Class Teachers

We are currently seeking to appoint class teachers across our schools within Woodland Academy Trust who are passionate about ensuring our children receive the very best education. 

We have vacancies at Knockhall Primary School, Northumberland Heath Primary School, Peareswood Primary School and Willow Bank Primary School.  If you have a specific passion for EYFS, KS1 or KS2, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the standards and progress of pupils and will be enthusiastic and motivated to help our children to ignite their spark and reveal the champion. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for the standards and progress of pupils and will be enthusiastic and motivated to help our children to ignite their spark and reveal the champion they hold within themselves.  

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of teaching and learning, pedagogy and experience of using educational research such as Rosenshine’s Principles. We are seeking to appoint staff who can work collaboratively with colleagues and who are passionate about providing all children with the very best learning experiences possible.  

What you need to succeed: 

• Be passionate about providing opportunities for children from a wide range of backgrounds 
• Be keen to develop and make use of the school’s links with the local community 
• Have high aspirations and expectations for every pupil to succeed 
• Understand the value of developing the ‘whole’ child. 
• Be committed to forging strong relationships with parents 
• Be an excellent teacher, committed to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils. 
• Have the vision, passion and drive to improve standards in all areas of school life. 

Our offer

Woodland Academy Trust seek to appoint colleagues who share in our values and mission to ignite the spark and reveal the champion. We recognise that in order to offer the best outcomes for our children, our staff teams need the opportunity to be the very best they can be too.  We do this by ensuring we have in place for all staff:  

• Continuous professional learning focusing on core areas;  
• Collaborative working with agencies around us and offering formal training opportunities, bespoke and targeted professional development as well as in-house, bespoke training from our many experts and coaching and mentoring;  
• Embedding initiatives to support with reducing workload;  
• Having a strong supportive ethos with dedicated line management structures and clear communication channels;   
• Offering wellbeing assistance and support including a dedicated employee assistance helpline and occupational health;  
• Opportunities to take part in exciting initiatives and projects that help shape the way our children will learn in the future;  
• A wide range of family friendly policies in place for staff;  
• Recognising national terms and conditions for staff;   
• Local Government pension schemes;  
• Cycle to work schemes.  

We are seeking to appoint applicants both full-time and part-time.  Please contact us for an informal chat or to find out more.