Primary Classroom Teacher at The Howard School

The Howard School; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Assured – EAP

Benenden Healthcare

Free Flu Jabs

Free Health Checks

CPD afternoons

Job summary

The Howard School seeks an exceptional and committed Primary Classroom Teacher to lead our literacy and numeracy catch-up provision for KS3 students entering secondary school below age-related expectations.

This full-time fixed-term role (STPC Main/Upper Pay Scale) until July 2027 involves designing personalised programmes, rigorous progress tracking and close collaboration with curriculum leaders, SEND staff and families to support vulnerable learners in achieving measurable progress.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher with QTS.
• Experience delivering literacy/numeracy catch-up interventions.
• Ability to design personalised programmes of support.

Responsibilities

• Lead literacy and numeracy catch-up provision for KS3 students entering secondary school.
• Track progress and adjust instruction based on data with curriculum leaders and SEND teams.

Skills

Literacy catch-up

Numeracy catch-up

Inclusion

Progress tracking

Education

QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)

Primary education degree

Job description

About this Role

The Howard School is seeking an exceptional and committed Primary Classroom Teacher to lead our literacy and numeracy catch‑up provision for students in Key Stage 3 who join secondary school working below age‑related expectations.

This is a unique opportunity for a talented primary practitioner to make a direct and measurable impact on student outcomes. Many of our students arrive with gaps in reading, comprehension, writing and numeracy that can act as barriers to success across the wider curriculum. Your role will be to identify these gaps early and deliver high‑quality, targeted teaching and intervention that enables students to rapidly catch up, build confidence and access learning successfully.

Working closely with curriculum leaders, SEND staff, pastoral teams and families, you will design personalised programmes of support, track progress rigorously and ensure students develop the foundational skills needed to thrive in secondary education. You will play a key role in helping vulnerable and disadvantaged learners overcome barriers to achievement and fulfil their potential.

This role would suit an outstanding primary teacher who is passionate about literacy, numeracy and inclusion, and who is motivated by seeing students make transformational progress. If you believe every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their starting point, we would love to hear from you.

This isa full time, fixed term role, paid on the STPC Main/Upper Pay Scale, dependanton experience.

Thisrole is fixed term until July 2027, due to the mainstream inclusive funding.

What can we offer you?

The successful candidate will be someone who has highexpectations and is passionate about education. In return, we can promise aninvestment in you and your future, offering a competitive remunerationpackage, providing first class professional development and careeropportunities.

We value our staff and actively support theirprofessional development and have redesigned our working week to placeeven greater emphasis on employee development. You will have access to ongoingprofessional development including accredited courses. If you are looking toextend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would bedelighted to hear from you.

Benefits of Working with The Howard AcademyTrust

We care about the personal and professional wellbeingof our staff, and are pleased to offer:

• Health Assured - EmployeeAssistance Programme
• Access to Benenden Healthcare
• Free Flu Jabs
• Free Health Checks
• Access PayWise+
• Skills Network of 30 Free Level 2 8 - 12week courses
• Discounted gym membership
• CPD afternoons
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Free parking on all our sites

We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.