Primary Class Teacher
Waterside Academy, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1NZ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
5 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main Pay Scale (M1 - 6) plus fringe payment
Primary Class Teacher job summary
📍 Location: Waterside Academy
💰 Pay Point: Main Pay Scale (including fringe payment)
📅 Start Date: September 2025
Waterside Academy is looking to appoint an exceptional class teacher to join our team from September 2025. We are open to applications from those interested in teaching Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2, depending on preference and experience.
Whether you’re an Early Career Teacher (ECT) or an experienced educator, we want the best person for the job!
Why Join Waterside Academy?- Supportive & Friendly Staff Team – Work in a welcoming and collaborative environment.
- Subject Leader Time – Regular opportunities to lead and develop your subject expertise.
- Workload-Conscious Policies – A low-workload marking policy and a well-structured curriculum with key resources to reduce planning time.
- Strong & Supportive Leadership – A leadership team that values your well-being and is committed to ongoing school development without unnecessary workload pressures.
- Ambitious for both children and themselves – A teacher who is passionate about making a difference.
- Reliable, enthusiastic, and positive – Someone who brings energy and a proactive approach to teaching.
- Committed to high-quality teaching and learning – A professional eager to contribute to our school's continued success.
We strongly encourage applicants to visit the school and see what makes Waterside Academy a great place to work. To arrange a visit, please contact Kevin Peart (Headteacher) at head@waterside.agoralp.co.uk.
Waterside Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. At least one member of our interview panel will be Safer Recruitment trained. All offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check and two references. Shortlisted candidates will also undergo a standard online search and will have the chance to address any concerns in their interview.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Waterside Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Waterside Academy website
School location
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