10 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months

Pay scale

M1 to M3

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an excellent classroom practitioner who:

  • is passionate about teaching and learning and enabling all children to achieve success.
  • has an excellent understanding of pedagogy and practice.
  • has recent high quality teaching experience in KS1.
  • is fully committed to supporting the ethos and values of a Christian school.
  • is able to foster excellent relationships with children, parents and staff.
  • is committed to their own professional development with a strong appetite for learning and improving their practice.
  • is able to lead an area of the curriculum (Not required for ECTs).

‘Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.’(Yeats)

If you want to help kindle the fire that gives our children the best start possible, then we look forward to hearing from you!


What the school offers its staff

We are seeking to appoint a creative, dynamic and inspirational class teacher to join our fantastic and committed team.

We are a school family at Westbury, where each member is proud to play their part. Our vibrant school, set in large grounds, is a place where every individual is valued, nurtured and respected so that they can flourish and live life to the full; it is a great place to grow and learn. Following our highly positive Ofsted inspection in April 2025, and SIAMS inspection in October 2024, our journey to improve further continues.

We offer:

  • a very happy, friendly, welcoming family with a strong, positive and caring Christian ethos.
  • amazing children who are enthusiastic and fully engaged in their learning.
  • a professional and dedicated team, who are committed to our continual drive to improve.

Further details about the role

Applicants are encouraged to visit our website, Facebook or Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/westburyontrymprimary/, and to book a tour of the school to find out more about our school family.

Please contact the school office on 01173772605 or via info@westburyontrym.academy, if you would like to visit.

School tours: Monday 2 June at 1.30 and 4.00pm, Tuesday 3 January 2.30pm and Wednesday 4 June at 9.00am

Applications need to be submitted by 12.00pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025

Interviews are planned for Thursday 12 June 2025.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, Disclosure and Barring Service and an occupational health check. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/ information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. We'll carry out online searches on short-listed applicants. References will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to clarkz@westburyontrym.academy

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Additional documents

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About Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
412 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01173772605

We are a school family at Westbury, where each member is proud to play their part. Our vibrant school, set in large grounds, is a place where every individual is valued, nurtured and respected so that they can flourish and live life to the full; it is a great place to grow and learn. Following our positive Ofsted inspection in February 2020, when we were judged to be ‘good’, our journey to improve further continues. We have also been judged ‘Outstanding’ by SIAMS.

Arranging a visit to Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@westburyontrym.academy.

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