Class Teacher

The Kite Academy Trust; Ash Vale; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing focus

Career progression

Wrap around care

Perkbox access

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance

Job summary

The Kite Academy Trust is seeking a Class Teacher for a full-time role across EYFS, KS1 or KS2, with potential Year 6 involvement. The position offers a salary from £34,398 to £52,490 FTE (MPS-UPS) and a supportive, wellbeing‑driven Trust culture.

Flexible staffing and opportunities for career progression are available, with the option to work from home for PPA and access to extensive professional development and benefits.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher with responsibility to teach across EYFS to KS2.
• Experience in planning effective lessons and assessing pupil progress.
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education.

Responsibilities

• Establishing positive relationships with pupils across the academy.
• Planning and teaching well-structured lessons to meet all pupils' needs.
• Using assessment to promote progress and outcomes.
• Maintaining high expectations and managing behaviour effectively.
• Participating in whole school development and INSET.

Skills

Planning and delivering lessons

Assessment for progress

Behaviour management

Team collaboration

Job description

Class Teacher

Full-time

Fixed term and Permanent Positions Available

Salary: MPS - UPS (£34,398 - £52,490 FTE)

Are you an ambitious and committed teacher looking for your next opportunity? We are excited to welcome talented teachers, including ECTs, to our exceptional team. With flexibility across our staffing structure, we invite applications from teachers in EYFS, KS1 or KS2, including those with strong Year 6 experience.

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do; we believe, by working as one Kite team, we are stronger together. As a class teacher with at The Kite, you will be part of a supportive, forward-thinking Trust where schools work closely together. We place a significant emphasis on colleague wellbeing and offer a unique wellness pledge that ensures that every member of staff feels supported, valued, and able to thrive.

Here at The Kite we pride ourselves on placing your workload, professional development and personal wellbeing at the centre of all that we do. The Kite Academy Trust is recognised by Ofsted as a Trust where ‘staff speak highly of leaders, governors and trustees. Teachers enjoy impressive training opportunities. They work with schools across the trust to share expertise and develop their skills. This helps their workload and wellbeing’ (Ofsted, November 2023).

The Kite Academy Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and inclusion and are guided by our core values of positivity, integrity, resilience, respect, and aspiration. We are committed to creating a fair, inclusive, and supportive environment where early career teachers can develop confidence, expertise, and a lifelong love of teaching.

Principle responsibilities:

The teacher will undertake all duties required of a qualified teacher identified in the School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions Document and will also undertake teaching in a designated area of the academy including, as below:

• Establishing positive relationships with the children in your class and across the academy
• Planning and teaching well-structured lessons, which meet the needs of all pupils
• Making accurate and productive use of assessment to promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
• Setting high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
• Managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
• Undertaking reasonable roles and responsibilities as requested by the Academy Headteacher
• Playing a full part in the life of the school community, supporting the ethos of the school, and encouraging staff, parents and pupils to do likewise
• Complying with school policies and procedures
• Ensuring personal professional development is prioritised, being up-to-date with national and local developments and participating in whole school and individualised INSET

We offer you:

• A trust which is committed to continuously improving colleague wellbeing
• A curriculum which colleagues shape for the future
• Approaches which are evidence and research informed
• The option to work from home to complete PPA
• Genuine opportunities for career progression
• The opportunity to help shape our Trust education strategy
• A dedicated, friendly staff team, as well as happy, motivated children
• Discounted Wrap around care, at relevant academies, if your child is a Kite Academy Pupil (Linked to contractual hours)
• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• An incredible range of employee benefits (including access to Perkbox)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace pension through The Teachers’ Pension Scheme