Class Teacher

Earls Barton Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 0ND

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 February 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 32,916.00 - 45,352.00

Class Teacher job summary

Main Scale

Full Time

Maternity cover

Starting 1^st February 2026, or 1^st January 2026 by mutual agreement

 

We have a vacancy for a Reception Class Teacher in our wonderful village school. We are a two-form entry school, so you will share PPA time with the parallel class teacher. This is a maternity cover post.

The most recent Ofsted report for Earls Barton Primary School is filled with positive statements, such as: “Earls Barton Primary School is at the centre of its community. Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school. Staff and pupils treat each other with respect and kindness.” “The school goes the extra mile to secure pupils’ personal development.” “Staff are proud to work at Earls Barton Primary School”.

 

Earls Barton Primary School is proud to be part of Hatton Academies Trust. This expanding Multi Academy Trust is a family of schools collaborating in all aspects of teaching, learning and school management. The Trust is dedicated to high standards of education for all our students, developing opportunities for all and passionate about lifelong learning. Earls Barton Primary School is an inclusive school with high expectations for all. Our core values of Self-belief, Honesty, Respect, Excellence and Kindness are embedded across school life and help our children grow into confident, respectful and ambitious learners.

 

You can find out more about this role and apply on line via our website http://www.hattonacademiestrust.org.uk/working-for-us/vacancies/

We value honesty, integrity, and creativity. Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to help us understand what you, as an individual, will uniquely contribute to the Trust. Submissions that rely too heavily on AI risk obscuring the very qualities we are looking to discover. If you choose to use AI, we encourage you to treat it as a collaborator—not a substitute. Let it support your thinking, not replace it.

 

The closing date for this vacancy is 9.00am Friday 5^th December 2025.

 

Education without limits; Integrity at all times

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. Hatton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Bureau Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references

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 Earls Barton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 525 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Earls Barton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/earls-barton-primary-school-northampton

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