Teacher - Milford Haven Community Primary School

Salary: Pay Scale Within: £33,731 - £51,942

Milford Haven Community Primary School Governing Body is seeking to appoint 1 x full time teacher on a permanent basis and 1 x full time teacher on a one year contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, enthusiastic and reflective practitioner. who has a strong commitment to improving and excelling at teaching. Newly qualified teachers are welcome to apply.

You will join us at a time of exciting development at Milford, as we have worked tirelessly over recent years in embedding our new curriculum and approaches to teaching and learning used at the school. This is an opportunity to join us and continue to build on our recent successes, where we pledge to offer all our staff comprehensive and rich opportunities for professional development.

You will be integral in working in our team to lead the school to our ambition of being an outstanding school. These posts would also suit candidates who have ambitions for leadership in the future, with opportunities to lead regularly arising within our school.

How do our teachers feel working here? " Our school is a friendly and welcoming school, committed to excellent care for our pupils and high-quality professional development for our staff. You will have the immediate benefits of joining a dedicated, collaborative and friendly staff team, fully committed to giving their very best for every child, in a school where every child matters and every moment counts".

We are looking for someone who meets the person specifications in the job description and who:

• is a high-quality primary practitioner with high aspirations for pupils
• is passionate and knowledgeable about children's learning and development, and applies that knowledge in the classroom to secure the best progress possible for all learners
• has a detailed knowledge and understanding of pedagogy, and is engaged with the four purposes and learning experiences that are central to current curriculum reform.

• is caring, kind, and patient and has a sense of humour to provide our pupils the support and guidance they require to be successful.

Please contact Stephen Thomas, Headteacher, on 01646 692705 if you would like to discuss the vacancy or alternatively, we are holding visits to the school on Monday 27 th April at 3.45pm or Tuesday 28 th April at 9.30am. Please book a place in advance through contacting our Reception team.

Closing date: Wednesday 6 th May 2026

Shortlisting: Friday 8 th May 2026

Lesson Observations: Week beginning 11 th May 2026

Interviews: Week beginning 18 th May 2026

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Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

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Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.