Class Teacher
Leigh Academy Hartley, Longfield, Kent, DA3 8BT9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Pay scale
- MPS based on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leigh Academy Hartley is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Class Teacher to join our teaching team from September 2025. Our successful candidate will support pupils to achieve their potential in the end of year assessments. You will work with class teachers to assess progress and plan next steps; providing additional input to boost prior learning and revise curriculum content.
We are looking for:
- A passionate, enthusiastic class teacher who will support our school in maintaining its outstanding status.
- A proactive teacher who will help and support others and work collaboratively as a team. To carry out self-assessment activities to support the self evaluation and improvement planning.
- Someone who cares and supports all pupils and has high expectations for behaviour and learning, with a good working knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies.
- An excellent communicator.
- Someone that maintains an up to date knowledge and understanding of professional duties of teachers and the statutory framework within which they work.
What the school offers its staff
We have an incredibly positive and enthusiastic work ethic within our academy; all staff are supported and enjoy working within our friendly and collaborative environment. We are a school that thrives on teamwork, recognises the importance of high-quality support for the teachers and offers a creative and responsive package of CPD for all staff. Our successful candidate will be an experienced teacher who has a vision to drive the academy to achieve its full potential. Ideally, the teacher will have experience in all year groups.
This is a fixed term opportunity which offers MPS based on experience. Note that whilst the position is offered on a 1 year fixed term basis initially, every effort will be made to offer a substantive position within the wider family of academies across Leigh Academies Trust. The central Recruitment Team will keep in touch with you throughout your contract to discuss options available to you.
Further details about the role
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Leigh Academy Hartley
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 449 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leigh Academy Hartley website
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Hartley
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