Class Teacher
Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
28th August 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
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
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual) MSP 1 - 6 (£31650 - £43607)
Class Teacher job summary
Inspire , Grow, Belong - Teacher Opportunity at Featherby!
Are you a passionate and driven teacher ready to make a real difference? At Featherby, we’re more than just a school — we’re a nurturing, inclusive learning community where children and staff thrive together. We are looking for an enthusiastic Class Teacher to join our supportive team from August 2025.
Whether you’re an experienced educator or an ECT ready to take your first exciting step into teaching, this is a real opportunity to shape young lives and grow professionally within a caring, forward-thinking environment.
Featherby is a place where every child is known, valued, and celebrated. As part of the Maritime Academy Trust, we benefit from collaborative innovation, a broad and creative curriculum, and a culture that encourages curiosity, resilience, and confidence. Our Infant and Junior Schools work in close partnership, and you may be based across both sites depending on the role. We’ll match you with the year group that best suits your experience, strengths, and interests — always putting the needs of our children first. What We’re Looking For We’re seeking a teacher who:
Puts children at the heart of everything they do.
Has high expectations and a belief that every child can succeed.
Brings creativity, positivity, and energy to the classroom.
Builds strong relationships with pupils, families, and colleagues.
Welcomes new ideas and embraces innovation with a sense of humour.
Is an excellent classroom practitioner — reflective, motivated, and inspiring.
Is ready to help drive Featherby forward as we work towards even greater success.
A warm, welcoming school community with a strong family feel.
A supportive leadership team committed to staff development and wellbeing.
Opportunities for career progression and high-quality CPD through the Maritime Academy Trust.
National terms and conditions, including Local Government Pension Scheme.
Early salary access scheme (Wagestream) and financial wellbeing support.
A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing.
Come and see the Featherby difference for yourself! We would love to show you around our school and share what makes it such a special place to work and learn. To arrange a visit, simply contact the school office on 01634 231984—we’d be delighted to meet you.
You’ll find all the details about the role, school, and trust in the Candidate Information Pack attached. Applications must be submitted online via the My New Term website before the deadline. Please note that we may interview and appoint candidates as applications are received, so don’t delay—apply today! We are part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, a forward-thinking group of schools in Greenwich, Kent & Medway. Together, we embrace collaboration and innovation, delivering a curriculum that equips children with essential life skills.
Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, he better our work will be.
Maritime Academy Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. In line with safeguarding guidance, we may carry out online checks on shortlisted candidates.
Further information about the Trust is available at www.Maritimeacademytrust.org and the school at https://www.featherby-jun.medway.sch.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
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 Featherby Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Featherby Junior School website
Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.
The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.
Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.
We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.
Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!
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