KS2 Class Teacher
| Posting date: | 07 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 March 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8EE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f9d08008-61b4-4359-a474-e2842da00160 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a dedicated and ambitious practitioner to further strengthen our current teaching team. At The West Park Academy, we pride ourselves in promoting extremely high standards in all aspects of school life. Our guiding principles, and that of the The Forge Trust, are:
• Academies as safe emotional places
• Invest time in relationships (every child known, appreciated and understood)
• Active engaged learners with the skills to work and get along with others
• Honest, open communication
• Evidence-based approaches
• Do what matters
• Get it right early
• Empower staff to build capacity
• Collaborate and share to develop and build best practice
As a result, we expect our staff to promote these values through their own practice.
What the school offers its staff
As an employee at The West Park Academy and The Forge Trust, we can offer you:
• A supportive and collaborative working environment, supporting you to develop and enhance your skills as a practitioner
• Access to high-quality CPD from both both internal and external providers
• Trust-wide networking opportunities
• A commitment to supporting personal CPD in the form of access to NPQ qualifications
• An 'Inset Week' in June - staff benefit from an extra work off in June due to INSET hours being banked through twilight sessions over the course of the academic year
• A commitment to continually reviewing workload by removing unnecessary tasks or administration
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.
We are looking for a dedicated and ambitious practitioner to further strengthen our current teaching team. At The West Park Academy, we pride ourselves in promoting extremely high standards in all aspects of school life. Our guiding principles, and that of the The Forge Trust, are:
• Academies as safe emotional places
• Invest time in relationships (every child known, appreciated and understood)
• Active engaged learners with the skills to work and get along with others
• Honest, open communication
• Evidence-based approaches
• Do what matters
• Get it right early
• Empower staff to build capacity
• Collaborate and share to develop and build best practice
As a result, we expect our staff to promote these values through their own practice.
What the school offers its staff
As an employee at The West Park Academy and The Forge Trust, we can offer you:
• A supportive and collaborative working environment, supporting you to develop and enhance your skills as a practitioner
• Access to high-quality CPD from both both internal and external providers
• Trust-wide networking opportunities
• A commitment to supporting personal CPD in the form of access to NPQ qualifications
• An 'Inset Week' in June - staff benefit from an extra work off in June due to INSET hours being banked through twilight sessions over the course of the academic year
• A commitment to continually reviewing workload by removing unnecessary tasks or administration
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.