Senior Teacher KS2

Hilltop Junior School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £43,545.00 - £46,839.00 Annually (FTE) S1 - S2 including fringe allowance. Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.

Senior Teacher KS2 job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Teacher who is ambitious and passionate about education to join our team at Hilltop Junior School.

Our pupils deserve only the best, so we are looking for a Teacher who is highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative and fun. You will share our passion that all pupils deserve to receive teaching that enables them to reach their full potential. Our staff truly place children at the HEART of what they do.

We can offer you:

• a unique and innovative four-day, face-to-face teaching week model (80/20)
• close working with a Trust of six schools, to reduce workload and aid support
• values at the HEARTS with 'happiness' of children, parents and staff a priority 
• excellent classroom support from experienced classroom assistants
• the opportunity to work with our lovely children and school community
• enthusiastic children who want to learn 

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact the friendly school office: hilltopjun.admin@heartsacademy.uk or 01268 734649

Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?

The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.

HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:

• Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
• Professional development opportunities
• Access to our Trust Counsellor
• Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
• Additional week’s leave during October
• Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights
• Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the Trust
• On request, and if appropriate, flexible working

For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/

We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.

HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.

HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.

To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here

If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with 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

The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.

A copy of the Trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies

For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk

For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk

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 Hilltop Junior School

• School type: Academies, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 360 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hilltop Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hilltop-junior-school

Hilltop Junior School is a creative, inclusive and welcoming school with an inspiring and engaging curriculum for all pupils.

We want the very best for all our children and we have the highest aspirations for all our children. We want each child to leave our school with the skills and talents to equip them for life. We do this through providing the children with a full, varied learning experience which is exciting and develops the child as an individual.

Our staff, along with supportive parents and LAB members, contribute to the success of our school. We work together as one community with a common purpose to ensure that our children are happy and successful, developing a lifelong love of learning.

No two days are the same. Every day is a new and exciting experience which I am proud to be a part of. We offer a creative curriculum where children enjoy opportunities to have a fullness of life. Some of these opportunities include trips to London, a Year 6 residential, swimming lessons, frequent visits from the school dog, author visits, pancake flips and much more.

Hilltop Junior School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a Trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality. The Trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 days contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.

We can offer you:

- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights throughout the year

- a two-week October half-term

- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils

- a highly effective learning environment

- a responsive and involved leadership team

- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)

- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values

- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions

For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk

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