Cwm Glâs Primary School - Full Time Teacher

Cwm Glâs Primary School
Colwyn Avenue
Winchwen
Swansea
SA1 7EN
Telephone: (01792) 771693
www.cwmglasprimaryschool.org

About Us
At Cwm Glâs, we do things with heart. We are a nurturing, inclusive school rooted in our community, with strong family links and a real commitment to helping every child thrive and celebrate their individual progress.

Our core value is 'Family', and our ethos is simple but powerful: every child is unique, and every voice matters. We believe that children learn best when they feel safe, understood, and celebrated - and we're fiercely committed to creating an environment where pupils thrive emotionally and socially and make individual progress.

From our nurturing early years and ALN provision to our innovative approaches in emotional wellbeing, we are a school that adapts, reflects, and puts children at the centre of everything we do. We look passed the school gates to ensure we support our children, parents and community.

We are proud to be:

• Trauma-aware and emotionally intelligent - relationships come first
• Community Flagship School- with a buzzing CLIC Café, Acoins saving scheme, Cwpwrdd Cwm Glâs food project, and regular events that connect us with families
• Curriculum-rich - with progression at the core, co-designed by staff who know how to spark curiosity and joy
• Authentically inclusive - ensuring we make adaptions ensuring that approaches are thoughtfully tailored to meet pupils' individual well-being and learning needs.

We Would Like Applicants To:

• Be an outstanding classroom practitioner with secure knowledge of the Curriculum for Wales.
• Be deeply committed to inclusive, inquiry based and child centred learning.
• Good motivators, who can inspire, support and challenge pupils whilst working well as part of our team
• Believes behaviour is communication - a person with excellent behaviour management and communication skills, alongside being able to demonstrate
• a flexible approach and responds with empathy, clarity, consistency and nurturing nature
• Has strong communication skills and can build trusted relationships with children, staff, and families
• Committed to research on how to make teaching and learning more effective
• Has a sense of humour and a cup-half-full approach to problem-solving
• Shares our values of FAMILY, belonging, and being unapologetically child-centred.
• Place pupil wellbeing at the heart of teaching, learning and leadership.
• Have experience of, or a strong interest in, leading aspects of school improvement.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire, support and challenge colleagues.
• Be reflective, innovative and committed to continuous professional learning.
• Show a strong commitment to teamwork, collaboration and shared leadership.
• Engage positively with parents, governors and the wider school community.
• Participate fully in the life of the school.

The School Can Offer:

• A creative, inclusive and nurturing school community.
• Enthusiastic, motivated learners with strong pupil voice.
• A supportive, forward thinking Senior Leadership Team.
• Opportunities for leadership development and professional growth.
• A rich indoor and outdoor learning environment that promotes curiosity and wellbeing.
• A school in the heart of its community, with pupils, parents and staff who really care and has a Family ethos.
• A truly collaborative staff culture - we work in pairs, plan together, reflect often
• A place where staff wellbeing is prioritised as part of our whole school emotional health strategy.

Tour of school: Monday 18 May 2026 at 4pm. Please book to attend the tour by emailing Mrs Edwards, Headteacher at [email protected]

Applicants should, in addition, highlight other skills, expertise and previous teaching experience they could bring to the role. Your letter of application should be no more than 2000 words.

Please note that you will be required to demonstrate your teaching capability as part of the interview process.

Please visit the school website for more information about the school www.cwmglasprimaryschool.org .

Cwm Glâs Primary School - Teacher - Job description ( PDF, 296 KB )

Cwm Glâs Primary School - Teacher - Person Specification ( PDF, 297 KB )

Application form - primary, secondary, special teachers ( Word doc, 117 KB )

Forms should be returned to the Mrs Edwards, Headteacher at [email protected]

Closing date: Midday Monday 1 June 2026

Lesson observations: W/c 22 June 2026

Interviews: 6 July 2026

Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and the necessary safe recruitment checks being made.

The Authority in line with the Corporate Safeguarding Policy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Authority expects all staff to undertake and keep up to date with mandatory safe for safeguarding training for both the protection of children and adults.

Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and the necessary safe recruitment checks being made.

Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors. Further details can be found at https://www.swansea.gov.uk/corporatesafeguarding

Last modified on 14 May 2026

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