Class Teacher (Upper Key Stage 2) School: Polam Hall School – Darlington, Co. Durham. Start Date: September 2025 Closing Date: 4th June 2025 Interview: w/c 9th June 2025 Salary: Teachers Main Pay Scale M1-M6 and commensurate with ability and experience Contract: Permanent and full time ECTs: Yes. We seek an enthusiastic educator looking to start or enhance their teaching career in a supportive and dynamic environment. The role will be initially based in Year 6 for the 2025-26 academic year, so some experience of UKS2 would be helpful. The successful candidate will be able to maximise the potential of all our pupils; who will use teaching and assessment effectively to ensure that all pupils know and remember key knowledge and skills. The successful individual will also be someone willing to contribute to the wider life of the school as well as support our ethos of developing the whole child. Our Junior School, the primary phase of our all-through school, is composed of a collegiate and committed team of practitioners who work together and support each other. We use Rosenshine’s Principles to underpin our teaching and learning, plan jointly and have a clear and centralised behaviour policy. We are an outward looking school and are keen to develop all our staff. Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust. We have 840 pupils on roll, with one and a half forms of entry in our Primary Phase and four forms in our Secondary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community. Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils. Visits to the school are welcome. Please contact school reception to arrange.