Class Teacher

Primrose Lane Primary School, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DX

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  18 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1 - M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

• An excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations for all pupils and a proven track record of securing progress.
• Passionate about teaching and learning, able to motivate pupils and to model strong pedagogy.
• Strong communication and relational skills and able to build positive partnerships with families, staff and governors.
• Calm, reflective and resilient — able to manage behaviour positively and support pupils who may be dysregulated
• Committed to inclusion and personal development, with an understanding of how schools support pupils’ wider development beyond academics.

What the school offers its staff

• A welcoming, values driven school community where staff and pupils are proud to belong.
• A bespoke CPD and coaching package designed to accelerate classroom impact and strong partnership working with Roundhay School and the Wharfe Valley Learning Partnership.
• A supportive leadership team and a school that places wellbeing and professional growth at the centre of development.
• The chance to be part of a school that is passionate about inspiring our pupils and enabling them to reach their full potential.

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.

The role will include:

• Planning and delivering high-quality teaching that meets the needs of pupils across the age/ability range you teach, including EYFS/KS1.
• Being accountable for pupil progress, using assessment and data to set ambitious targets and adapt teaching.
• Creating a safe, stimulating and inclusive classroom where pupils display positive learning behaviours.
• Leading a core subject or area of personal development and contributing to curriculum development and assessment practice.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, parents and external partners to support pupils’ academic and personal development.
• Contributing to whole-school priorities such as improving early reading, developing maths mastery and embedding approaches to knowledge retention.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Application Pack.pdf - 295 KB (opens in new tab)

About Primrose Lane Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 194 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Primrose Lane Primary School website
• Email address: baileyl@primroselane.leeds.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01937 842 667
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/primrose-lane-primary-school

Primrose Lane is a community primary school with 200 children aged 3-11. Our school is close to the centre of Boston Spa, an attractive rural village located on the outskirts of Leeds. Primrose Lane is proud of its reputation as a caring and successful school focused on learning and individual achievement. We are a nurturing and inclusive school, providing a broad and balanced curriculum to ensure all children within our care develop a love of learning and can make progress, no matter their background or special educational need.

We do not accept CVs as a form of application to our roles. Please complete the given application form. 

Arranging a visit to Primrose Lane Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email baileyl@primroselane.leeds.sch.uk.

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