Class teacher

Belleville Primary School, London, SW11 6PR

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  12 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Mainscale M1 to M6. ECTs welcome
• Additional allowances:

  Mainscale M1 to M6. ECTs welcome

Class teacher job summary

The Quality First Education (Q1E) Trust seeks strong primary class teachers who share our vision of an excellent education for all.

We welcome Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and we think our trust is a really great place to start a teaching career.

“I haven’t come across any other Trusts offering this level of training and it’s made me feel like I’m in good hands at the start of my new career.” (Q1E Early Career Teacher)

Belleville is a large, successful, popular school, rated Outstanding by Ofsted since 2007. The school is proud to provide an excellent, broad and balanced curriculum whilst ensuring high standards in the core subjects. It has over 1,000 pupils on two sites and a diverse variety of languages, cultures and backgrounds are represented here. There is a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children. The growth in school numbers over time reflects the excellent quality of education provided. As a designated National Support School, Academy Sponsor and Maths Hub, Belleville has a long history of excellence and of supporting and improving schools. Belleville was also part of the first ever cohort of designated Teaching Schools.

Ofsted (2022) say:

• Pupils thrive at Belleville. They are very well prepared for the next stages of their education.
• Leaders have planned a highly ambitious curriculum. Pupils develop detailed knowledge and understanding over time. They apply this in a range of interesting projects, producing work of a very high standard. Pupils speak with enthusiasm about the rich curriculum they learn
• Pupils engage positively with their learning and show maturity when working alone or with others. Pupils’ excellent behaviour extends beyond the classroom .
• Staff are proud to work at Belleville. They receive extensive professional development and are appreciative of this. They feel their workload is well managed by leaders who welcome their input on how the school operates. Teachers at the very beginning of their career feel especially well supported.

Belleville is part of our primary-only Trust of five schools in London, with a vision of an excellent education for all. We pride ourselves on our 'quality first' provision, for our children, staff, and schools.

At Q1E, we believe that ‘the quality of an education system (or school) cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (McKinsey 2007). We provide excellent opportunities for class teachers, with outstanding professional development and support from the outset.

We ensure our teachers have the resources they need to do an excellent job, supported by a high quality, well sequenced curriculum. We provide you with plans for all lessons, in all core and foundation subjects.

If you are new to teaching, you will be supported every step of the way. We are very proud of the support we provide for Early Career Teachers, starting with a paid three-week induction programme in July.

Our staff and schools are supported by great leaders, as well as our central team who provide ongoing pedagogical support and training.

“Staff across the Trust’s schools work together to plan their teaching. This sharing of expertise and resources is of much benefit to pupils and keeps staff workload manageable.” (Ofsted).

Our trust is big enough to have excellent support and resources, and a great network of colleagues to work with and learn from - but small enough for colleagues to know each other really well, and provide bespoke support.

Your application

We recruit every year for new teachers to join us in September. Recruitment is open and ongoing until positions are filled., but to be included in our first round of shortlisting, please apply by midday on Monday 5th January 2026. We encourage an early response, as applications are shortlisted regularly.

We recruit as a Trust, so there are multiple positions available, but your placement at a school will be agreed in discussion with you. In your personal statement, it would really help us if you can indicate which of our five schools you are interested in (it may be all of them!). We review applications at Trust level and then share them with our school teams.

Download our teacher recruitment brochure to find out more about teaching with us.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

All posts in Q1E schools are subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. We may carry out online searches of shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Belleville Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 1006 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Belleville Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/belleville-primary-school

We are a successful, popular, outstanding school with a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children. We have two school sites (Webbs and Meteor), a fantastic staff team and a supportive parent/carer community. We are in a vibrant area of south London with excellent transport links. Our proximity to Clapham Junction gives us access to central London and across the south of England.

Belleville Primary School is part of Quality First Education (Q1E), a successful Multi-Academy Trust with four primary schools on five sites across south London. This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us as we grow further.

At Q1E, we believe that “the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (McKinsey 2007). The recruitment, retention and development of high quality teachers is our highest priority.

Staff wellbeing is very important to us. We provide clear structures, excellent resources and outstanding professional development for our staff. All teachers new to the Trust receive pre-induction training before starting in post. We are an outward facing trust and believe in learning from the best schools and systems - you will have lots of opportunity to watch outstanding practice and get involved in wider projects across our dynamic Trust as well as be supported to progress in your teaching career. There are opportunities for new teachers to take on leadership responsibilities for the right candidate.

We offer a high quality, well-resourced and carefully structured curriculum to support teacher wellbeing. High quality specialist teachers are employed to teach PE, art, computing, music and French. We strive to meet the needs of all our children – doing ‘Whatever It Takes’ to help children fulfil their potential.

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