Class Teacher - Haylands Primary School

Job Posted: 28 April 2025

• Contract Term: Fixed Term
• Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: Main Pay Range
• Industries: Education

Full time hours per week

Fixed term contract – until 31st August 2026 in the first instance (dependant on pupil numbers)

HAYLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL, Bettesworth Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3HA,

Tel: 01983 563372

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.haylands.iow.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Katrina Shaer

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Are you a fantastic teacher looking to take the next step in your teaching career? We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic year 6 teacher to join our ambitious and friendly Key Stage 2 team.

Haylands can offer:

• Great pupils who demonstrate good learning behaviours
• A fantastic school community, where you will always be amazed at what we want to achieve
• A commitment to ongoing CPD
• The opportunity to become part of a supportive, committed team

We need you to be:

• Committed to your own learning, and to supporting the learning of others by undertaking a subject lead
• Aspirational for each and every one of our children
• Flexible and willing to accept changes
• Excellent in time management and organisation
• Qualified to teach within the primary age range and have recent successful classroom experience

This school is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Visits to the school are welcome; to arrange a visit or for further information and an application pack, please contact Michelle Gladdis, School Business Manager on 01983 563372 or by e-mail to [email protected] 

Haylands Primary School and the Isle of Wight Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. This post is classed as regulated activity and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We reserve the right to interview candidates prior to closing date and as such we would encourage interested applicants to submit their application form as soon as possible.

For further information and an application pack, please e-mail [email protected] 

Completed applications should be returned to the school.

Interviews: Wednesday 21st May 2025

Closing date: Wednesday 14th May 2025

PLEASE NOTE: Not all school staff are employed directly by the Isle of Wight Council, you can ask on application who the employer for this role will be. 

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via [email protected] if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through the Isle of Wight Council Children’s Services directorate.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.