Class Teacher

Castleward Spencer Academy, Derby, DE1 2RJ

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,670.00 Annually (Actual) Teachers Main Pay Scale M1-M6 0.6 FTE

Class Teacher job summary

About this Role

About Us

We are a thriving, Ofsted-rated Outstanding primary school serving a wonderfully diverse inner‑city community. Our children bring energy, curiosity, and a rich mix of languages and cultures that make our school a truly special place to teach and learn.

We pride ourselves on:

• 🌈 An inclusive ethos where every child is valued and encouraged to succeed
• 📚 A broad, ambitious curriculum that nurtures creativity, character, and high achievement
• 🤝 Strong pastoral support and excellent relationships with families
• 🎯 A dedicated, supportive staff team focused on collaboration, reflection, and professional growth
• 🚀 High aspirations for everyone—children and adults alike

About You

We are looking for a teacher who is:

• Passionate about primary education and committed to raising attainment for all
• Skilled at building strong relationships with children and families
• Reflective, resilient, and eager to develop their practice
• Enthusiastic about teaching in a vibrant, multicultural inner‑city environment
• Able to inspire children with engaging, inclusive, high-quality lessons
• A team player with a positive, solution-focused approach

Whether you are an ECT or an experienced teacher, we welcome your application.

We Offer

• A warm, welcoming, and highly supportive staff team
• Exceptional CPD and coaching to develop your career
• A commitment to staff wellbeing
• Well-behaved, motivated children who love to learn
• A school culture rooted in respect, ambition, and kindness

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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 Castleward Spencer Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Castleward Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castleward-spencer-academy

Castleward Spencer Academy, Derby.

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