Teacher

Lakenham Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2HL

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  24 September 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  1 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: ECT, MPS or UPS

Teacher job summary

• Salary - ECT, MPS or UPS 
• Temporary – maternity cover 
• Part Time
• 2 or 4 days per week 
• Year 1 or Year 5
• Required from January 2026  

 

• Do you put children at the heart of what you do? 
• Do you want to teach linked to inquiry-based practise? 
• Are you looking to join a community where everyone is encouraged to learn, develop and be the best they can be? 

 We are looking for a teacher with very good subject knowledge, and the drive to learn and be part of our creative and vibrant school community. The successful candidate will have a clear focus on improving outcomes for pupils by inspiring and motivating them in an engaging and exciting curriculum. The successful candidate will have the capacity to be an outstanding practitioner, committed to raising standards and the life chances for all children.  

We can offer you the opportunity to: 

• work in a modern, purpose-built school 
• high quality professional development  
• become part of a forward thinking and innovative staff team 

make a significant difference to the life chances of a very mixed catchment  

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed either in person, we are also happy to have a video or phone discussion with interested candidates with the headteacher Cassandra Williams. 

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, contract the school.  

Completed forms should be returned to – office@lakenham.norfolk.sch.uk

Please do not send CV’s. Agencies please also not contact the school.  

Closing date:  24 September 2025

Interview date:   TBA

 

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff volunteers to share this commitment. A Full DSB check will be required and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. 

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Lakenham Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 409 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lakenham Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lakenham-primary-school

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