16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 March 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    12 March 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Main Scale Teacher / Upper Scale Teacher M1-U3, Outer London

What skills and experience we're looking for

Class Teacher

Main Scale Teacher / Upper Scale Teacher M1-U3

Outer London

Sybourn Primary is looking to recruit outstanding, enthusiastic, innovative and committed class teachers to join our team.

Sybourn Primary is an outstanding Primary School serving a multi-cultural community in Waltham Forest and working in partnership with The Lion Academy Trust.

If you are excited by innovation and challenge, and if you are energised by opportunities to develop and share your practice, whilst learning with your colleagues and from the children you work with, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Joining Sybourn you will become part of a team who are supportive, successful and committed to setting high standards.

We can offer you:

  • A vibrant and rapidly improving school situated in a culturally diverse area of East London with all the rewards and opportunities this brings
  • lively, friendly and aspirational children who are determined to make the most of their schooling
  • A dynamic and dedicated team of teachers and support staff who want the best for their children
  • Innovative CPD which is of the highest quality
  • Career progression and leadership opportunities
  • A supportive and forward thinking Trust Board, Local Advisory Body and parent community excellent opportunities for further professional development, through the Lion Academy Trust, particular if you have leadership aspirations

For an informal discussion or to arrange a tour of the school please contact Maisy Brittain, Acting Head of School via email school@sybournprimary.net

Lion Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Any offer of employment for this post will be subject to satisfactory reference checks with previous employers along with a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date: 28/03/2025 @ 08:00

Interviews planned to take place week ending 04/04/2025

For application please see https://www.lionacademytrust.net/currentvacancies/Class-Teacher-21

What the school offers its staff

  • Additional non-contact time for teaching staff - over and above statutory PPA time .

  • A fully-resourced, sequenced curriculum across 11 subjects;

  • Unlimited access to CPD through providers such as The National College and The Key;

  • Funding annual pay increments - having previously provided a boost even when these are frozen nationally;

  • Meeting or exceeding the terms set out in nationally agreed terms and conditions - both teaching and support staff;

  • Clear and well-implemented policies and professional standards - in key areas like behaviour, managing parental engagement and supporting staff in challenging situations.

  • An electric car-lease scheme, through Tusker;

  • Support for bicycle and IT equipment purchases via salary sacrifice schemes;

  • Cash-back on large purchases across a range of leading retailers and chains;

  • Access to our employee assistance programmes and wellbeing schemes like free eye tests for display screen users; and

  • Comprehensive access to support for staff and their families - including online fitness sessions, counselling and legal and financial advice.

  • Free tea and coffee;

  • Actively implementing workload reduction measures around marking, lesson planning & data tracking;

  • Paying staff to run clubs - and fully funding all after school clubs for our pupils;

  • Minimising the impact of twilight and INSET days by planning these and managing these clearly throughout each term;

  • Systems and core infrastructures work - printers, IT devices and networks, data management platforms - all are extensively vetted, tested and maintained - reducing stress, disruption and aggravation for busy staff; and

  • Consistently applying our policies in every setting - and priding ourselves on being a fair and transparent employer.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Sybourn Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
559 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
020 8539 4110

Primary

Arranging a visit to Sybourn Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email school@sybournprimary.net.

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