Teacher

Teacher

M1 - M6 (£31,650 - £43,606)

Full Time, Permanent

How will you RISE to the challenge?

At Highfields Spencer Academy, we are searching for a passionate and driven Classroom Teacher to join our dedicated team. If you’re someone who believes in fostering ambition, creating meaningful experiences, and cultivating a lifelong love for learning, we want to hear from you!

Our Core Purpose

At Highfields Spencer Academy, our core purpose is to empower each child to reach their full potential by fostering ambition and providing enriching experiences that cultivate a lifelong love for learning and personal growth. We believe every child deserves the chance to succeed and be the best they can be, and as a teacher, you will play a pivotal role in guiding them on that journey.

Our Vision

We envision a school where strong relationships and empathy are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing high-quality teaching and learning, with high expectations for every child. By building resilience and providing the necessary support, we help our students develop confidence, compassion, and the skills to thrive. We aim to nurture pride and success in every child, preparing them to be active, caring members of society.

How You Will RISE:

• Respect: Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment where every child is valued and differences are celebrated.
• Inspire: Bring energy, creativity, and passion into your teaching to engage and inspire students.
• Success: Help children set goals, overcome challenges, and experience the satisfaction of achievement and growth.
• Empathy: Build strong relationships with students and colleagues, understanding and supporting their needs.

What We Are Looking For:

• A committed, empathetic teacher who shares our vision of high expectations and holistic development.
• A creative, adaptable individual who can engage and inspire students in their learning journey.
• Someone who is committed to personal and professional growth, and values working as part of a team.
• A teacher who will help foster resilience and guide children in their journey to success.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and collaborative school environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
• Have the opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of children, preparing them for a successful future.
• Enjoy the professional development and support to grow in your career, while maintaining a work-life balance.
• Join a school community where empathy, respect, and high standards are at the core of everything we do.

If you're ready to make a difference and rise to the challenge of shaping the future of our students, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of the inspiring journey at Highfields Spencer Academy.

Spencer Academies Trust

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence. 

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

• All children have a right to quality education regardless of background or ability and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership.
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for the quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

Please see our website for full employee benefits; http://satrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SAT-Employee-Benefits-September-2022.pdf 

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the school by emailing info@highfieldsspencer.org.uk 

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. 

Please submit your application by no later than Weds 30th April 2025. Our application deadlines can end earlier, so if you are keen to apply, please add your profile to this vacancy as soon as possible as we will contact you before the closing date.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’.  Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application. 

We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656  

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer