Class Teacher - Year 2

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6PJ

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: M1 - UPS3

Class Teacher - Year 2 job summary

Part of Sapientia Education Trust

• Salary – M1 – UPS3
• Fixed Term for 2 terms
• Part time
• 0.4 FTE (Mon & Tue)
• Required for January 2026

Sapientia Education Trust (SET) is looking to appoint an excellent teacher who is committed to inspiring children to love learning and to develop children’s personal, social and emotional skills. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work as part of a highly ambitious, driven and nurturing education trust that’s on a mission to create schools that offer something special to their pupils. SET is an expanding multi-academy trust with 13 primary and 9 secondary schools.  

Ghost Hill put relationships, wellbeing and belonging at the heart of everything we do and we use restorative justice and trauma informed strategies to ensure our pupils constantly reflect on their choices, feelings and interactions with each other. Our Outstanding Ofsted Inspection in December 2023 highlighted the strength of our staff team, our Personal Development curriculum and our strong relationship with parents and the community. 

We are seeking to appoint a teacher who has high expectations and has strong classroom management, with the ability to work well with a job share teacher. 

THE POST

We are looking for a Year 2 Class Teacher who is passionate about education and has the energy and drive in wanting to continuously improve as a professional. We are looking for a teacher who is a life-long learner, flexible and eager to work as part of highly committed team.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an excellent teacher who understands what highly effective teaching and learning looks and feels like in the classroom;
• Be able to work within a year group team to help plan and deliver lessons. 
• Have excellent communication skills and a warm and caring disposition;
• Understand the importance of an inclusive environment, have high expectations of pupil behaviour and values the importance of relationships, belonging and wellbeing;
• Have experience of working with children with SEND and a proven track record of helping all children make good progress from their starting points. 
• Be a team player who is welcoming and has excellent interpersonal skills, working with a high level of professionalism.

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachment’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply via our online application form.

Closing date:  4 November 2025

Interview date:  13 November 2025

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2021, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2021, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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 Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ghost-hill-infant-and-nursery-school

Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School is focussed on creating a nurturing environment, developing our children to reach their full potential by not only empowering them but by taking the lead on their learning and provide an enthused approach to our teaching. We have a well-resourced library area for all reading levels, a creative curriculum based on whole school topics and we offer a wide range of school activities that vary from tennis to martial arts.
We are part of a wonderful community and have an fantastic partnership with parents who volunteer in a charity formed to raise funds for the school through organisation or events which has provided the school with new technology, an exceptional playground area and new equipment and books.

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