the crucial equipment on board and how it may be used.

The children asked lots of important questions and have acquired skills they may need to use in the future.

This term, we marked the very first National Illustration Day by exploring the wonders created by children’s illustrators. We visited the library to delve into our books and find our favourite illustrations to then recreate.

The children talked about their favourite illustrators and what they liked about their chosen illustration.

We now have a beautiful Stanton Illustrators display adorning our library corridor.

#motivateeducatenurture #weareillustrators

It was a sensational retelling of a group of angels, wise men and shepherds who were on route to see the birth of baby Jesus. Whilst on their journey, they stopped at the Bethlehem Bake Off Inn to take part in the prestigious baking competition, to try to win the prize of Celestial Baker

The children made us so exceptionally proud of their efforts; performing their lines, singing and dancing, and filling us with such warmth and festivities at this special time of year.

The workshop shared information on these skills and how parents/carers can support children at home with early number. It also explained the homework programme which helps children practise the mastery approach at home in a practical and fun way.

This year, our poetry theme is 'All Things School' and hopefully you have now accessed the list of chosen poems emailed to you this week. You can also find our poetry list available to download below.

We would like every child to choose a poem from this list to practise performing and learning off by heart, for Monday 16th October, when the children will have the opportunity to perform their chosen poem to their class. We shall then choose finalists to perform their poem again to the rest of the school.

Performance poetry can be a really fun and exciting way for children to engage with poetry. This year's poems have been chosen with this in mind and are ordered by challenge to help you support your child to choose the best poem for them to learn.

They don't have to learn all of the poem; it could just be a verse or whatever they feel able to do.

Children have been exploring how to perform different poetry in class and should therefore be ready to have a go!

We look forward to seeing the children's off by heart performances!

#motivateeducatenurture #WeArePoets #NationalPoetryDay

Did you know, the first children’s book Roald Dahl wrote was James and the Giant Peach?

Here we share some of our lovely learning with you.

Upon a cloud, every child then recorded what makes them incredible, from riding a bike without stabilisers to being a kind friend and everything inbetween!

We used peg dolls to make our incredible selves and proudly displayed these around our world to remind ourselves throughout this year that we are all INCREDIBLE!

We know that she will pop back to say hello and we shall welcome her with open arms as always.

Thank you Mrs Brown for your enthusiasm and dedication this year. 

They have been absolute reading superheroes this year and I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done to inspire the children of SSQ to enjoy reading and keep the library a wonderful place to be.

The librarians are now proud wearers of their new reading pin badges. 

Yesterday afternoon, we announced the final count up of our SSQ 50,000 pages reading challenge. As we teetered on the edge with just over 48,000, Rhine Class’ total for last week tipped the balance to a whopping 53,295 pages read! WOW!

As the children waited with anticipation on the school field, the familiar sound of ice cream van tunes could be heard, before something amazing appeared across the horizon- an ice cream van stocked full of ice cream goodness for the readers and book lovers of Stanton School! The children were ecstatic!

This special afternoon was spent enjoying ice cream and books on the field with our friends across the school. The older children helped their buddies to order their ice creams and everyone read stories together. Our afternoon finished with a final story of the year with Mrs Anderson.

Please do encourage your child to keep up their love of reading over the summer- maybe even with an ice cream in hand.

Rev Sharon reflected on our school values and the leavers each read a poem about moving on.  Then each class shared what they had enjoyed or learnt this year, reflecting 

We had a special song from the choir then the whole school sang using 

A special thank you to Reverend Gleed for leading the service and the The Gauzebrook Group of Churches for their kind gift of a bible to our Year 6’s.  

Congratulations to this years winners, very well deserved.

Together with their families and Mrs Anderson, the children attended the prestigious awards ceremony in Southampton yesterday afternoon, where they were presented with their awards and saw their designs on display at the exhibition.

There were 48,000 entries that were submitted this year which makes this an outstanding achievement for Ella and Roman. A huge congratulations to them both!

I was so extremely proud of the children’s empathetic ideas and designs and feel that this has been recognised by the judging panel, with all children receiving a commendation for their entries. This year we have received a significant number of Pass (14 children) , Merit (12 children) and the highest grading, Distinction Shortlisted (4 children).

