Class Teacher
Highfields Spencer Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 3UX25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
4th September 2026
Closing date
1 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 May 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £45,350.00 Annually (Actual) M1 - M6
Class Teacher job summary
How will you RISE to the challenge?
Are you an ambitious, passionate teacher ready to make a real difference?
At Highfields Spencer Academy, we are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic class teacher to join our growing team from September. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a school on a strong upward journey, where relationships, high expectations and a love of learning sit at the heart of everything we do.
We are a vibrant and diverse primary school, driven by our core values of Respect, Inspire, Success and Empathy (RISE). Our curriculum is carefully designed to provide meaningful, engaging learning experiences, ensuring every child is empowered to thrive both academically and personally.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is committed to delivering high-quality teaching and learning
- Has high expectations for all pupils and believes every child can succeed
- Builds strong, positive relationships with children, families and colleagues
- Is reflective, motivated and eager to develop their practice
- Will contribute positively to our team and wider school community
In return, we offer:
- A supportive and collaborative staff team
- A strong culture of professional development and growth
- Well-structured systems and a clear teaching and learning approach
- Enthusiastic, well-behaved children who are eager to learn
- The opportunity to make a genuine impact in a forward-thinking school
Join us and be part of a team where you can truly make a difference.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Highfields Spencer Academy
- School type
- Free Schools, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 233 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfields Spencer Academy website
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be the Principal of a thriving and expanding primary school located between Findern and Mickleover, and 4 miles south west of Derby.
This position offers the chance to work with:
• A diverse and inclusive school at the centre of a newly built community
• A body of children who are happy and who enjoy coming to school
• A visionary, successful and outward facing MAT
We opened in September 2020, in a brand new building, initially housing nursery and reception age children only. We now have classes from nursery to year 3 and will be accommodating all year groups by summer 2026. We pride ourselves on our ‘Rainbow’ values of ‘respect, achieve, inspire, nurture, belong, open and well-being’.
Our recent Ofsted report celebrated our strengths in a number of areas which were graded as good. Our principal is relocating for September 2023 so we are looking for an experienced and inspiring individual who can oversee the next phase of our journey towards outstanding when we are next inspected.
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