Year 5 class teacher

Teaching Vacancies; Grantham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Community Primary School in Grantham is seeking a talented and enthusiastic teacher to lead a Year 5 class within the Key Stage 2 team. You will create engaging, effective learning environments while nurturing students’ social and emotional growth.

Early Career Teachers are particularly welcome and will be supported by a designated mentor and an ECT induction programme from day one. This fixed-term post reflects pupil numbers and will be reviewed before the 2027–28 academic year.

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a degree-level qualification.
• Recent experience teaching in Key Stage 2, including KS2 placement during initial teacher training for ECTs.
• Ability to plan and teach well-structured, well-adapted lessons that engage and challenge every pupil.
• Strong knowledge of assessment for learning and confident behaviour management.
• Ability to safeguard and promote pupils' welfare with emotional resilience when working with challenging behaviour.
• Excellent communication skills with children, colleagues and parents.
• Collaborative, team-first approach and commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Teach a Year 5 class within the Key Stage 2 team.
• Deliver high-quality teaching with warmth and challenge in a safe, engaging classroom.

Skills

QTS

KS2 experience

Lesson planning

Assessment for learning

Behaviour management

Communication

Teamwork

Professional development

Education

Degree-level qualification

QTS

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

About us

At Belmont our motto is ‘Every child matters. Every moment counts.’ We're a happy, caring and ambitious school in Grantham, proudly celebrating 50 years at the heart of our community. Children here are nurtured, supported and challenged to thrive, and we know they achieve most when school and home work together – so we take real pride in the partnership we share with our families, governors and wider community.

The role

We are looking for a talented, imaginative and enthusiastic teacher to join our Key Stage 2 team and take responsibility for a Year 5 class. As well as creating effective, enjoyable learning environments, you will foster the social and emotional growth of our pupils – delivering high-quality teaching with warmth and challenge in a safe, engaging classroom.

We particularly welcome applications from Early Career Teachers – you'll be fully supported by a designated mentor and our ECT induction programme from day one.

This post is fixed-term, reflecting current pupil numbers on roll, and will be reviewed ahead of the 2027–28 academic year.

What we're looking for

You will be a values-driven, committed and resilient teacher, organised and effective, with a determination to make a difference. Specifically, we're looking for:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), with a degree-level qualification
• Recent experience teaching in Key Stage 2, including a successful KS2 placement during initial teacher training for ECTs
• The ability to plan and teach well-structured, well-adapted lessons that engage and challenge every pupil
• Strong knowledge of assessment for learning, and confident behaviour management
• The ability to safeguard and promote pupils' welfare, with emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviour
• Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues and parents alike
• A collaborative, team-first approach and a commitment to your own professional development

What the school offers its staff

What we offer

• Wonderful children with whom you can really make a difference
• A team of professionals who are knowledgeable, supportive and committed to teamwork
• A forward-thinking school that genuinely cares about your professional development
• Support from our school wellbeing team

Safeguarding

Belmont Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check, and satisfactory references will be sought, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Belmont Community Primary School is an equal opportunities employer.

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.