Class Teacher 0.8FTE

Ivy Education Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivy Education Trust seeks a Class Teacher for Cockwood Primary School, starting September 2025. The role requires a dedicated professional to inspire students and ensure quality learning outcomes. Join a passionate team committed to raising standards and fostering a supportive environment for all pupils.

Qualifications

• Inspirational and dedicated classroom practitioner.
• Able to assess, plan, and deliver excellent lessons.
• Committed to raising standards and improving pupil outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent planning and communication skills.
• Motivate and enthuse all pupils.
• Collaborate with other subject leaders to share good practice.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Creativity

Enthusiasm

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

Please see attached infopack for further details about this position

Cockwood Primary School

Class Teacher 0.8FTE

Permanent required from September 2025

Main Pay Scale

Ivy Education Trust is looking for someone to complement the dedicated and passionate team at Cockwood Primary School. We work hard to offer our pupils the best experiences in order to inspire them to become well-rounded and respectful individuals who have a lifelong love of learning.

Are you:

• an inspirational, dedicated and forward-thinking classroom practitioner
• able to assess, plan and deliver excellent lessons that ensure quality outcomes for pupils
• able to close any prior gaps in learning, whilst helping students to make significant progress in new learning
• committed to raising standards
• creative, enthusiastic and passionate about supporting every pupil, regardless of barrier?

You will:

• demonstrate excellent planning, communication and organisational skills
• be able to enthuse and motivate all pupils
• have incredibly high expectations
• want to be part of a super team within our small village school
• believe that all students are capable of success
• be proactive in developing yourself as a practitioner through external CPD
• be proactive in collaborating with other subject leaders across our group of schools to share good practice, upskill and work together to increase capacity for improvement

You will have high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour, good communication skills and a commitment to working as part of a team.

Cockwood is a family, where we encourage both staff and pupils to be ambitious learners, and empower them to unlock their full potential. Happiness is core to our beliefs, where a dynamic curriculum and a caring ethos provide a wonderful springboard for the future. Through teamwork and perseverance, we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. Our ambition is to provide creative opportunities to develop skills in leadership and entrepreneurship, for pupils to reflect on how far they have come and how to be risk takers. They will aspire to be confident communicators, respectful of each other and considerate members of our school family and beyond. As a school we embrace opportunities to ensure our community will continue to grow and thrive so that we can empower children to have the wings to fly and become tomorrow’s successful citizens.

Ivy Education Trust is committed to providing a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum in all its schools so all children and young people develop the character and qualifications needed to open doors to their future success. A strong focus on developing and providing inspirational teaching and leadership in all schools, through school-to-school improvement, ensures outstanding progress and educational enjoyment for all members of the partnership’s community.

The unique character of each school is celebrated and nurtured to ensure choice and variety in educational provision. The Trust is determined that all children should be able to attend a good or better school regardless of where they live.

Our mission is to improve life chances for every child and young person we serve, through broadening their opportunities and enabling them to reach their full potential. We support and all members of our learning community to dream big, aim high, and achieve more than they ever thought was possible. If you share these visions and aspirations, then we very much welcome your application for this post.

We welcome applications from those completing ECT programmes and offer personalised CPD for staff who join us.

Completed application forms should be submitted before the closing date stated below. We reserve the right to interview before the closing date, so please get your application in early.

Closing date for applications is Monday 19th May 2025 at 9am.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 22nd May

Cockwood Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.