Classroom Teacher

Leiston Primary School, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January 2026

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 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: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual) MPS 1 - MPS 6 depending on experience

Classroom Teacher job summary

Leiston is a 420 place school with a busy nursery. Currently judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities. Leiston Primary School is a supportive and thriving environment working with pupils from a range of backgrounds. We constantly look at ways to develop and extend our practice to support our role as part of the community. We uphold a safeguarding ethos at the very heart of what we do and it forms our decisions on a day by day basis with the child’s voice being a key part of this. Our ideal candidate will work to ensure that children are taught to a high standard and respond to the day to day needs of the children as well as being a team player.

We are looking for a leader who:

• is passionate about teaching and learning and is able to motivate and inspire pupils and colleagues
• is a positive and welcoming presence in the school and works effectively with all stakeholders
• has proven experience of subject leadership
• understands the importance of shared culture within a school and knows how to promote this for the benefit of all
• is an excellent class practitioner and is able to teach well structured lessons
• has high expectations in all areas of school life
• can adapt their teaching to respond to the needs of the class.

Start date negotiable could be February half term.

We can offer:

We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and five other primary schools Wickham Market, Easton, Kyson, Leiston and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with.

For an informal conversation please contact the school office on 01728 830745 and ask for the head of school Lucy Melton or email lei.finance@eastmat.org

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 Leiston Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 396 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leiston Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leiston-primary-school

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