Class Teacher
West Green Primary School, London, N15 3RT8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
21 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 October 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours Fix term Starting in January 2026 finishing in July 2026
Contract type
- Fixed term - January till end of July
Full-time equivalent salary
- dependant on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Duties and responsibilities
Teaching
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons to assigned classes, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work
- Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge all pupils
- Promote good progress and outcomes for all pupils
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
- Participate in arrangements for preparing pupils for external tests
Whole-school organisation, strategy and development
- Hold a non-core subject co-ordinator responsibility (dependent on experience)
- Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s values and vision
- Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
- Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure co-ordinated outcomes
- Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach
Health, safety and discipline
- Promote the safety (safeguarding and child protection) and wellbeing of all pupils
- Maintain good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
Professional development
- Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures
- Take part in further training and development in order to improve own teaching
- Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional development of others
Communication
- Communicate effectively and appropriately with pupils, parents and carers
What the school offers its staff
In return, West Green can offer you:
- A passionate, driven and successful school, committed to achieving the highest progress for each child
- A creative and flexible team, with a hands-on SLT, who all work to ensure you feel well supported in your role
- A strong commitment to your professional development and career management
Please see our combined Job Description and Personal Specification. Visits to the School are welcomed and encouraged. Contact the school office via email (admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk) to arrange a visit, to request an application pack or for further information.
Closing date & Shortlisting: 9am Tuesday 21st October 2025 (successful candidates will be contacted by Tuesday evening)
Interviews: Thursday 23rd October 2025
Further information about the job
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Green Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 208 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Green Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 800 4676
Year 5 Class Teacher
- Required for January 2026 (due to our Y5 teacher receiving the opportunity to study and teach in South America)
Salary Grade Range: Inner London Main Pay Range 1 - 6 (depending on experience)
Contract: Full Time Permanent
Suitable for ECTs and experienced Teachers
West Green Primary is a happy, vibrant and popular school that proudly sits at the heart of the community we serve. We are diverse in every respect meaning that we can celebrate the whole world within our walls. We are proud of our inclusive ethos, and we are looking for teachers who are also excited by this and have a genuine desire in making a difference to the lives of every one of our children.
Working at West Green is brilliant and rewarding but as a 1fe school, with all that being an inner-city school in the current economic climate brings, all of our staff need to be committed to rising to and breaking through a range of challenges. We work hard to create equitable chances and outcomes for our children. We value building good relationships with our families, working closely with our parents and carers. We ensure our curriculum is ambitious, reflects our community and is enhanced by regular trips, visitors and themed days and weeks to create happy memories and learning that will last a lifetime.
If this motivates you, please apply to West Green and be supported by an amazing team (who genuinely feel that their wellbeing is important to senior leaders), incredible children and an engaged community in a school where a warm family atmosphere, high expectations and an emphasis on fun go hand in hand.
This is a great opportunity for any teacher who:
● Is highly motivated, loves teaching and enjoys making learning fun and adapted for all children
● Demonstrates optimism about children and expects the highest possible outcomes
● Is reflective, open to feedback and strives for continual self-development
● Communicates and works well as a member of a dedicated and hard-working team
In return, West Green can offer you:
● A passionate, driven and successful school, committed to achieving the highest progress for each child
● A creative and flexible team, with a hands-on SLT, who all work to ensure you feel well supported in your role
● A strong commitment to your professional development and career management
Please see our combined Job Description and Personal Specification. Visits to the School are welcomed and encouraged. Contact the school office via email (admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk) to arrange a visit, to request an application pack or for further information.
Closing date & Shortlisting: 9am Tuesday 21st October 2025 (successful candidates will be contacted by Tuesday evening)
Interviews: Thursday 23rd October 2025
West Green is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the protection, safety and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all appointments are subject to satisfactory background checks including an enhanced DBS and DBA check.
West Green Primary School
Woodlands Park Road
N15 3RT
Tel: 0208 800 4676 Email: admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk
Head Teacher: Mary Gardiner
Arranging a visit to West Green Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@westgreen.haringey.sch.uk.
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