Class Teacher

Class Teacher

1 x Temporary in the first instance to 31st August 2027

Start date: September 2026

Hours: 32.5 hours per week

Pay Scale: M1 – M6

Salary: £32,916 - £45,352

Cascade Multi Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a full time Class Teacher to join the Trust.

We recommend you read our recent Ofsted report to understand the diverse needs of our community, and how our dedicated and ambitious staff team support our children to succeed. Our school is rated good, with KS2 outcomes at or above national.

Our vision at Cascade MAT is to transform the life chances of our children; ensure safe and secure learning environments; create inspirational places for our staff to work and to be an influential part of the local community.

Across the Trust we inspire our children to aim high and succeed, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the future. We promote understanding, respect and tolerance for each other. This is an exciting time to join Cascade Multi Academy Trust with each of its four schools judged as good by Ofsted, with two new schools joining in the new year.

Whiteways Primary School is a collaborative, multicultural and vibrant place to work. We pride ourselves on working together as a staff team to ensure we give our children the best starting points in life. Our curriculum is what excites the children for learning, and we strive to be innovative in our teaching approaches. We continually celebrate our uniqueness and diversity through our curriculum and community cohesion; making learning purposeful, immersive and challenging.

The Role:

The role is based at Whiteways Primary School which has an experienced, inspirational and forward-thinking senior leadership team. The purpose of the role will be to teach designated pupils and undertake associated pastoral and administrative duties as well as other general responsibilities, having full regard for the school/Trust’s ethos, aims and policies; and to undertake tasks related to the development of a curriculum area.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• Be able to work effectively within the team to ensure there are high quality and effective learning opportunities for all children.
• To plan programmes of work for pupils in co-operation with teaching colleagues within the team in order to ensure that all children are taught by members of that team experience similar learning opportunities
• To plan work matched to the individual needs of children and within the school’s agreed policy and schemes of work
• To produce written records of such planning in accordance with Trust policy
• To assess and record pupil’s achievements and progress within the statutory requirements and Trust’s assessment policy and report to parents
• To contribute to meetings, discussions and management systems necessary to ensure the co-ordination of the work of the school as a whole
• To ensure that the classroom is kept tidy and attractive, with children’s resources readily available for them to find independently
• To contribute to the ideas within and the implementation of the School Improvement Plan
• To supervise the use of support staff relevant to the class.
• To contribute to the provision of a safe and secure learning environment.
• Work closely within the school team and contribute to the school community
• Be a motivational communicator for children of all abilities ensuring learning is engaging and inclusive
• Be very flexible and adapt quickly to change

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• To pursue the aims of the school in a positive manner and promote the agreed ethos
• To work co-operatively within a whole staff team, and within the year/teaching and learning group to achieve continuous improvement with constant regard to quality in both learning and teaching
• To teach pupils according to their individual needs, including the planning and assessment of work in line with agreed policies of the Trust/school
• To monitor and assess children’s progress and report to parents
• To implement and maintain the school’s policy on discipline and behaviour
• To support the school’s endeavours to meet the needs of its community
• Participate in the school’s performance management process
• To promote and monitor the organisation of the learning and teaching through a particular subject throughout the school