Class Teacher

Longford CofE Primary School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 3DR

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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)

Class Teacher job summary

Longford CofE Primary School is a small village school set in the Derbyshire countryside. We place children at the centre of everything we do, promoting a love of learning for all children, within a caring and supportive community. We pride ourselves upon strong relationships - staff across school know all of our children, offering a nurturing environment where children are encouraged and supported to achieve well.

Our children are enthusiastic learners who welcome the range of experiences we offer and immerse themselves in the range of diverse and inclusive topics taught across school. We have three mixed age classes and so it is important that candidates are able to plan for and teach learners across multiple year groups.

To ensure all children make positive progress, we are looking for candidates whose teaching reflects our universal offer for all children, supporting individual needs and identifying opportunities to accelerate progress, whilst promoting inclusive values and high expectations for all.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is enthusiastic and displays a love of learning
• Will maintain strong boundaries with children, setting high behavioural expectations
• Welcomes the experience and opportunities of mixed age classes
• Will uphold our school values: kindness, respect, cooperation, empathy & resilience
• Can review data and children’s work to identify target areas in order to accelerate children’s progress
• Has high expectations for all children
• Is a team player

The successful candidate will bring additional strength to our teaching team, through their excellent classroom practice. Applications are welcome from ECTs and experienced teachers.

Allocation of class/year groups will be based upon discussions with candidates, taking into account experience and professional development opportunities. We therefore ask that teaching experience is made clear within applications.

Current class structure:

Reception and Year 1 (with full time TA)

Year 2 and Year 3

Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 (with HLTA in the mornings and Y6 currently being taught separately by the headteacher in Maths)

If an ECT is appointed, they will be provided with the statutory induction support, along with additional early career professional development with other ECT’s within our trust.

We are proud to be part of the Embark Multi-academy Trust and to be part of their innovative, collaborative professional development programme.

Candidates are asked to state particular strengths and experience as part of their written application.

More information about our school and the trust can be found by visiting our websites:

https://longford.derbyshire.sch.uk/

https://www.embarkfederation.com/
We would love to meet potential applicants and so visits to school are highly encouraged and can be arranged by either calling us on 01335 330364 or emailing headteacher@longford.derbyshire.sch.uk We look forward to hearing from you.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and staff. We will conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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.

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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 Longford CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 56 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longford CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longford-cofe-primary-school-ashbourne

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