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Primary Montessori Teacher
Hours of work: 8am to 4:30 three days a week, 8am to 5:30pm two days a week, term time only. (Students in attendance 8:30am to 3:30pm)
Start date: 1st September 2025
Contract: Maternity cover 1 year with possible permanent position thereafter
Salary: Competitive pay depending on experience
"We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself" (Maria Montessori, From Education for a New World, p. 69)
Opportunity
We are seeking an exceptional Montessori teacher to join our team at Cardiff Montessori School. AMI Montessori diploma and QTS are desirable. Teachers with non-AMI qualifications will be required to complete Montessori training prior to taking the role.
About Cardiff Montessori School
Cardiff Montessori School has approximately 100 students. There are roughly 10 students per year group. Classes are mixed age: 3-6 years, 6-9 years and 9-12 years.
Summary of Position:
The CMS (Cardiff Montessori School) lead teacher should be highly professional, confident, well organised and conscientious. The role requires an approachable manner, welcoming nature and good communication. ICT skills such as use of Microsoft office are required. Like all staff at CMS, they must have patience, love and respect for children. They must have an understanding and love of the Montessori method and strive to implement it at all times. The children’s wellbeing is always at the forefront of what we do. All staff are crucial in modelling courteous and respectful behaviour as well as contributing to the warm, supportive, and calm atmosphere that is the hallmark in Montessori classrooms.
CMS Lead teachers understands and promote the school’s mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community. Lead teachers are responsible for providing a Montessori classroom/instructional program that supports the individual needs of the children in accordance with the school’s mission and vision.
Lead teachers are responsible for giving presentations, re-presentations, points of consciousness presentations, exercises, presentations of language and games. They support children to make developmental choices, based on observations made. Through, careful and accurate record keeping and planning they ensure each child is progressing. They focus on the protection of work, through mindful actions and positive words. Lead teacher always encouraging purposeful and constructive activity. They encourage love and value of the environment through ongoing maintenance and encouraging the children to be involved too. Through meticulous observation they ensure the environment meets the developmental needs of children in the class. They communicate with parents and management in a timely, constructive, collaborative and professional manner. They guide and support ATs and other staff fulfil their roles effectively.
They work alongside other staff to ensure systems are in place that enables CMS to function as an authentic Montessori school, effectively, safely and in accordance with regulations. The CMS lead teacher is answerable to the head of school, the deputy head of school and company director.
The key areas pertaining to the role fall under the categories of
1. Planning, preparation and instruction
2. Classroom environment management
3. Communication
4. Professional responsibility
Interviews will take place the week of 19 May
Safeguarding Statement
Cardiff Montessori is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.