Primary School Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Education

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Primary School Skills List in Education

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Primary School role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Primary School job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 75% of Primary School job descriptions contained ect as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

ect
75%
ks2
73%
primary teacher
73%
ks1
70%
qts
70%
primary
67%
teacher
67%
year 5
62%
year 4
62%
year 6
62%
primary school
62%
year 3
59%
early years
59%
year 1
53%
aspiring teacher
53%
ott
50%
key stage 2
14%
pgce
14%
eyfs
12%
primary school teacher
12%
key stage 1
9%
school
6%
primary teaching assistant
6%
primary school teaching assistant
6%
stockport
6%
teaching assistant
6%
learning support assistant
6%
general teaching assistant
6%
nqt
6%
early careers teacher
6%
key stage 1 teacher
6%
class teacher
3%
east london
3%
temporary
3%
university
3%
london
3%
primary teaching
3%
redbridge
3%
school teacher
3%
waltham forest
3%
bromborough
3%
degree
3%
ks1 teacher
3%
classroom support
3%
primary education
3%
early years foundation stage
3%
level 2
3%
long-term
3%
pgde
3%
education
3%
south liverpool
3%
1:1 teaching assistant
3%
send teaching assistant
3%
admin
3%
administrator
3%
westminster
3%
bed
3%
class
3%
year 2 teacher
3%
key stage
3%
key stage one
3%
essex
3%
inclusion
3%
safeguarding
3%
senco
3%
sendco
3%
key stage 2 teacher
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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