Class Teacher KS2
Hilltop Junior School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 April 2025
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
- £33,074.00 - £37,140.00 Annually (FTE) including fringe allowance (pro-rata). Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Class Teacher KS2 job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Teacher who is ambitious and passionate about education to join our team at Hilltop Junior School.
Our pupils deserve only the best, so we are looking for a Teacher who is highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative and fun. You will share our passion that all pupils deserve to receive teaching that enables them to reach their full potential. Our staff truly place children at the HEART of what they do.
We can offer you:
- a unique and innovative four-day, face-to-face teaching week model (80/20)
- close working with a Trust of six schools, to reduce workload and aid support
- values at the HEARTS with 'happiness' of children, parents and staff a priority
- excellent classroom support from experienced classroom assistants
- the opportunity to work with our lovely children and school community
- enthusiastic children who want to learn
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Jodi Stonebridge, Office Lead: hilltopjun.admin@heartsacademy.uk or
Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?
The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, self-esteem, achievement, respect and responsibility, truth and service, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.
HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:
- Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
- Professional development opportunities
- Access to our Trust Counsellor
- Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
- Additional week’s leave during October
- Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights
- Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the Trust
- On request, and if appropriate, flexible working
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.
HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Hilltop Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 372 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hilltop Junior School website
Hilltop Juniors is a school that puts children first. We are a high achieving, oversubscribed school and have high expectations for all.
Hilltop Junior School has recently been graded as "good" by Ofsted and shortlisted as TES Primary School of the year.
We are well served by transport links and are close to major road networks.
Hilltop Junior School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, achievement, self-esteem, respect & responsibility, truth, spirituality & service. The trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies
We can offer you:
- access to the HEARTS Extra Programme (Rewards and Benefits)
- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights throughout the year
- a two-week October half-term
- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
- a highly effective learning environment
- a responsive and involved leadership team
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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