Grade R Teacher (Primary School)

How2Apply Talent Network
Potchefstroom, North West
Full-time
Posted 2 hours ago
Full-time Education & Teaching
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Job Description

You'll plan and teach CAPS lessons that stick at a faith-based independent school in Potchefstroom. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Potchefstroom-based, with most of your time spent at a faith-based independent school. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

What your day looks like

  • Plan weekly lessons against the CAPS annual teaching plan
  • Set, mark and moderate formal assessment tasks for the term
  • Capture marks on SA-SAMS or the school's reporting platform before deadlines
  • Keep learner profiles and a tidy teacher file for subject advisers
  • Give extra lessons to learners who are falling behind

Must-haves

  • At least 1 year of classroom teaching, including teaching practice
  • Full SACE registration (provisional registration only for student or newly qualified teachers)
  • Good spoken and written command of the language of teaching
  • Clear record on the National Register for Sex Offenders and a police clearance

Helpful, not essential

  • Coaching experience in a major school sport
  • Honours degree in your subject or in education management

On offer

  • Housing allowance for SGB and state-funded posts where it applies
  • School holidays in line with the school calendar
  • Fee discount for your own children at independent schools
  • Paid SACE CPTD workshops

Applying, step by step

  1. Read the "What you need" list above. If you tick most of it, go ahead and apply.
  2. Keep copies of these ready to send: two recent lesson plans you wrote yourself plus certified copies of your teaching qualification and academic record.
  3. Fill in the short form below with your name and a phone number you actually answer.
  4. If you're shortlisted you'll hear from us within 6 working days, usually by phone.

How2Apply recruits for this position on behalf of hiring employers around Potchefstroom; applications go into our talent pool and shortlisted candidates are introduced directly.

Applying is free. Nobody from How2Apply will ever ask you to pay for anything to get this job.

Tips to get shortlisted

  • Add your matric results or pass rates for your classes if they improved; hard numbers beat adjectives.
  • Put your SACE number, phase and subjects on the first line of your CV; heads sort applications by subject first.

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Job details
SalaryDiscussed at interview
Job TypeFull-time
LocationPotchefstroom, North West
CategoryEducation & Teaching
Experience4+ years
Posted27 October 2026
Closing Date28 November 2026
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