Class Teacher

Tonge Moor Primary Academy, Bolton, BL2 2PF

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 June 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 Annually (FTE)

Class Teacher job summary

JOB TITLE: Teacher

SALARY/GRADE: Based on experience.

CONTRACT: Fixed Term from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026

RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Head of Unit

Visits to the school are welcomed, please contact the school office for arrangement.

This job description may be amended by the Headteacher, at any time, to reflect or anticipate changes in the post, legislation or needs of the school. Any changes will be discussed between the Headteacher and the teacher.

The post holder will be required to undertake the following areas of responsibility and key tasks (this list is not exhaustive):

DUTIES:

A. Leadership of the School

• Motivate and work with others to create a shared culture and a positive climate consistent with the school’s vision, mission statement and Christian values.
• Support the Headteacher in leading sustained school improvement.

B. Leading, Learning and Teaching

• Keep abreast of teaching and learning initiatives and develop relevant strategies for improvement.
• Across the school, encourage effective teaching and learning by supporting staff development.
• Ensure a consistent and continuous focus on pupils’ achievement across the whole school.
• Ensure that planning is effective to promote progress across the whole school.
• Ensure that quality first teaching promotes progress across the whole school.
• Ensure that assessment is robust across the whole school.

C. Developing Self and Working with Others

• Be a positive role model for staff, parents and pupils.
• Regularly attend school events and offer support to staff in running events that support the school’s links to the community.
• Treat all people fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive culture in line with the School’s agreed vision and values.
• Engage with other schools to build effective learning communities.
• Regularly review his/her own practice, set personal targets and take responsibility for his/her own personal development.
• Give and accept support from colleagues, governors and the MAT.
• Have regard for the well-being of him/herself and others, managing his/her workload to promote a healthy work-life balance and encouraging and enabling others to do likewise.

D. Accountability

• Support the Headteacher in developing systematic and rigorous procedures for school self-evaluation which are appropriate and enable everyone to work collaboratively.

E. Strengthening Community

• Act as a public face of the school, representing effectively its interests and those of the pupils.
• Ensure the provision of learning experiences for pupils which are linked into and integrated with the wider community, including community based learning.
• Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and carers to support and improve pupils’ achievement and personal development.
• Regularly attend school events or events that impact on the school and offer support to staff/community in running events that support the school’s links to the community.

Our Academy Trust is committed to improving the life chances of all children through education and personal development. Each child is unique. We encourage and support every child through their exciting journey within our Trust, equipping them with the skills they need for the future.

Our approach is based on sharing excellence within our Trust, recruiting, training, and retaining the highest calibre of staff who share our vision of enlightening, enriching, empowering and evolving a generation through education.

‘Enlightening, Enriching, Empowering and Evolving generations through education’

We offer a fantastic, supportive place to work along with flexible working opportunities, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practices and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

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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 Tonge Moor Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tonge Moor Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tonge-moor-primary-academy

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