Job Description
Are you an inspiring, creative, and passionate teacher? Leigh Academy Molehill has an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Class Teacher to join our outstanding team from September 2025. This is a unique chance to become part of a school recently awarded Outstanding in all categories by Ofsted (December 2024).
At Leigh Academy Molehill, we are committed to nurturing every pupil’s potential and providing the best possible educational experience. Our focus is on creating an environment where every child can thrive and reach their full potential. We work together to achieve excellence for all, fostering confident, resilient children who benefit from the expertise of energetic, highly motivated, and forward-thinking teachers.
We are seeking a teacher who places children at the heart of school life, with high expectations for both pupil achievement and behaviour. You will be someone who inspires and motivates pupils to reach their full potential, while fostering a love of learning in every child.
In return, you will join a dynamic and collaborative team, with ample opportunities for professional growth and development, as we continue our journey of excellence.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is a graduate with QTS and/or PGCE
- Has high levels of success in teaching in the primary sector
- Has the highest expectations of pupils and themselves
- Is enthusiastic, imaginative and forward thinking
- Has the ability to inspire, motivate and engage children to achieve and succeed
- Is able to form positive relationships with children, staff, parents and governors
- Possesses excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
We can offer you:
- The opportunity to be part of an academy with an outstanding reputation.
- A welcoming, forward-thinking academy community committed to raising achievement and attainment
- A creative, supportive, and highly motivated environment where teamwork thrives
- Excellent resources, facilities, and a strong commitment to professional development
This is a fixed term role until July 2026, offering MPS/UPS based on experience.
If you are passionate about making a difference and eager to contribute to our school’s continued success, we look forward to receiving your application!
Working with us
Click here to see what our pupils have to say about Leigh Academy Molehill.
At Leigh Academy Molehill we have created a culture that enables both pupils and staff to thrive and achieve their very best. The Academy was opened in 1954 to serve the southern part of the Shepway Estate and the roads leading to it. It caters for children from the age of three to eleven years. It is situated on beautiful grounds which we have specifically developed to aid curriculum studies.
Relationships between staff and pupils at all levels are highly positive and this creates a warm and vibrant atmosphere in lessons and during social times. With the support and guidance of leaders, teachers provide well-organised, calm and purposeful classrooms in which children can enjoy their learning challenges. The positive and caring ethos at Molehill is combined with a clear, relentless focus and an ambition that all pupils can and will achieve well, regardless of their different starting points. Teachers have embedded a culture of high expectations; we will all do whatever it takes to create better life opportunities for our pupils, they deserve the very best. We help support and develop one another in an open and supportive environment. This extends across the Trust, allowing us to work with other academies, either within the cluster or further afield, whilst still maintaining our own personality and driving our own priorities.
To enhance our curriculum delivery, we are an academy for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), an IB World School. This is an inquiry led framework that develops independent learners and posits personal success as essential for academic achievement, and learners who continue to thrive. We employ conferencing, high quality learning conversions and scaffolding as our evaluation and feedback approach.
Leigh Academy Molehill are delighted to be judged Outstanding in all areas following its recent Ofsted inspection on 10th and 11th December 2024. This significant achievement reflects the academy’s unwavering commitment to excellence and its dedication to transforming the lives of its pupils.
The Ofsted report highlighted numerous strengths, including:
- A ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ delivered through the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, which enables pupils to connect learning creatively across subjects, such as applying geographical knowledge to create impactful art inspired by Banksy.
- ‘Dedicated and skilful staff remove barriers to ensure that all pupils including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) learn well’, this ensures that they achieve exceptionally well and fully participate in school life.
- A systematic approach to teaching phonics, enabling pupils to read with ‘impressive accuracy and confidence’.
- An exceptional focus on personal development, with initiatives such as ‘Culture Day’ fostering respect, resilience, and leadership among pupils.
Inspectors also celebrated the academy’s nurturing and inclusive culture, where pupils demonstrate impeccable manners, a strong commitment to the school’s values, and a deep respect for diversity and equality.
Leigh Academy Molehill has been successful in authorisation as an IB World School for the Primary Years Programme. These are schools that share a common philosophy: a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Leigh Academy Molehill believes is important for our students. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org.
Leigh Academy Molehill has been awarded with Artsmark Gold and the International School Award - Intermediate Level.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust
As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Currently, 16 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is 53% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing three ‘clusters’ of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.