Leigh Beck Junior School

Leigh Beck Junior School, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7TD

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026 Start

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650 to £43,607
• Pay scale: M1 to M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a passionate and hardworking class teacher to join us in January 2026. The ideal candidate will be willingto give their best for the children and keen to be developed further in their teaching practice.

Being a Teacher at Leigh Beck Junior School means you will get a supportive year group and an experienced mentor tosupport you. With weekly training, development, support and sessions that help develop your confidence and expertise as ateacher.

We are a warm, friendly school and team, with wonderful children and supportive parents. Children are motivated to learn,are exceptionally well behaved and deserve the best that we can give them.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• career progression and leadership opportunities
• additional non-contact time for teaching staff- over and above statutory PPA time; this equates to 15% non-contact time for class teacher
• unlimited access to CPD and career development through providers such as The National College and The Key.
• a dynamic, dedicated team of teachers and support staff who want the best for their children
• enthusiastic, friendly and aspirational children who are determined to make the most of their schooling
• a vibrant and rapidly improving school with rewards and opportunities for motivated and committed individuals
• Lion Pathways Curriculum
• Employee Assistance programme for you and your immediate family
• Perks at Work discounted cinema tickets, travel, car lease scheme

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

The Trust/School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and people, and the successful applicant must provide satisfactory references and will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure, along with all relevant safeguarding checks.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Leigh Beck Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 325 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leigh Beck Junior School website
• Email address: recruitment@leighbeckjunior.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leigh-beck-junior-school

Leigh Beck Junior School is rated as a 'Good School' by Ofsted.

We are a three-form entry junior school in the heart of Canvey Island community. We are a large, vibrant junior school with an explicit emphasis on developing the whole child as a person and as a learner.

Our dedicated staff team are committed to ensuring children have a wide array of learning experiences and equip children with the knowledge, skills and values that will enable them to progress in life becoming confident and responsible local, national and global citizens, ready for the next stage of their learning and for their life.

We are a warm friendly school and team, with wonderful children and supportive parents. Children are motivated to learn, are exceptionally well behaved and deserve the best that we can give them.

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