CLASS TEACHER VACANCY FROM SEPTEMBER 2025

Required from September 2025 – Key Stage Two Class Teacher

The Lantern Community Primary School

This is a full-time, one year fixed term contract to cover a maternity post in Key Stage Two

Salary: Main/Upper Scale

We are looking for an energetic, dedicated and forward-thinking Class Teacher at The Lantern Community Primary School. This will be a full-time maternity cover post starting in September 2025 and is a fixed term post for one year.   You will be part of a fantastic team of teachers and support staff working closely together to create exciting and creative learning opportunities for our children. Our family of schools provide exceptional support and professional development opportunities for all of our staff. We welcome applications from Early Career and experienced teachers.

The opportunity:

• Outstanding professional development opportunities for all staff
• Working in high-attaining schools with high aspirations for our children
• Innovative and creative teaching methods
• Collaborative approach to teaching where planning is jointly shared across year groups to enable the sharing of excellent practice
• Benefit from the specialist support and expertise from within our large and highly successful multi-academy trust

 The ideal candidate:

• Will have a QTS teaching qualification with interest in career development
• Will possess outstanding communication skills and can work successfully in teams
• Has high expectations for themselves and cares about delivering high quality lessons
• Has a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues

 Benefits of working for us:

As a multi-academy trust of 31 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession. 

As well as the above, we also offer: 

• Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning  
• Free annual eye tests 
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering online GP consultations, mental health and wellbeing support  
• Unlimited value cycle to work scheme  
• Teacher's Pension scheme 

To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust 

The Lantern Community Primary School is a busy and vibrant school based in the beautiful historic city of Ely and our aim is to ensure that children shine their light in each community they belong to.  Our curriculum enables the children to develop their own learning and shape their own understanding as they use prior learning to embed and secure new skills and knowledge. We are fortunate at the Lantern to have excellent facilities and a modern, bright school which facilitates the children’s learning opportunities.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 31 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role, please download our Applicant Information Pack below. 

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed – please contact HR Primary Recruitment Officer (Caroline Day) on 01223 491656 or email cday@meridiantrust.co.uk to arrange an appointment or have any queries about your application.

Closing date for applications:  Wednesday 19th March 2025 (by midnight)

Interviews: Week beginning Monday 24th March 2025

Please note that Meridian Trust may reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date of the advertisement and interviews may be offered on a rolling basis. 

Early applications are recommended.

Meridian Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Meridian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well online searches.