Class Teacher – KS2
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | MPS/UPS as appropriate |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2025 |
| Location: | Heacham, King's Lynn |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | West Norfolk Academies Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Heacham Junior School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Class Teacher KS2 to join their team. The successful candidate would join a team of devoted and ambitious teachers, focussed on providing a safe and stimulating environment for our children to thrive.
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: MPS/UPS as appropriate
Permanent
This post is open to ECT’s
Email: recruitment@westnorfolkacademiestrust.co.uk
Website: https://www.heachamjunior.co.uk/
About the Role
To provide an effective education to pupils within the framework provided by the Headteacher, the Governing Body, DfE and the Local Authority, paying full regard to all statutory requirements.
To fulfil the Conditions of Employment for Teachers as defined in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
Main Duties and Responsibilities, but not limited to:
1. Set high expectations, which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
2. Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
3. Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
4. Plan and teach well-structured lessons
5. Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
6. Make accurate and productive use of assessment
7. Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
8. Fulfil wider professional responsibilities, including make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school, develop effective professional relationships with colleagues, take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues, communicate effectively with parents with regard to pupils’ achievements and well-being.
Personal and Professional Conduct
A teacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct and uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.
Teachers must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they teach, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
Teachers must have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
For a full job description please click the link below.
Closing Date for Applications: 19th May 2025
Interview Dates: 21st/22nd May 2025
Start Date: Sept 2025
How to apply
For this vacancy, please click the 'Apply for Job' button, to complete our online application form.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable field is met.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
As part of our recruitment process it is necessary for us to perform an online social media check. The reason for the online search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE. There is no other purpose for a search.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: MPS/UPS as appropriate
Permanent
This post is open to ECT’s
Email: recruitment@westnorfolkacademiestrust.co.uk
Website: https://www.heachamjunior.co.uk/
About the Role
To provide an effective education to pupils within the framework provided by the Headteacher, the Governing Body, DfE and the Local Authority, paying full regard to all statutory requirements.
To fulfil the Conditions of Employment for Teachers as defined in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
Main Duties and Responsibilities, but not limited to:
1. Set high expectations, which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
2. Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
3. Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
4. Plan and teach well-structured lessons
5. Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
6. Make accurate and productive use of assessment
7. Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
8. Fulfil wider professional responsibilities, including make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school, develop effective professional relationships with colleagues, take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues, communicate effectively with parents with regard to pupils’ achievements and well-being.
Personal and Professional Conduct
A teacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct and uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.
Teachers must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they teach, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
Teachers must have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
For a full job description please click the link below.
Closing Date for Applications: 19th May 2025
Interview Dates: 21st/22nd May 2025
Start Date: Sept 2025
How to apply
For this vacancy, please click the 'Apply for Job' button, to complete our online application form.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable field is met.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
As part of our recruitment process it is necessary for us to perform an online social media check. The reason for the online search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE. There is no other purpose for a search.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.