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Class Teacher

Waltham Leas Primary Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 0NU

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, Monday - Friday 190 days plus 5 training days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: ECT/MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main purpose of the job:

• Be responsible for the learning and achievement of all pupils in the class ensuring equality of opportunity for all

• Be responsible and accountable for achieving the highest possible standards in work and conduct

• Treat pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position

• Work proactively and effectively in collaboration and partnership with learners, parents/carers, governors, other staff and external agencies in the best interests of pupils

• Act within, the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities and in line with the duties outlined in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and Teacher Standards

• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school

Duties and responsibilities

All teachers are required to carry out the duties of a schoolteacher as set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers should also have due regard to the Teacher Standards. Teachers’ performance will be assessed against the teacher standards as part of the appraisal process as relevant to their role in the school.

Teaching

• Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject/s that you teach

• Be responsible for the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangements as appropriate

• Be accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils’ you teach

• Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn

• Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; Pupil Premium; EAL and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them

• Demonstrate an understanding of, and take responsibility for, promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English (whatever your specialist subject)

• When teaching phonics and early reading, demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies

• Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions, monitoring learners’ progress and levels of attainment

• Make accurate and productive use of assessment to secure pupils’ progress

• Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback, reflect on progress, their emerging needs and to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study

• Use relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons

• Set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired as appropriate

Behaviour and Safety

• Establish a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly

• Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils

• Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary

• Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour, which are expected of pupils

• Have high expectations of behaviour, promoting self-control and independence of all learners

• Carry out playground and other duties as directed and within the remit of the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school, raising any concerns following school protocol/procedures

Team working and collaboration

• Participate in any relevant meetings/professional development opportunities at the school, which relate to the learners, curriculum or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements and assemblies

• Work as a team member and identify opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing the development of effective practice with them

• Ensure that colleagues working with you are appropriately involved in supporting learning and understand the roles they are expected to fulfil

• Take part as required in the review, development and management of the activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the school

• Cover for absent colleagues within the remit of the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document

Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with others to develop effective professional relationships

• Deploy support staff effectively as appropriate

• Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regard to pupils’ achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate

• Communicate and cooperate with relevant external bodies

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

Administration

• Register the attendance of and supervise learners, before, during or after school sessions as appropriate

• Participate in and carry out any administrative and organisational tasks within the remit of the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

Professional development

• Regularly review the effectiveness of your teaching and assessment procedures and its impact on pupils’ progress, attainment and well-being, refining your approaches where necessary responding to advice and feedback from colleagues

• Be responsible for improving your teaching through participating fully in training and development opportunities identified by the school or as developed as an outcome of your appraisal

• Proactively participate with arrangements made in accordance with the School’s Appraisal Policy

Other

• To have professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices and maintain high standards in your own attendance and punctuality

• Perform any reasonable duties as requested by the Headteacher.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Articulate, enthusiastic children with a thirst and passion for learning.

• An inclusive approach to education

• The support of a focussed, committed and motivated leadership team and also the support of our WLPA staff.

• Extensive opportunities for CPD

• A school you will love working in.

Further details about the role

Would YOU like to work in a school where children think “it’s the best school ever!”? We are looking to appoint either an inspirational EYFS, a fantastic KS1 or an amazing KS2 teacher. The successful applicant will follow our school’s ethos and have vision and energy in enhancing our school’s hard-working team.

Applicants should be:

• An excellent practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour as well as their own performance.

• A committed, hard working team player who is friendly, positive, proactive and has good interpersonal skills that would enable them to work closely with our team.

• Able to work with and engage positively with our parents and carers to create better outcomes for our children.

• A creative thinker and learner.

• Innovative in the use of IT to support learning.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

Skilled Worker visas can 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.

Additional documents

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

April 25 Job Description Class Teacher WLPA.docx.pdf - 123 KB (opens in new tab)

About Waltham Leas Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 423 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Waltham Leas Primary Academy website
• Email address: office@walthamleas.net
• Phone number: 01472822419
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waltham-leas-primary-academy

We strive to ensure that Waltham Leas Primary Academy has a friendly, caring, 'family' atmosphere that offers a warm welcome to our safe, calm environment for children, staff and visitors on a daily basis.

Our children are happy and proud to be members of our school community. It is important to us that we get to know them and develop their individual potential, whether this be academic, social, emotional, or spiritual. We develop and nurture skills, values and attitudes for life so they can deal effectively with the challenges that they will face in life. To this end, we focus on and encourage the development of such attributes as self-esteem, respect, tolerance, empathy, perseverance and sense of commitment.

We believe that learning should be fun and exciting, so to enable this, our mission is to offer the highest standards of education, based on a curriculum that is designed around the children's needs, and motivates and encourages them in memorable learning experiences. This is delivered by a highly skilled staff, who have high expectations of the pupils.

We expect the highest quality of behaviour from the pupils. Their achievements are celebrated, whether they be academic, sporting or artistic. To enrich their experience further, we offer a range of extra-curricular activities, both before and after the school day, appealing to the interests of the children.

The web of relationships that are always to be found in a school, are pivotal to our work and are greatly valued. The support, engagement and encouragement of parents is vitally important in enabling us to do our best for the children, and this is enhanced further by a number of other partnerships with a range of agencies. We are very proud to be an active member of our local community.

We also work closely with a group of local schools to further improve the opportunities we offer for the pupils in our care.

Our endeavours have brought about a number of awards and statuses. We hold the PSQM (Science Quality Mark), Music Mark Award, the Silver Healthy Places standard, Gold Sports Mark and more recently Eco Schools Award. We have also been designated as a Centre for Excellence for Personal Finance in Education (PfEG) and have the National Online Safety Accreditation.

Arranging a visit to Waltham Leas Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@walthamleas.net.

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