Class Teacher - Orchard View Primary Academy

Class Teacher - Orchard View Primary Academy

Location: Aylesbury

Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Ideal starting date: 1st September 2025, and IFPT is interested in exploring Summer Term release days to enable planning and preparation

Reporting To: Head of Academy

Responsible For: Education and wellbeing of the children in their class. Held accountable against the Teachers’ Standards

Line Managed by: Head of Academy – Mrs Liz Jones

Interviews to be held: Interviews will be held the week commencing: 28th April 2025

About us

Orchard View Primary Academy is a new two-form entry primary academy, offering places from nursery to year 6 and includes a 12-place SEMH Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC), on the new Orchard Housing Development, situated on the outskirts of the County town of Aylesbury. Orchard View Primary Academy has a planned opening date of September 2025 and will grow over the coming years to an initial capacity of 492 places (420 places in key stage 1 and 2, 60 nursery places and 12 SEMH ARC places). The Academy design is future-proofed to allow for expansion to three-form entry with a 90 place nursery, in response to pupil place need.

In turn, we offer you:

1. An opportunity to work in and develop a brand new primary academy
2. Prospects for career development across our small local MAT
3. A strong focus upon workload and well-being
4. One wellbeing day off a year for staff in post for a year or more
5. An opportunity to grow and develop through high-quality bespoke professional development
6. Trust wide sharing of resources, best practice and expertise with highly skilled professionals invested in education and lifelong learning
7. The support of a strong, experienced and collaborative Trust Central Team focused upon effectiveness and efficiency to secure high-quality educational provision, staff well-being and reduced workload

Inspirational teachers (1 x Foundation Stage/Reception and 1 x mixed age Year 1 & 2) are required with the vision and energy to create a world-class learning environment at Orchard View Primary Academy (OVPA), Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The successful candidates will play a central role in designing and resourcing the curriculum, engaging with the new community, establishing the vision, values and motto and welcoming Orchard View’s very first children and families.

Core Purpose:

1. To facilitate and encourage learning and personal growth which enables pupils to achieve the highest standards; to take ownership of and support the shared responsibility for the wellbeing, education, behaviour and character development of all children
2. To treat pupils, parents and staff with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position

The post-holder will be expected to carry out the following:

1. Set high expectations
2. Promote good progress and outcomes
3. Demonstrate good curriculum and subject knowledge
4. Plan and teach well-structured lessons
5. Adapt Teaching for all pupils
6. Make accurate and productive use of assessment
7. Manage Behaviour Effectively
8. Fulfil Wider Professional Responsibilities
9. Personal and Professional Conduct

About you

We are looking for experienced teachers who:

1. Are child-centred and put children’s best interests at the heart of their teaching
2. Are an exceptional classroom teacher, able to engage, motivate and inspire children
3. Have a passion for providing opportunities that enable children to flourish and grow
4. Have high aspirations of themselves and others – demonstrating tenacity and ambition
5. Are committed to personal and professional development/growth and thrive in a culture of learning
6. Have enthusiasm and the qualities of a strong and collaborative team member
7. Embrace challenge and relish the opportunity to grow
8. Embrace core moral values such as integrity, resilience and respect

Please view the attached recruitment pack which contains a detailed job description and person specification.

Visits to Orchard View are unfortunately not possible as it has not yet been built; however, we strongly encourage a visit to Kingsbrook View Primary Academy, where Orchard will operate for its first academic year, as this will give you an insight into IFPT’s child-centred, respectful and aspirational culture.

Please contact Mrs Liz Jones to organise a visit.

Interested candidates should complete the online application form on mynewterm, including a personal statement that outlines your suitability for the post, by referring to the job description and person specification.

In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted and you will need to complete an online mynewterm application form to be considered for this position.

* Closing date: 22nd April 2025
* Interviews will be held the week commencing: 28th April 2025

Candidates will be notified if they have been successful for interview. Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to interview strong applicants before the closing date of this advert.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

1. All unspent cautions and convictions
2. All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return it prior to the interview.