Blackstone Education are working with a Primary Academy in Gillingham, Kent who are looking to recruit an Unqualified Teacher for a fixed term contract between September 2025 - August 2026. This school is for children aged between 4 and 11.
LOCATION: Gillingham
POST: Unqualified Teacher
RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal Fixed term until 31st August 2026
SALARY: UNQ 1-6 (£21,731 - £33,902 FTE) depending on experience Position
Start Date: 01/09/2025
CONTRACTED HOURS: 32.5 hours per week
Job Purpose:
• To carry out the professional duties of a teacher and to have responsibility for an assigned class.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day work and management of the class and the safety and welfare of the pupils, during on-site and off-site activities.
• To ensure high quality education for all pupils in a designated class and improve the quality of learning and standards of achievement
• To promote the aims and objectives of the academy and maintain its philosophy of education
• To create and manage a caring, supportive, purposeful, and stimulating environment which is conducive to children’s learning
• To plan and prepare lessons in order to deliver the National Curriculum and bespoke academy curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance in all subjects.
• To plan and deliver a creative, responsive, and appropriate curriculum for the profile of learners in your class.
• To identify clear teaching objectives and learning outcomes, with appropriate challenge and high expectations.
• To strongly develop basic skills in Language and Mathematics, ensuring at least good progress.
• To maintain good order and discipline among the pupils, safeguarding their health and safety.
• To organise and manage groups or individual pupils ensuring differentiation of learning needs, reflecting all abilities.
• To plan opportunities to develop the social, emotional, and cultural aspects of pupils’ learning.
• To support inwardly mobile pupils through baseline assessment, knowledge of pupil records and appropriate pastoral and teaching support
• To maintain a regular system of monitoring, assessment, record-keeping and reporting of children’s progress.
• To prepare appropriate records for the transfer of pupils.
• To ensure effective use of support staff within the classroom, including parent helpers.
• To participate in staff meetings as required.
• To contribute to the development and co-ordination of a particular area of the curriculum.
• To be part of a whole academy team, actively involved in decision-making on the preparation and development of policies and programmes of study, teaching materials, resources, methods of teaching and pastoral arrangements.
• To ensure that academy policies are reflected in daily practice.
• To communicate and consult with parents over all aspects of their children’s education – academic, social, and emotional.
• To liaise with outside agencies when appropriate e.g., Educational Psychologist.
• To meet individual needs of all groups of pupils.
• To undertake continuing professional development, maintaining a portfolio of training undertaken.
• To meet with parents and appropriate agencies, to contribute positively to the education of the children concerned.
• To support the Principal and leadership team in promoting the ethos of the academy.
• To promote the welfare of children and to support the academy in safeguarding children though relevant policies and procedures.
• To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.
• To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the Academy’s Health and Safety policy and any academy-specific procedures / rules that apply to this role.
Essential Criteria:
• Unqualified Teacher status.
• Evidence of enhanced DBS clearance.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Up to date knowledge of the range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies and how to implement them effectively.
• Up to date knowledge of the primary curriculum and a range of assessment requirements and arrangements.
• A thorough understanding of the teaching of basic skills including phonics.
• Knowledge and understanding of the implications of equal opportunities, multicultural education, and inclusion.
• Understand the legal requirements, national policy, and guidance on the safeguarding of children.
• Experience of working with children from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Ability to interest, encourage and engage pupils. Ability to provide appropriate levels of challenge so that pupils make good progress.
• Able to secure high standards of behaviour.
• Ability to prepare, plan and assess effectively.
• Ability to prioritise and management time effectively.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to forge positive and constructive links and relationships with the local community.
• Experience of reflecting on and improving teaching practice to increase pupil achievement.
• Experience of raising attainment in a challenging classroom environment
Please APPLY now or contact Kirsty at Blackstone on 0203 146 9848 for further information!