Class Teacher - KS2
Whitehills Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 8DF16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Requirements
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Knowledge of and compliance with school procedures and policies, including child protection and safeguarding protocols
- Experience of leading a subject with a critical understanding of the developments in that area
- Have a proven track record of strong and consistent behaviour management
- Have experience of working closely with parents in successful home-school partnerships
- Have knowledge and understanding of cognitive science and how children learn including factors that may inhibit learning and strategies to overcome them
- Know and understand how to access the relevant subject and curriculum including statutory assessment requirements and making use of formative and summative assessment to secure pupils’ progress.
- Ability to use data effectively in order to plan relevant sequence of lessons
- Demonstrable experience of making a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of a school
- Experience of deploying support staff effectively to enhance the experience of pupils
What the school offers its staff
What you can expect from us:
- Wonderful children who are happy and willing to learn
- Supportive colleagues that work as an effective team
- A supportive and motivated Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body
- A well-resourced school and a great working environment
- Opportunities for CPD to support your current role and career aspirations
- Networking opportunities with local cluster schools
- To be welcomed as a valued member of our school community
- A personal well-being day
- Free annual flu vaccinations
- Access to confidential pastoral support (Supervision)
- Professional Growth model for performance management
Further details about the role
Job Details Class Teacher (KS2)
Employer Whitehills Primary School, Northampton
Contract type Full time, Permanent
Salary Scale: Main Pay Scale (M1-M6) ECT’s may apply
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our welcoming school. We are looking to employ an excellent class teacher to work within our school. The successful candidate should be passionate about working with children; have excellent communication skills and demonstrate a calm and nurturing manner. They will also be able to encourage a positive attitude to learning to enable all of our children to achieve their full potential, both socially and academically.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bursar@whitehills.northants-ecl.gov.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Whitehills Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 417 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitehills Primary School website
- Email address
- bursar@whitehills.northants-ecl.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01604 843780
Whitehills Primary School is a two-form entry school, with a welcoming ethos which is recognised by all who visit our setting.
The staff, parents and governors work collaboratively to ensure our pupils and families have the best outcomes during their learning journey with us. Through our creative curriculum and stimulating learning environment, children have many different opportunities to develop into independent thinkers and lifelong learners.
Central to our ethos are our core values of respect, responsibility and hard work which all staff members within our school are expected to uphold.
Arranging a visit to Whitehills Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bursar@whitehills.northants-ecl.gov.uk.
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