Reception Class Teacher (EYFS)

Ark White City Primary Academy, London, W12 7PT

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  11 November 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  26 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £41,328 - £65,000 per year

Reception Class Teacher (EYFS) job summary

Start date: January 2027

Closing: Wednesday 11th November  Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.     Interviews: Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th November    You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every pupil with a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. As one of our Reception Class Teachers, you will play a vital role in giving children a confident, ambitious and joyful start to their school journey.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate EYFS practitioner who combines a strong understanding of child development with high expectations for what young children can achieve. You will create a Reception environment where purposeful play, exploration and carefully structured teaching work together to develop children’s language, independence, curiosity and early academic foundations.

A key part of the role will be delivering high-quality early reading and phonics, alongside developing children’s early writing and mathematical understanding. Through our Explorer Time and wider continuous provision, you will skilfully weave taught knowledge and carefully chosen themes into meaningful opportunities for children to practise, apply and deepen their learning.

You will balance the very best of early years practice with a clear focus on strong outcomes and preparation for Year 1. This means knowing when children need time to explore, talk and investigate, and when explicit teaching, practice and repetition are needed to secure important foundational knowledge and skills.

Working closely with EYFS colleagues and wider school leaders, you will help continue to strengthen our Reception provision as Ark White City grows. This is a role for an ambitious teacher who wants to create a classroom full of curiosity and joy, while ensuring every child leaves Reception confident, successful and ready for the next stage of their education

We warmly welcome visits to the school before applying and would be delighted to show you around. If you would like to arrange a visit, have an informal chat about the role or find out more, please email info@arkwhitecity.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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 Ark White City Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark White City Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-swift-primary-academy

Ark White City brings together Ark Swift Primary Academy and Ark Burlington Danes Primary Academy to create a two-form entry school, in a brand-new purpose-built and modern building which will form part of the EdCity development. EdCity is a £150m investment which will bring an education hub, affordable housing, and improved community facilities to White City that will make a real difference to local people.

Our new school building will have state-of-the-art facilities including a roof terrace with growing gardens for each year group, a space for outside lessons and a high-quality playground area. It will also have a multi-purpose cooking, DT, science and art room and a sensory room. The school has been designed with extra wide learning corridors which can be used as flexible breakout spaces from the classrooms.

Guided by our values of Excellence, Friendship, Courage and Determination, Ark White City Primary Academy strives to build a community committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Our values are important to us and we will ensure that we promote them and recognise where others ‘live the Ark White City Primary Academy values’.

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