Class Teacher and Phase Lead

What skills and experience we're looking for

About us and the role

Are you an exceptional teacher with a passion for leading others and shaping the next generation of learners?

We’re looking for an inspiring Class Teacher and Phase Lead who is ready to take the next step in their career - someone who can bring energy, creativity, and strategic leadership to their phase team. In this role, you’ll not only deliver outstanding teaching and learning experiences in your classroom but also guide and support colleagues to ensure consistency, excellence, and innovation across the phase.

As part of our collaborative and forward-thinking community, you’ll help drive improvement, nurture pupil progress, and model best practice that inspires both staff and students alike. If you’re ready to make a lasting impact, lead with empathy and purpose, and play a pivotal role in shaping a vibrant, inclusive learning environment — we’d love to hear from you.

What will you do?

• To review long-term planning to ensure coverage, progression and a range of learning experiences across the KS.
• Work proactively and effectively in collaboration and partnership with learners, parents/families, governors, other staff, the Avanti Schools Trust and external agencies in the best interests of pupils
• Lead and enable staff in planning, teaching and evaluation of teaching which enthuses and engages children in learning and ensures that high standards are recognised, valued and maintained in all areas of the curriculum.
• Organise and hold regular phase meetings to ensure good communication, consistency in practice and good pupil progress.
• Ensure that planning, assessment, target setting, recording and reporting systems are implemented in line with academy policy.
• Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject/s that you teach
• Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn
• Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; gifted and talented; EAL; disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them

What are we looking for?

• QTS qualified
• Able to self-start, work independently and collaboratively as part of a team- whether led or leading
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to delegate
• Proven highly successful teaching experience in a specific phase
• Leadership experience (leading a team or leading a wider-school initiative) in the primary phase
• Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people

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

What the school offers its staff

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

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

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations

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

Further details about the role

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

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.