Class Teacher
Walthamstow Primary Academy
Waltham Forest
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive United Learning PayScale (PT1 to PT6 depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2025
- Apply by:
- 27 April 2025
Job overview
Post: Class Teacher
Hours: Full Time 37.5 hrs
Start Date: Sep 2025
Contract: Permanent (Fixed Term may be offered)
Salary: Competitive United Learning PayScale (PT1 to PT6 depending on experience/ECT’s are welcome to apply)
Closing date: 27th April 2025
Interviews: W/C 28th April 2025
United Learning is a friendly, happy place where everyone is valued and recognised as an individual. We believe that every teacher has the ability to shine. Our pledge, to all our academy teachers, is that by working for us you will benefit from:
More pay...
- We pay on average 5% above national scales - the best rates of pay in the sector
- Cash towards medical treatment
- Generous staff discount scheme
More time...
- Three extra INSET days for planning
- At least one personal day a year
and more support.
- Great training for your career
- Exceptional curriculum resources
- Expert subject advice
- Support for your wellbeing
Walthamstow Primary Academy is a vibrant and inclusive school dedicated to providing high-quality education and care. Our mission is to foster a love of learning in a nurturing and stimulating environment.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Class Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching and learning, creating a positive classroom environment, and supporting the individual needs of students. ECT’s are welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver engaging lessons that meet the national curriculum standards.
- Create a safe, inclusive, and stimulating classroom environment.
- Assess and monitor students' progress, providing constructive feedback to students and parents.
- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure a cohesive approach to teaching and learning.
- Participate in school events, meetings, and professional development opportunities.
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Experience teaching in a primary or secondary school setting.
- Strong understanding of the national curriculum.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Note - We reserve the right to interview and offer a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their applications as soon as possible.
Benefits:
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
- An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering mental health and wellbeing support
- Health Cash Plan available to United Learning staff with a minimum of 6 months of service. The plan gives you money back on essential healthcare, from opticians to physiotherapy, and guarantees you 24/7 access to an online GP.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Car lease scheme
- Over 250 exclusive employee benefits through Perk box including free access to online wellness and workout classes, money off your weekly shop, high street purchases, and meals out.
- Eye care vouchers and free flu vaccines
Visits to the school are welcomed, you can book a visit by emailing the school at hr@walthamstowprimary.org.uk. All visits should take place by the 25th of April 2025.
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. CVs alone will not be considered. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
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About Walthamstow Primary Academy
About Walthamstow Primary Academy
As a brand new school, Walthamstow Primary Academy has the opportunity to embrace everything that today's parents and children want in a highly successful primary school. The primary expertise, vision and ambition of the Headteacher and staff team is fundamental in meeting the aspirations of families, United Learning and the local community.
Vision and ethos
All United Learning schools are linked by the shared aim of bringing out the best in everyone - pupils, parents, staff and the wider community. The successful candidate will also be able to develop a unique, school and community-specific ethos for Walthamstow Primary Academy to sit alongside United Learning's core values.
Location and building
Walthamstow Primary Academy is in the heart of Waltham Forest and situated adjacent to United Learning's Walthamstow Academy; a popular and oversubscribed secondary school.
The primary academy will benefit from a brand new school building, which is planned for completion during the next academic year. The building will be bright, welcoming and well-equipped to support the school's educational provision. The successful candidate will feed into the process of choosing resources that best suit the plans for the academy.
Curriculum
Walthamstow Primary Academy aims to make learning enjoyable, challenging and engaging for all pupils - whatever their abilities and interests. There is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to design and shape the academy's curriculum, which will equip pupils with the necessary literacy, numeracy and ICT skills to succeed across all subjects.
Extracurricular activities and extended school day
To broaden and deepen pupils' understanding of the world, Walthamstow Primary Academy offers a vibrant enrichment and extracurricular programme that includes music and physical education.
Partnership with families and the local community
Partnerships with families is vital to pupils' success and parents are regularly and actively engaged in their children's education. The academy also takes seriously its wider responsibilities, embedding community links for the benefit of both pupils and local people.
Admissions
Walthamstow Primary Academy currently is a one form entry school. As an all-inclusive school, the academy's places are open to children of all backgrounds and abilities. The admissions arrangements are in line with those of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, and children with Education, Health and Care plans that name the academy are admitted first.
Governance
Walthamstow Primary Academy is accountable to a Local Governing Body (LGB). The LGB monitors academic achievement, well-being of pupils, financial management and input on future plans for the school to deliver excellent opportunities for the children and young people of Walthamstow.
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