Class teacher

Cliff Lane Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0PJ

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

Class teacher job summary

Post: Class Teacher

Salary: MPS/UPS

Contract Details : Full time

Job Type : Permanent

Closing date: 8am Tuesday 5th May 2026

Shortlisting: Tuesday 5th May AM

Interview date: Week beginning Monday 11th May (Afternoon interviews)

Start date: September 2026

Cliff Lane is a thriving primary school in East Ipswich, close to the beautiful Holywells Park. It is part of a growing multi-academy trust, ASSET Education.

We are looking for a Class Teacher to join our wonderful school. We are passionate and fully committed to providing the very best education for all of our children. Our core value is ‘Belief’ and we have an uncompromising belief in all of the children and adults that walk through our doors.

The teacher we are looking for needs to:

• Provide a high quality education for all children in a designated year group.

• Ensure consistency in teaching and learning progression for all children within the designated year group.

• Be efficient and able to use their own initiative.

• Work well as part of a team.

• Applications are welcome from ECTs and experienced teachers.

This post will be reporting directly to the Headteacher and will be based at Cliff Lane Primary School.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed. For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher Mrs Carrie Broom, please contact :

Claire Pearson, HR Lead on 01473 251604 or email : claire.pearson@clifflaneprimary.co.uk

Please also see our website - https://www.clifflaneprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Cliff Lane Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cliff Lane Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cliff-lane-primary-school

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