Primary Class Teacher (suitable for ECT)

Bournemouth Park Academy, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 5JN

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 Annually (Actual)

Primary Class Teacher (suitable for ECT) job summary

Are you ready to join a highly motivated and skilled team? Do you want to feel excited and motivated coming into a vibrant working environment? Do you want to continue to develop new approaches to teaching and learning in a passionate and risk taking school? If so, we are the right school for you!

We need: Teacher

To start: September 2026

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st August 2027

Pay Scale: ECT, MPS

We welcome applications from practitioners who:

Are dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of our pupils

Are passionate about inspiring and motivating young minds

Are creative and innovative

Have regard to the curriculum for the academy, and with a view to promoting the development of the abilities and aptitudes of all pupils

Are able to plan, prepare and teach high quality lessons

Deliver consistently good and outstanding outcomes for children

Be committed to on-going professional development

Have good interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively as part of a team

Contribute to the wider life of the academy

We can offer you:

The opportunity to be part of an Ofsted graded ‘Good’ school.

To be supported by an enthusiastic and dedicated team committed to improvement, professional development and equality for all staff.

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) www.educationsupport.org.uk. The EAP provides free confidential support and guidance, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for all staff at the Academy.

To work within in a diverse, friendly and supportive community of staff and children.

Please contact Julie Jones, Tel 01702 468046 or e-mail: hr@bournemouthpark.southend.sch.ukto arrange a visit.

Bournemouth Park Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in our care.

All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

This role is classed as regular activity. Before you proceed with your intention to apply for a position or to support us please take full consideration of the following points.

• All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, including a Barred List check where applicable to the role. Where you have been shortlisted for a role, you will be required to complete a Declaration of Offences Form, disclosing all relevant previous criminal convictions and cautions. Please contact the Head teacher to discuss this step further if you wish.
• If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, we will carry out an online search against you. This is part of our safeguarding obligations, we will carry out online searches on you as part of our due diligence. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we might want to explore more at interview. In doing this, we will only be looking at information which might potentially impact your ability to carry out the role, and we recognise that there is a difference between your public and private life. We will carry out this search if you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for.
• You will be provided with an induction process, and you are expected to engage with this monitored process.
• Our safeguarding policies and procedures will be explained during your induction and on a regular basis.
• Bournemouth Park complies the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) and childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Amendment) Regulations 208. All shortlisted candidates whose role will involve the responsibility for the provision or management of such childcare (including teaching) shall be required to declare that they are not disqualified from undertaking such work.
• Application forms must be completed in full. Please pay particular attention to your work history and inform us of any gaps in employment. CVs will only be accepted alongside a completed application form.
• Please ensure you state full details of your qualifications.
• References may be taken up prior to interviews and any discrepancies will be addressed during the interview process.

Closing date - Midday Wednesday 13th May 2026

Interview date -tbc

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Bournemouth Park Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. C.Vs will only be considered where accompanied by the school’s application form.

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 Bournemouth Park Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 562 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bournemouth Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bournemouth-park-academy

We are a large Primary School in Southend with an ofsted rating of 'Good', to join our friendly and supportive team who are committed to ensure all our learners have a successful and enjoyable primary journey.

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