Primary Cover Class Teacher (Permanent Role) - (August 2026)

The Arbor School is seeking a nurturing, creative, and reflective Primary Cover Class Teacher. The successful candidate will create a safe, joyful, and inclusive learning environment that supports young learners in becoming confident, curious, and independent thinkers. Through developmentally appropriate practice, effective planning, and ongoing assessment, the Primary Cover Class Teacher will design rich and engaging learning experiences aligned with the National Curriculum for England, fostering a love of learning through exploration and structured play. Strong partnerships with families, collaboration with colleagues, and dedication to continuous professional growth are central to this role. Enough For All, Forever  The Arbor School opened in 2018 with a very different vision of what education could and should be – experiential, authentic and inspired by the natural beauty, human ingenuity, and profound ecological and social challenges of the Arabian Peninsula.   The cultivation of a learning community uniquely committed to understanding and restoring the health of ecological and human communities as interconnected parts of a whole requires equal parts optimism, ambition, and humility. A fundamental belief in the inherit goodness of people and their capacity to act with empathy and compassion underscores the sense of hope that is fundamental to learning for a sustainable future. The resilience and determination to tackle challenges that have grown to global proportion is essential to finding sustainable solutions and orchestrating the social changes needed to grow them to scale. The realisation that comes from recognising that we are all students – never a master – drives our commitment to ignite a lifelong love of learning.   Recognising the interconnected nature of the cognitive, affective and participative domains, and their roles in shaping learning, we are pursuing a holistic approach to teaching and learning, designed to prepare learners:   to under