KS2 Class Teacher

Fairfield Community Primary School, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4WA

24 days remaining to apply

Job start date
20 August 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 March 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time: Full time 32.5 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term - 24 months
Pay scale: Main Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

REQUIRED TO START FROM AUTUMN 2025

Full Time Class Teacher

MAIN PAY SCALE

(up to M6 depending on experience)

Following the restructure of the Fairfield Leadership Team, we have an exciting opportunity for a KS2 Class Teacher position.

The role will be offered as a temporary secondment (for 2 years initially) with a view to becoming permanent. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the school to discuss this in more detail.

This post would be ideal for more experienced teachers.

Candidates are encouraged to apply, indicating their strengths within this particular Key Stage.

Rated good by Ofsted, Fairfield Community Primary School is a warm and friendly school with a highly motivated group of staff and wonderful pupils. If you would like to be a valued member of the Fairfield team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Fairfield is also part of the Symphony Learning Trust that has outstanding learning and teaching at the heart of all its activities.

The Trust is a high performing Multi-Academy Trust.

Applications should be made through the Eteach portal. Please use the supporting statement section to detail your suitability for the role.

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th April 2024 @ 9:00am

Interview and task date: Thursday 1st May 2025

The successful candidate will have to undergo a DBS check before commencing their post and references, including the most recent employer, will be taken. Fairfield is committed to high standards of safeguarding

What the school offers its staff

- excellent induction arrangements and training
- well behaved children who are self-motivated, resilient and who love learning
- support and guidance of a senior leader who will share the class, as well as a parallel class teacher to share workload and best practice
- welcoming, dedicated, caring staff and community
- a supportive senior leadership team and governing body, who are committed to continuing to raise standards
- opportunities for professional development
- a well-developed and well-resourced site and grounds, making the school a great place to teach
- a school and Trust who are dedicated to improving workload and wellbeing of its staff
- staff benefits such as wellbeing support and Trust discounts.

Further details about the role

The role will be offered as a temporary secondment (for 2 years initially) with a view to becoming permanent. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the school to discuss this in more detail.

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.