Class Teacher - Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) / KS1
Atkinson Road Primary Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 8XTThis job expired on 2 December 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): Full time but part time will be considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Atkinson Road Primary Academy, part of Laidlaw Schools Trust, are seeking to appoint a Class Teacher with Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 experience to start as soon as possible.
Full Time / Part Time will be considered
Are you an enthusiastic experienced and dedicated Early Years/KS1 Teacher looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for someone with drive, passion and a desire for nothing but the best for our pupils.
Atkinson Road Primary Academy, is a vibrant, warm and welcoming place catering for pupils aged two years to eleven years. We are unique in that we have children coming from countries all around the world to work, play and learn together and together we make our school an exciting place to be in the centre of our amazing Benwell community.
What the school offers its staff
At Laidlaw Schools Trust we appreciate the amazing work that our people do every day and like to reward our staff through benefits that are mentally, physically and financially rewarding. To see a complete list of our benefits please visit: https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/120/benefits
To see the full job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached supporting documents.
To apply please complete our online application form.
If you require assistance with your application please contact: recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk
Closing Date for applications: 12 noon on Tuesday 2 December 2025
Interviews to be confirmed
We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Atkinson Road Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 377 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Atkinson Road Primary Academy website
- Email address
- hannah.kiernan@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk
At Atkinson Road we firmly believe that outstanding progress is the responsibility of the children as well as the staff. Our school motto reflects this, emphasising being the best, rests with each individual pupil. Year on year we have outstanding progress results which is testament to our high expectations of children at all ability levels. We pride ourselves on our successes, as do our pupils. Our school promotes the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child. Articles 3 and 29 underline our school vision*
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