Job Introduction
Are you looking for a career change? Are you currently assisting teachers within a school? Do you aspire to be a teacher yourself? We require for September 2025 excellent graduates to join our team as trainee teachers. Applications from all graduates will be welcomed.
SATA (St Andrew’s Teaching Alliance) is a Lead School working with the University of Reading to train teachers. We are looking to recruit graduate trainees for the coming academic year.
The course will last for one year and result in the attainment of qualified teacher status (QTS).
St. Andrew’s Church of England Primary School is a friendly and popular school, set at the foot of the Chiltern Hills amid stunning grounds.
Our school vision states:
We aim to bring children to a place where they can realise their full potential. Our Christian values are the foundation of all we do and each one is a facet of the central value, love, which ‘always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.’ (1Corinthians 13:7)
Protect, Trust, Hope and Persevere
You will train in two good schools with the opportunity to work alongside professionals in a practical and theoretical way. You will be part of a team from the very start, receiving intensive support from experienced teachers and mentors.
We are able to sponsor trainees to cover the QTS fees (£7,710). Trainees opting to complete the PGCE alongside QTS need to pay an additional £1,540 fees.
St. Andrew’s CE Primary School, Chinnor, Oxfordshire
Trainee Class teacher
Full time from September 2025 until July 2026
Sponsored (QTS fees are covered by the placement school)
Leading to QTS Course Code: 2DD
We can offer you:
- A nurturing learning environment where all are respected and valued
- Caring, well behaved and respectful children with positive attitudes to learning
- An opportunity to work as part of an effective and supportive team
- A commitment to all levels of staff training and development
- Attractive, purpose-built classrooms with extensive outdoor areas
You will need to be:
- An enthusiastic trainee with high expectations of achievement and behaviour
- Committed to the Christian ethos and values of the school
- Passionate about learning
- Able to work well as a member of a team
- Someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ambitious, energetic and hardworking
Would you like to be part of our exciting, happy and forward-thinking school?
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
How to Apply
Apply via Apply https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-training leading to QTS, course code: 2DD
Please contact Kendra Gerrish on the school telephone number 01844 351353 or email the school office: office.3182@st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk for further details, to find out when the next round of interviews is being held, or to arrange a visit to the school.
You can find courses on this website: https://www.gov.uk/find-postgraduate-teacher-training-courses ;
Course Codes:
B074 QTS only (ages 3-7/Early Years, Foundation Stage and KS1)
H208 Primary PGCE with QTS (ages 5-11/Years 1-6, KS1 and KS2)
L183 Primary PGCE with QTS (ages 3-7/Early Years, Foundation Stage and KS1)
R869 QTS only (ages 5-11/Years 1-6, KS1 and KS2)
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
