Classroom Teacher

Crooksbarn Primary School, Stockton-on-tees, TS20 1SN

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  29 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 June 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916 - £51,048
• Pay scale: M1 - UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Crooksbarn Primary School is part of Ad Astra Academy Trust and is embarking on an exciting chapter in the development of the school.

The school is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated and skilled classroom teacher. The successful candidate will work alongside a strong and committed phase team within our wider staff team and will benefit from the wider professional opportunities available working for Ad Astra Academy Trust.

Crooksbarn’s motto is “hand in hand, fulfilling our potential”. Crooksbarn value, seek to understand and identify this potential in everyone. The school encourage the wider community to engage in school life.

The school requires an excellent practitioner, who can deliver outstanding lessons. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate that they are ready to take on a teaching position with flexibility, creativity, and inspiration within this forward-thinking school. Candidates should demonstrate the skills and experience that they will bring to the post and how they will meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will:

• Work in a school and a Trust with a highly supportive, warm, friendly and respectful ethos, and the drive and ambition to ensure that all members of staff and children achieve their full potential.
• Have the privilege of engaging with children who enjoy school and rise to the challenges it provides.
  • Be part of a school environment which places high value to the wider, enriched Curriculum.
• Be given opportunities to further develop their skills through a variety of professional development available through working for Ad Astra Academy Trust.

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.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Chris Twiby, Headteacher on 01642 531750 or via cbchris.twiby@crooksbarn.adastraschools.org

Completed application forms to be emailed torecruitment@adastraacademytrust.com

Candidates must only apply using the application form provided; CV’s will not be accepted.

Closing Date – 9am, Monday 29th June 2026

Interviews are to take place in the week commencing Monday 29thJune.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

CLASSROOM TEACHER Advert - Crooksbarn June 2026.docx - 54.8 KB (opens in new tab)

About Crooksbarn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 299 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: cbchris.twiby@crooksbarn.adastraschools.org
• Phone number: 01642 531750
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crooksbarn-primary-school-stockton-on-tees

Arranging a visit to Crooksbarn Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cbchris.twiby@crooksbarn.adastraschools.org.

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