[250508] Class Teacher
Pilgrim Primary Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5BQ17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
1 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS1 - UPS3
[250508] Class Teacher job summary
Pilgrim Primary Academy, Reach South Academy Trust, is seeking to appoint an exceptional Class Teacher for September 2025
Post: [250508] Class Teacher (Primary age)
Location: Pilgrim Primary Academy, Oxford Street, Plymouth PL1 5BQ
Salary Range: MPS 1 - UPS 3, £31,650 to £49,084 per annum
Hours/Contract: 32.5 hours per week, permanent contract
The Role: We are looking for an exceptional, caring class teacher to join our happy and dedicated team. Our ideal candidate will have a desire to improve both academic and personal outcomes and lead outstanding inclusive provision within their class.
As an outstanding, dynamic and passionate teacher, you’ll be able to inspire our learners, having high expectations that ensure your teaching directly impacts on great academic and pastoral outcomes for pupils. Specifically you will:
Have well-developed interpersonal skills, understanding the importance of establishing trusted and empathetic relationships with children to best support behaviours and positive learning attitudes.
Be an excellent communicator, delivering learning with clarity and offering dynamic feedback.
Have excellent subject knowledge, be extremely well organised and well prepared.
Be committed to fully inclusive practices and have a comprehensive understanding of inclusion and SEND provisions, knowing the importance of meeting the needs of the whole child -valuing the uniqueness of every pupil in your care.
Bring energy and positivity, being eager to work flexibly and thriving when working in a wider team and in collaboration with colleagues.
Be consistently professionally curious, enjoying extending your own knowledge and skills through reflective practice, research and coaching models of CPD.
Be able to offer a subject area of expertise to lead across school – please state areas of curriculum strength you could offer in your letter of application.
School Background: Pilgrim is a friendly, caring and welcoming school, placing children's learning, happiness and well-being at the heart of all we do. We understand that children will only get the best education when there are strong and respectful relationships between both pupils, staff, parents and the wider community. We are very proud of the positive relationships that exist at Pilgrim.
Our aim is to develop confident young people who have high aspirations, a clear sense of themselves as learners and citizens and who can contribute positively to their futures and those of others.
Trust Background: Reach South Multi Academy Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education.
We are committed to collaboration with other schools, MATs, colleges, Local Authorities, employers and Government to bring the widest benefit to young people and our staff.
Teachers within Reach South belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. In time, our best teachers are able to work across schools, develop specialisms and step up to leadership roles within and beyond their own academy. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike.
Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues within and beyond their school to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence and are committed to providing the highest standards of teaching for all children. If that is you then we would be delighted to receive your application.
The Person: We welcome visits to the school to support your application process. These can be arranged from Tuesday 13th May. So if you think this role may be for you and want to join our team, please get in touch by calling our school officeon 01752 225319 or emailat Michelle.Murray@pilgrimprimary.org and we can arrange a visit or answer any of your queries.
Closing date for applications: 1st June 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday 10th June 2025
Start Date: 1st September 2025
To apply: Please visit www.reachsouth.org/applications or click the 'Apply' button on this advert
Opportunities and Benefits: We offer a competitive salary plus TPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities with many other benefits.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Reach South Academy Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section of the application before submitting.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Pilgrim Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 390 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pilgrim Primary Academy website
School location
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