Class Teacher (Primary)

Handsworth Primary School                                                      

Handsworth Avenue, London E4 9PJ

T: 020 8527 5991         

E: school@handsworth.waltham.sch.uk

www.handsworthprimary.org.uk

Headteacher: Claire Nairne

Required from September 2025

Classroom Teacher – Handsworth Primary School

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Classroom Teacher to join our friendly team at Handsworth Primary School.

The successful candidate will be a committed, qualified teacher and will have:

• outstanding and innovative classroom practice with a commitment to ensuring the highest standards
• motivation, creativity and the ability to work as part of a team
• commitment to work in partnership with parents and the community
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Handsworth is a happy, thriving learning community where diversity is celebrated and high aspirations are encouraged.  We believe in the importance of motivating and inspiring our children to enable them to be confident, curious and ambitious.  We can offer you a friendly, popular school with motivated learners, the opportunity to work with a dedicated team of staff and governors and excellent CPD & mentoring.

At Handsworth, we are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and opposing all forms of discrimination in relation to all protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act.

We foster positive attitudes and good relationships, creating a shared sense of cohesion and belonging.  We consult and involve our whole school community.  We invest in training for all our staff and base our practices on evidence and on the outcomes of our continuous learning.  We are committed to embedding anti-racist practice in everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives for this year are to:

• Place a rigorous focus on diversity, equality and inclusion through a contextually relevant, holistic curriculum.
• Teach an increasingly decolonised curriculum which celebrates the uniqueness of all children.
• Continue to offer intelligent, fair and highly effective action to support individual children with a focus on restorative practice.
• Refine and develop our recruitment process at all levels to ensure that it is fair and unbiased.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our staff.

For further information, please see the job description and person specification.

All completed applications should be returned to school@handsworth.waltham.sch.uk or the following address: Handsworth Primary School, Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ.

Applications will be considered upon receipt.  Interviews will be organised as and when applications are received. The School reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.  Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Offer of employment is subject to a satisfactory Reference and Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure and Health Declaration.