Class Teacher

About us and the role

Are you ready to inspire young minds while advancing your own professional growth in an engaging, values-driven environment?

At Avanti House, we are committed to providing the highest standard of education and opportunities for every student.

Our team is united by a shared passion for collaboration, continuous development, and creating a supportive, inclusive culture.

Your role will involve crafting engaging lessons, assessing and monitoring student progress, and offering regular feedback to help pupils improve. You will establish a stimulating, safe, and inclusive classroom where discipline and respect are essential, and you will set an example as a positive role model in both your teaching and conduct.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a school where both staff and students are encouraged to grow, driven by a shared ethos of excellence, character development, and community spirit.

Join us and be part of a forward-thinking, supportive team dedicated to excellence and innovation in education. Together, we will create an inspiring journey of discovery for every child.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

The staff at Avanti House Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment for our students and we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all students enjoy learning and surpass expectations.

What will you do?

• Take responsibility for the learning, progress, and well-being of all pupils, ensuring equality of opportunity and maintaining the highest standards of work and conduct.
• Plan, prepare, and deliver engaging lessons, using assessment and feedback effectively to support pupils’ achievement across a range of abilities and needs.
• Engage in continuous professional development, proactively reflecting on and improving teaching practice, and contributing to the wider life and ethos of the school.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents, external agencies, and the wider Avanti Schools Trust community to support the best interests of pupils.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of students, ensuring compliance with school policies and protocols.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Qualified to bachelor’s degree level in relevant or allied subject
• QTS qualified
• Able to work independently, collaboratively and as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills with children, parents and carers
• Ability to create and maintain professional working relationships
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.