Teacher

BRITANNIA PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Britannia Primary School and Nursery in Ipswich invites applications for an outstanding classroom practitioner. The role welcomes Early Career Teachers and offers possibilities to combine roles with HLTA for a full-time position.

We seek punctual, reliable, and collaborative professionals who can maintain high standards of teaching with limited TA support, contributing to a friendly, forward-thinking school community and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Outstanding classroom practitioner with strong teaching and learning skills.
• Excellent behaviour management due to limited Teaching Assistant support.
• Willing to cover HLTA duties or combine roles for a full-time position.

Responsibilities

• You will demonstrate excellent behaviour management as most classes will be unaccompanied by TA support.
• You will be a team player and able to work with limited supervision.
• You will be committed, punctual and reliable.

Skills

Classroom practitioner

Behaviour management

Team player

Punctual and reliable

Job description

• Britannia Primary School and Nursery
• Address: Britannia Road, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP4 5HE
• Salary: MPR
• Hours: 2.2 days per week (14.3 hours, 2 full days teaching and 1.3 hours for PPA)
• Contract: Permanent
• Reference: 5707

‘Developing Responsible Citizens, Confident Individuals and Independent Learners’

Oxlip Learning Partnership promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce and encourages applications from all sections of society. We are always keen to hear from talented professionals, at all stages of their career, who believe they can support us in achieving our vision.

Britannia Primary School and Nursery are seeking to appoint an outstanding classroom practitioner with the qualities and skills of teaching and learning.

Early Career Teachers (ECTs) are welcome to apply.

We also are looking for a part-time Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) (please see our separate listing on this site) However, we would welcome applications from candidates interested in undertaking both roles, combining them into one full-time position.

You will:

• need excellent behaviour management skills as most classes will be unaccompanied by any Teaching Assistant support
• be a team player as well as having the ability to work with limited supervision
• be committed, punctual and reliable.

We offer:

• a large, successful school with enthusiastic children in a stimulating, friendly learning environment
• the opportunity to work with dynamic and forward-thinking staff
• a friendly, supportive working environment
• access to various professional development opportunities
• supportive staff, parents and governors.

We also offer a friendly environment to work in, holiday pay is built into your annual salary, and you will have entitlement to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and the Teacher pension scheme.

Britannia Primary School and Nursery 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. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.

Closing date: 27 November 2026

Oxlip Learning Partnership safeguards and promotes the welfare of students and requires all staff and visitors to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

The Oxlip Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools. Child Protection training will also need to be undertaken.