Class Teacher

Castle View Primary Academy, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3LE

28 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 May 2026

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: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) Mainscale 1-6

Class Teacher job summary

Class Teacher

32.5 hours per week, Full Time

Fixed Term until 31st August 2027

All Year Round, 52.143 weeks per year

Castle View Primary Academy is a small community school at the heart of the local community and situated on the Ridge estate with stunning views over Lancaster and Morecambe Bay. Our school is a happy and caring place at the heart of the community we serve, and the children are at the centre of all that we do. Our hard-working and dedicated staff work closely with parents to develop positive relationships and create an environment where children can flourish.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and inspirational teacher to be part of our fantastic team and contribute towards maintaining the highest possible standards whilst preparing all of our students to lead successful lives. This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to join our vibrant primary Academy and make a positive contribution towards our growth and development.

As a member of the Cidari Academy Trust we work alongside other schools to continue to raise standards.

We can offer you:

• A visible and supportive SLT

• Friendly, supportive staff who work positively together

• Policies that promote staff well being

• A focus on feedback not marking

• Quality CPD including behaviour, metacognitive and oracy strategies used in the classroom to ensure quality first teaching

• Motivated and experienced Governing Body and central Trust team

• Teachers' Pension Scheme

• Access to health and wellbeing support for you and your family

• Employment within a Trust committed to equality of opportunity and nationally and locally negotiated pay arrangements.

• Terms and conditions protected through a formal trade union recognition agreement with all the major education and support staff unions, and supported through regular JCNC meetings.

• Access to employee benefits & rewards through Perkbox

• Cycle to work scheme

Are you:

• An outstanding teacher who can demonstrate that your teaching over time is consistently good or better?

• Passionate about working with disadvantaged children to ensure they get a first class education?

• An ambitious professional with high aspirations for the children and families with whom you work?

• A team-player who is able to work collaboratively and lead in your areas of agreed responsibility?

• A creative and inspiring teacher with a willingness to embrace innovation to engage learners?

• An energetic individual with an ability and aptitude for self improvement?

• Excited about joining an aspirational Multi Academy Trust with opportunities for networking, career development and leadership pathways?

Have you:

• A deep understanding of how learning occurs and knowledge sticks?

• A current knowledge of the National Curriculum combined with key progression knowledge for learning in Mathematics and English?

• A range of assessment techniques to accelerate pupil progress and attainment and the ability to articulate these?

• A belief that children’s behaviour can be shaped and guided through positive reinforcement, fair consequences and by the example they see from adults and peers around them?

• A commitment to continuing professional development?

Can you:

• Commit to creating a positive and safe learning environment for all pupils in our Academy?

• Understand and fulfil your responsibilities in respect of class teaching and raising standards?

• Show interest and respect to all stakeholders of our Academy, thereby positively promoting our Academy’s and the Trust’s vision and values?

• Develop and enhance our relationships with all of our parents and partners?

• If so, we would like to hear from you.

Visits to the Academy are encouraged and warmly welcomed by appointment through the school office

Closing date: Friday 12th June 2026 at 12noon

Proposed Interview date: Wednesday 24th June 2026

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our safer recruitment pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.

We are a member of Cidari Multi Academy Trust, established in November 2013, a growing educational trust and part of the Blackburn Diocese. Cidari Education is committed to providing high quality education for all children in our academies based on clearly established Christian values and principles.

Cidari Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. Further information is available below.

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

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

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 Castle View Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Castle View Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-view-primary

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