3 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Full time / permanent

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Main Pay Range M1 to M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Governors would like to appoint an inspirational, dedicated and skilled teacher to join our excellent team of staff, committed to ensuring learning opportunities of the highest standards. This position is suitable for both experienced teachers and excellent Early Career Teachers (ECTs) who are passionate about teaching and committed to delivering high-quality education. The successful candidate will work in one of our Key Stage 2 classes, so experience in this phase is desirable.

We are looking for a teacher who can demonstrate:

  • Excellent teaching using a wide range of teaching methods to motivate, inspire and respond to the progress of their learners,
  • A sound understanding of learning within Key Stage 2,
  • A genuine passion for their work, belief that anything is possible and commitment to make a real difference to the lives of the pupils and wider school community,
  • The ability to work effectively and contribute positively within a team environment,
  • High expectations for the attitudes and behaviour of everyone,
  • The ability to reflect on their own practice, embracing change and striving for improvement.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer:

  • A strong, shared vision for our school,
  • Friendly, enthusiastic children with great potential, who demonstrate outstanding behaviour, genuinely enjoy their education and thrive as part of our family within school,
  • A caring, warm and positive learning environment and ethos,
  • A fully committed and extremely supportive staff, governors and leadership team,
  • Purposeful continuous professional development,
  • Opportunities to work collaboratively and share best practice with colleagues across trust – The Challenge Academy Trust.

Appleton Thorn Primary is a proud member of the Challenge Academy Trust (TCAT), sharing its mission to ‘serve, challenge and empower the educational community.’

At TCAT we are building a culture that champions better work and working lives across the Trust; a framework to support and develop our workforce from ‘hire to retire’. We are committed to providing a workload that is fair and reasonable, work environment where employee health and wellbeing are actively supported and promoted and structured personal and professional development.

Our staff offer also includes:

  • Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
  • An Occupational Sick Pay Scheme (entitlements based on service).
  • Access to TCAT+ our Reward & Wellbeing platform, including access to retailer discounts, a car lease scheme, employee assistance programme (via Schools Advisory Services), discounted healthcare cash plan, cycle to work scheme and online resources to support physical, emotional, professional, financial and social wellbeing.
  • Access to a comprehensive CPD framework though ‘Education Connect’, our professional development arm, and online resources from the National College’.

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

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About Appleton Thorn Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
197 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01925 266764

Arranging a visit to Appleton Thorn Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@appletonthorn.tcat.uk.com.

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