Classroom Teacher (KS1) and Phonics Lead

King's Lander Primary Academy, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 8HY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  16 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS

Classroom Teacher (KS1) and Phonics Lead job summary

Join King's Lander Primary Academy - Where Futures Begin

KS1 Classroom Teacher and Phonics Lead - Join us January 2026

At King's Lander Primary Academy, we believe every child deserves an education that empowers, inspires, and nurtures a lifelong love of learning. As a proud member of the Great Schools Trust, we are committed to delivering exceptional educational experiences within a warm, inclusive, and ambitious environment.

Our academy is a vibrant and diverse community where staff, pupils, and families work in partnership to ensure that every learner flourishes. We celebrate individuality, promote high expectations, and provide rich opportunities for personal and academic growth. At King's Lander, our values are not just words on a wall; they are lived every day through our curriculum, behaviour, and community engagement.

In our most recent Ofsted inspection on 23 June 2023, the school was rated 'Good' across all key areas, including leadership, early years provision, and overall effectiveness. This recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to high educational standards and continuous improvement.

We are seeking passionate professionals who are enthusiastic about making a difference. Whether you are an experienced educator or just starting your journey in education, you’ll find a supportive team, ongoing professional development, and the chance to help shape the lives of children in a school where ambition meets care.

The Great Schools Trust was recently recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-improving multi-academy trusts and shortlisted for MAT of the Year. We are redefining education through innovation, values-led leadership, and a culture where both students and staff flourish. With all academies rated Good or better by Ofsted and a strong +0.4 Progress 8 score, we are proud to be transforming futures across our communities.

Our motto, Credmus Believe, underpins everything we do. We believe in our pupils, our staff and our community. Join us and be part of a team that’s shaping futures, every single day.

The Role:

We are seeking an exceptional classroom practitioner with strong Key Stage One experience who has:

• A proven track record of outstanding teaching and learning.
• Expertise in phonics, with essential knowledge and practice of Read Write Inc.
• A commitment to inclusive education, including proven experience working with children with complex SEND needs.
• A belief in enrichment as essential, not optional - including supporting trips, visits and residentials.
• The desire to lead or support the leadership of English.
• A passion for high-quality maths teaching - experience with Maths No Problem is a bonus.

Please refer to the recruitment pack attached for much more detail.

What We Offer

• A nurturing environment for ECTs and recently qualified teachers to grow and thrive
• A culture of collaboration, innovation, and high expectations
• Tailored professional development and access to a wider network of support through the Trust
• Opportunities for early leadership responsibilities, curriculum development, or special projects
• A strong emphasis on staff wellbeing and sustainable workloads
• A warm, respectful, and values-driven school community

How to Apply

Please complete the application form via MyNewTerm. If you would like to visit our Primary, please reach out to Anne Mason via the contact details below.

As part of our recruitment process, we may request the opportunity to observe a lesson within your current school. Lesson observations are expected to take place between Monday 20th - Wednesday 22nd October. Alternatively, an observation will be arranged within King's Lander. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to attend a final interview on Thursday 23rd October.

King’s Lander Primary Academy and the Great Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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.

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 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 King's Lander Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 234 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Lander Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-lander-primary-academy

At King’s Lander Primary Academy, we are dedicated to creating a warm, welcoming, and engaging environment for all our pupils and their families. As part of the Great Schools Trust, we uphold the values of aspiration, achievement, and holistic development, ensuring every child receives a well-rounded education that prepares them for future success.

King’s Lander Primary Academy is situated on Pennington Road, Litherland. Our central location allows us to serve a diverse community, offering a vibrant and inclusive educational environment for children from 2 years old to Year 6.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Liverpool and Merseyside