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  • Start date details

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    26 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Up to M6

Class Teacher - Year 5/6 job summary

About this Role
Blakesley CE Primary school is an established primary academy at the heart of the community, which seeks to provide the highest quality education for each and every child, through an engaging, responsive and tailored curriculum, enabling all to achieve their full potential. We now have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate, enthusiastic and committed Class Teacher to join our focused team of staff and help facilitate our goals. Seeking to support, inspire and lead our brilliant children in Year 5 and 6, the successful candidate will be motived with a drive to support the children’s personal and academic progression, whilst building a safe, creative and exciting learning environment.

The role of a teacher in the lives of both the children and wider community is a vital and special responsibility. We are therefore looking to appoint a candidate who shares in Blakesley’s passion and values, supplemented by thorough knowledge and effective experience, to deliver the very best education for all.

We are looking to appoint someone who:

  • Is enthusiastic, approachable and friendly
  • Ensures all children feel safe, happy and able to learn
  • Has an understanding of the curriculum and pastoral needs of primary aged children
  • Is able to deliver high quality first teaching
  • Is confident in using a range of behaviour management strategies
  • Has the ability to work effectively, flexibly and independently and above all is a committed team member
  • Is supportive of the ethos of a Church and Trust school

In return we can offer you

  • A supportive environment where contributions and ideas are encouraged, valued and supported.
  • Happy and motivated children who are eager to learn.
  • A fantastic close working team, both in school and across the Trust
  • Access to a vast array of employee benefits and recognition systems, via our brand-new partnership with Vivup
  • Employment within one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in Northamptonshire, with wider development and career opportunities.

Blakesley is a proud member of PDET, alongside 34 other schools in the Rutland, Peterborough and Northamptonshire area. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing the finances and other central services for the Academies in the Trust. These services include HR support; facilities and premises; procurement and school effectiveness.
If this sounds like the perfect job opportunity and you’d like to join our family, Blakesley CE Primary School would like to hear from you. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please call 01327 860257 to arrange.

Blakesley CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to the protection and safety of all its pupils and staff. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS clearance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Blakesley Church of England Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
102 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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Blakesley CE Primary school is an established primary academy at the heart of the community, which seeks to provide the highest quality education for each and every child, through an engaging, responsive and tailored curriculum, enabling all to achieve their full potential.

Blakesley school has been a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust since 2019, alongside 32 other schools in the Rutland, Peterborough and Northamptonshire area. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing the finances and other central services for the Academies in the Trust. These services include HR support; facilities and premises; procurement and school effectiveness.

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