Class Teacher
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1PN8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 10:59pm
Date listed
22 December 2025
Job details
Job role
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
- £34,398.00 - £38,627.00 Annually (FTE) includes fringe allowance (pro-rata). Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Class Teacher job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Teacher who is ambitious and passionate about education to join our team at Briscoe Primary School and Nursery.
Briscoe Primary School and Nursery is a school that is at the heart of the community it serves. We strive to meet the needs of every child and are lucky to have small class sizes.
Our pupils deserve only the best, so we are looking for a Teacher who is highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative and fun. You will share our passion that all pupils deserve to receive teaching that enables them to reach their full potential. Our staff truly place children at the HEART of what they do.
We can offer you:
- a unique and innovative four-day, face-to-face teaching week model (80/20)
- close working with a Trust of six schools, to reduce workload and aid support
- values at the HEARTS with 'happiness' of children, parents and staff a priority
- excellent classroom support from experienced classroom assistants
- the opportunity to work with our lovely children and school community
- enthusiastic children who want to learn
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Nathan Haisman-Baker, School Business Manager: briscoe.admin@heartsacademy.uk or 01268 727751.
Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?
The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.
HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:
- Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
- Professional development opportunities
- Access to our Trust Counsellor
- Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
- Additional week’s leave during October
- Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights
- Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the Trust
- On request, and if appropriate, flexible working
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.
HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.
To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the Trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Briscoe Primary School & Nursery
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Briscoe Primary School & Nursery website
As a school, Briscoe Primary School and Nursery pride's ourselves in getting to know the whole child and to think about all of their needs and aspirations as they learn and grow. Not only do we have very high expectations for their academic achievement; we also nurture them and help them to grow in confidence and independence.
We offer a very broad and creative curriculum. Our children have had some wonderful opportunities since being part of the HEARTS Academy Trust. This has included: visits from the Science Dome, visits to the Royal Opera, trips to London as well as sleepovers and residential experiences! We firmly believe that we build memories here at Briscoe, which children will carry with them forever.
If you ask any of the children here, they will tell you that Briscoe is a school that they are proud to be part of!
The Atrium at HEARTS Academy Trust - an early intervention, enhanced provision for children with SEMH challenges
HEARTS Academy Trust remain immensely proud of the work of The Atrium – our enhanced ‘partnership’ provision located in the grounds of Briscoe primary School & Nursery, in Basildon, Essex. Established in 2018, The Atrium works to inspire hope and positivity in pupils and families who have experienced significant challenges and/or social and emotional trauma.
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery and The Atrium are part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a Trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality. The Trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 days contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the Trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
We can offer you:
- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights throughout the year
- a two-week October half-term
- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
- a highly effective learning environment
- a responsive and involved leadership team
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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