Thorplands Primary School, part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust, has a vacancy for a full-time class teacher to start in September 2025 – we welcome applications from teachers at all stages of their careers, but the post would be ideally suited to an Early Career Teacher looking to start their journey. This is a permanent post, subject to the satisfactory completion of a probation period and, if relevant, the ECT programme. The Key Stage is flexible.
Thorplands is a one form entry primary school with a preschool. Our children are polite, respectful and keen to learn. We have a fantastic team of incredibly dedicated staff who believe children learn best when they are safe, heard and valued and we work hard to achieve this every day. We believe in building strong relationships with our whole school community.
If you are passionate about the positive impact that quality education can have on all children, then please come and visit us to see the difference you can make.
We are proud to be a part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust which aims to achieve educational excellence; creating opportunities and enriching lives. This applies to our fabulous staff as well as our children.
NPAT schools prioritise staff well-being and commit to the NPAT Employee Pledge, informed by recommendations within the DfE Workload Review, which means that we are committed to:
* A fair and reasonable workload.
* High quality training and professional development opportunities including secondments, leadership support and mentoring.
* A Pay and Reward package at least equal to the national agreement for teachers, and the Local Authority pay scale for support staff.
* Regular network opportunities with teachers in similar roles across other NPAT schools.
* Higher priority placement in the school that you work at for the admission of staff children.
In addition, we offer innovative schools which are committed to the development of sport and the arts through our links to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Microsoft and the Northampton School Sports Association.
The ideal candidate will embody the NPAT values and will:
* Be passionate about supporting children to achieve their best in everything that they do.
* Understand the needs of our community that we serve.
* Be committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.
* Establish positive and supportive relationships with children and parents.
* Be patient, calm and resilient with a positive attitude and a sense of humour.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and safer recruitment practice. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants and references will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. The successful applicant will be expected to have two satisfactory references and undertake a medical questionnaire.
If you think that you are the person for us, we would love to show you round our school to meet some of our children and staff. Please contact the School Business Manager, Ellie Alexander, on 01604 493384 to arrange a visit.
Applications should be submitted using our Trust application form via email to bursar@thorplandsprimary.net by 2nd May 2025. Please also submit the equal opportunities monitoring sheet and a letter of no more than two pages summarising your proven ability relating to the job description and person specification.
Location: Thorplands Primary School, Farm Field Court, Northampton NN3 8AQ, UK
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