Class Teacher

Ray Lodge Primary School, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 7JQ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  14 May 2026 at 2:16pm

• Date listed

  28 April 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: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,872 - £56,154

Class Teacher job summary

We are looking for a dedicated Class Teacher to join our team and become a part of the successful Strive4 Academy Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant school in a diverse and rewarding community. We are proud of our positive, fostering atmosphere and strong commitment to learning and inclusion.

Please contact us if you are:

• A passionate, dedicated teacher able to inspire pupils to reach their full potential

• Able to provide meaningful, motivating and memorable learning experiences to children

• Committed to inclusion and working in partnership with all stakeholders

• Ambitious to make a difference

We can offer you:

• Opportunities for personal and professional development

• A close-knit, supportive and dynamic learning community

• Our employee benefits also includes access to Smart Clinic, a specialist provider of health and

wellbeing packages

• Enthusiastic pupils

• A supportive governing body

Strive4 Academy Trust offers a unique chance to be part of a friendly, ambitious and supportive network of

professionals. Being part of a growing Trust, teachers across the schools work in partnership to drive standards and share workload. As a member of staff within our school and within Strive4 Academy Trust, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the future lives of our children whilst developing your own

professional skills and expertise.

Potential applicants are both welcome and encouraged to visit our schools.

Strive4 Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All applicants should read our safeguarding policy which can be accessed by clicking on this link. This post will require a DBS check and references will be taken up prior to interview.

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 Ray Lodge Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 683 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ray Lodge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ray-lodge-primary-school

Ray Lodge is an "Outstanding" and thoroughly inclusive school where every member of the community is valued and can be successful. At Ray
Lodge the children are ambitious, independent, inquisitive and love to challenge themselves. Pupils are encouraged to use their challenges as opportunities and instil a sense of commitment and perseverance to achieve success within a unique and inspiring learning environment.

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