KS1 Class Teacher (Year 2)
Salisbury Manor Primary School, London, E4 8YJ14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
11 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 November 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday- Friday, 37.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - August 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- (FTE Salary £41,080 to £51,480)
Pay scale
- Competitive United Learning PayScale (PT1 to PT6 depending on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salisbury Manor Primary School, located in the heart of Waltham Forest, is seeking a Year 2 Class Teacher to join our friendly and supportive team. Are you qualified, enthusiastic, and hard-working? Do you have the drive, ideas, and high expectations to help create a truly transformational school? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, research-driven, and teaching-focused environment?
We are looking for a dedicated, hard-working, and resilient teacher who is pupil-focused and eager for the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children. Our ambition to provide a high-quality education is unwavering; therefore, we seek an enthusiastic, determined, and standards-driven individual to ensure our pupils receive the exceptional education they deserve.
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Experience teaching in a primary or secondary school setting.
- Strong understanding of the national curriculum.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Job description & Person Specfication attached
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
At Salisbury Manor Primary, we are a close-knit team dedicated to supporting one another and the children we serve. As part of the United Learning Academy Trust, we offer even greater opportunities to support your career and personal growth.
United Learning Academy Trustis a family of schools that shares a commitment to high standards and achieving excellence in education. Being part of this trust means you will benefit from:
More Time: With access to well-designed planning, training, and support systems, you will have more time to focus on what really matters—teaching and leading. The trust offers a shared services team to reduce administrative burden and provide excellent resources that allow you to focus on your professional responsibilities.
More Money: United Learning offers a competitive salary package along with additional benefits that reflect the value they place on their staff. You will also have access to fantastic opportunities for professional development and career progression across the trust, ensuring your efforts are recognised and rewarded.
More Support: You won’t be alone in your journey. As part of United Learning, you will have access to a network of professionals who offer peer support, guidance, and expertise.
By joining us, you will be part of a school and a wider trust that values its staff and is committed to giving you the resources and opportunities you need to excel.
Benefit:
- Highly competitive pay, above national average.
- 26 days' annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
- At least one personal leave day a year.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues committed to each other’s professional growth.
- The opportunity to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Collaborative working opportuniteies with colleagues across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits, including a highly sought-after pension scheme with generous employer contributions.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Health Cash Plan (available after 6 months of service), giving money back on essential healthcare from opticians to physiotherapy, and 24/7 access to an online GP.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted Gym membership
- Car lease scheme
- Over 250 exclusive employee benefits including free access to online wellness and workout classes, discounts on weekly shopping, high street purchases, and meals out.
- Eye care vouchers and free flu vaccinations.
Further information about the job
We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.
An online search will be undertaken on shortlisted candidates for safer recruitment purposes
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate tothe post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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
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About Salisbury Manor Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Salisbury Manor Primary School website
- Email address
- hr@salisburymanorprimary.org.uk
We are recruiting at Salisbury Manor and invite you to join us on our exciting journey, where we believe providing the children with our best will ensure they reach their full potential.
We passionately believe that happy children learn best and happy teachers and staff will deliver outstanding outcomes for our children.
Join our passionate and committed team at a lovely two form school which forms part of the heart of the local community, with well-developed local links with Epping Forest and the William Morris Museum. We are a school which has undergone rapid change, and are looking for new dynamic team members to join us and continue this journey to excellence.
Salisbury Manor is part of one of the largest and most successful trusts in the UK, United learning and we can provide staff with unparalleled professional development opportunities and are currently welcoming applications from both experienced teachers and NQTs.
Arranging a visit to Salisbury Manor Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@salisburymanorprimary.org.uk.
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