The entries of the four children who received Distinction Shortlisted have now gone to the final round of judging and could be this year's winner! These entries will also be on display at a local exhibition- further details to follow.

We congratulate all the children on their fantastic achievement.

Yesterday the children spent time enjoying the snow outdoors; building snowmen, making snow angels and having lots of fun laughter with their friends.

It is days like these when we really see the wonderful friendships our children have across the school.

On Tuesday we celebrated World Book Day and enjoyed a day filled with stories galore. From a story performance by the teachers, to a book trail around the school, a storytelling workshop with the librarians in the library and books and biscuits in the afternoon. KS2 enjoyed a very special author visit from Sophie Cleverly, a magnificent story sweet shop filled the hall after school and for the first time ever, we fitted the whole school in the library for an end of the day story! We were so impressed with the variety of book hats and were filled with excitement for day two of our book celebrations.

Please watch our photo reel video here: https://youtu.be/-h-fgt0LYDQ

#motivateeducatenurture #readingforpleasure #worldbookday2023 #welovereading #maketimetoread

Reading is dreaming with eyes wide open...

We listened to stories on the giant story bed; played in the story small worlds; marvelled at story treasures in the story galleries; created cartoons in the comic book experience; listened to stories told by the trees in the Whispering Woods; took part in storytelling workshops and explored the stories through time film experience.

We had the most wonderful day as part of a very special story week.

#motivateeducatenurture #worldbookday2023 #readingforpleasure #welovereading #maketimetoread

Watch our photo reel video here: https://youtu.be/rIV-cD1KxMc

A wonderful world of stories!

Happy Birthday Mrs Robins!

We hope you have a wonderful day :)

A great chance to see mastery in action and learn how to use in mixed age classes.

Here is a little of what we got up to...

We began with a whole school assembly to think a little about what Religion is and why it is important to learn about a little about the different religions of the world.

In the morning, Mr Priest came in to make traditional Easter biscuits. He told us about the link between using cassia oil and the embalming of Jesus Christ...

Later, we learned how Buddhists create amazing sand mandalas that represent the universe, and we had a go at making our own nature mandalas...

We listened to the story 'Bracelets for Bina's Brothers' by Rajani LaRocca and made bracelets similar to ones that Hindus give each other during the festival of Rahki to show others that you will look after them...

After learning a little about the traditions of Hanukkah, we made our own dreidels and enjoyed playing the game together...

Mrs Anderson and Rufus x

I cannot thank you enough for your support and kindness.

Mrs Anderson (& Rufus )

Thank you for your support!

Rufus was treated to a book themed party at Mrs Anderson’s house and asked for pop-up books for his birthday this year. After exploring his new pop-up books, Rufus enjoyed a large slice of chocolate birthday cake followed by a special birthday bath. Mrs Anderson did have to hold Rufus’s paw as he was a little unsure of the water! He is now super clean and ready to go home with children he spots reading

He’ll even bring one of his new pop-up books with him!

At Stanton children enjoy the structured approach to learning through exploration in Maths.

Lessons begin with a problem, question or thought and children investigate.  This part is always fun, and we love discussing what we notice. 

The teacher then draws the class together, having carefully selected some ideas from the children themselves. The skill then is to guide the children to ensure the concepts have been understood before they take on their independent work for the lesson.  

The approach gives each child the change to succeed in maths which leads to enjoyment.

Children made diya lamps, tasted delicious food and watched a dancing display.

Thank you to the Nepali community for organising and creating such an immersive experience for the children.

For videos of our poetry recitals, please visit our school Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stantonschool/posts/pfbid0erGpD84z5q3TGwUaTLb1y4MyqffiVmpMKCyVQD1PSYwQNTu1xfopS3zYiHZGD9hzl 

Wow! It’s been an amazing couple of days with the whole school coming together to learn about and celebrate carnival time. As a school that is passionate about reading, we enjoyed reading Bisa’s Carnival, then used ideas from the book as stimulus for some creative carnival writing. We also took part in very loud and large samba workshop, made carnival cakes to sell and then the super fun finale - the procession at Malmesbury Carnival.

Thank you to the parents & wider community for supporting and the amazing costumes, the staff - especially Mrs Anderson and family for organising and providing the float, and finally the children for representing the school with such enthusiasm.