Class Teacher

Lambourn CofE Primary School, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 7LJ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  31 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (Actual) M1-M6

Class Teacher job summary

At Lambourn, our vision is simple, ‘Let Your LIGHT Shine’ - we work closely together, sharing our common goal of inspiring our children and staff to achieve, to enjoy life and learning. Following our excellent recent Ofsted and SIAMs inspections, we are looking for someone who can continue to strive towards maintaining these high standards.

We would love to hear from you if you feel you could share in this aspiration. We are looking for:

An enthusiastic and caring teacher

Experience in trauma informed practice is highly desirable

A teacher who is reflective, able to use AFL to help pupils improve and use adaptive teaching to meet class SEND needs a person who has high personal expectations as well as high aspirations for all pupils.

A strong, professional collaborator who works well as part of a team with a willingness to lead on a subject to the required high standard

Lambourn is a large village set in rolling hills with easy accessibility to Swindon (12 miles), Marlborough (13 miles), Wantage (9 miles) and Newbury (13 miles). We are very proud of our facilities - we have well maintained grounds, large and bright classrooms, a minibus, an outdoor multi-gym, a swimming pool and good ICT provision.

In return we can offer you:

Well behaved children with staff who care deeply for the children and each other

A wide range of excellent curriculum resources and facilities for all subjects

A supportive academic team including the wider Excalibur Academies Trust with opportunities for further career development

A proactive and supportive SENDCo, pastoral and attendance staff team

Full range of Employee Health and Wellbeing services

Free on-site parking

1.30 finish on a Friday!

We encourage and welcome informal discussions about the position alongside a visit to the school. Please contact the school office to arrange to come and visit (admin@lambourn.excalibur.org.uk ). As an academy we work within the support of Excalibur Academies Trust, which offers our employees many wide-ranging opportunities for future professional development. For further Trust information, please see Excalibur’s website: www.excalibur.org.uk

We will look forward to hearing from you.

Main Duties

Plan and teach well-structured lessons, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work

Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment

Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of pupils

Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils

Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils

Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge

Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s vision and values

Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school

Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure co-ordinated outcomes

Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach

Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils

Maintain good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment

Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school

Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality

Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out their professional duties and responsibilities

Safeguarding Statement

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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 Lambourn CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 144 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lambourn CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lambourn-cofe-primary-school

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