Job Description
Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated Class Teacher ready to ignite a love of learning and make a lasting impact? Leigh Academy Horsmonden is seeking a passionate educator to join our vibrant team from September 2025.
This is your chance to become part of a thriving primary academy where your energy and commitment will directly shape our students' educational journeys. We're looking for a motivated teacher who places student achievement at the heart of everything they do, eager to contribute to the continued growth and success of our wonderful school.
This role is suitable for both experienced teachers and driven Early Career Teachers (ECTs), as you will join a highly supportive and collaborative team committed to nurturing your development.
Why choose Leigh Academy Horsmonden?
- Shape Our Future: A unique opportunity to influence our growth within the supportive Leigh Academies Trust.
- Driven Community: Join a school community committed to relentlessly raising achievement and attainment.
- Modern Environment: Teach in a welcoming environment with modern buildings, excellent resources, and top-tier facilities.
- Grow Your Craft: Benefit from a strong commitment to your professional development with ample opportunities, perfect for ECTs seeking a supportive start.
- Empowered by Support: Work alongside a supportive Governing Body and Leadership Team dedicated to your success.
We strongly recommend you visit us to experience firsthand what an inspiring and purposeful environment Leigh Academy Horsmonden is, for both pupils and adults. Pre-application visits or phone calls to discuss the role with a member of our team are warmly encouraged and welcomed. To arrange, please contact Amy Wenban (Recruitment Advisor) on amy.wenban@latrust.org.uk.
This is a full-time, permanent opportunity offering Main Pay Scale, commensurate with experience. Please note: We may conduct interviews as applications are received, so we encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this exciting opportunity.
Working with us at Leigh Academy Horsmonden
Here at Leigh Academy Horsmonden, our aim is to encourage lifelong learning and develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring individuals that understand the world around them while demonstrating respect. It is important to us all that Horsmonden children are prepared for life outside Horsmonden and that journey starts the minute they walk through our doors.
As a member of staff at Horsmonden you will benefit from working with a dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable team. We are all proud to work here and firmly believe in every child achieving their best through providing inspiring, motivating and exciting learning opportunities.
Our curriculum is framed by the Primary Years Programme, from the International Baccalaureate and we strongly believe in the 10 learner profile attributes. They represent the capacities and responsibilities for intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth. Together, staff and children are: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk takers, balanced and reflective.
The school was founded in 1853 and we have been at the heart of the community ever since. We are proud to have an active, supportive parent body and excellent links with the local community enabling us to work closely together, providing the best experiences for the children of Horsmonden.
If you would like to find out more, please contact the school office to book a guided tour and meet the wonderful children and fantastic staff team.
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.