Contract: Fixed term until 31st August 2027
Start Date: September 2026
Preston Primary School, a popular and successful primary school, requires a dedicated Class Teacher to start in September 2026. We welcome applications from across all Key Stages; Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
We are part of Connect Academy Trust, a Multi Academy Trust in the beautiful coastal area of Torbay. Our vision: 'An outstanding coastal school, known for an innovative curriculum that delivers excellent outcomes for children'. You will find us to be a school that is:
1. A happy and calm environment for staff and children.
2. Nurturing with a great ethos
3. Innovative and forward thinking.
4. Committed to providing children with rich and varied opportunities as part of an excellent curriculum which is inclusive and has high expectations of all our pupils.
You will be a teacher who:
5. Has excellent subject knowledge.
6. Has high expectations of themselves and those around them.
7. Has ambition, energy and a passion for teaching.
8. Places great importance in developing strong relationships with children, staff and the wider community.
9. Has the ability and drive to provide high quality learning experiences that will inspire and motivate children of all abilities.
Connect Academy Trust
Connect is a family of 9 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in Plymouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot. Connect formed in 2016 as a values-based Multi Academy Trust of 5 schools in Plymouth. Since then, we have worked closely to support a number of schools and Trusts in the Southwest, and our family has grown to 9 like-minded schools. We rebranded in 2022 and developed our 4 Anchors: Empowering, Principled, Nurturing and Trailblazing. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres, for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language disorder.
We can offer you:
10. A highly supportive school and Trust invested in your growth and professional development.
11. A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
12. A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
13. An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year Trust award 2023
14. Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.
We warmly welcome prospective applicants to attend one of the following school tours, providing an opportunity to look around the school and meet our children and staff.
15. Tuesday 2nd June – or 4th June - or 4pm
To arrange a visit, please contact the School Office on 01803 607075 or email to book your place on one of the above tours.
Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.