Orwell Multi Academy Trust has a dedicated and dynamic team of people who make a difference every day to the lives and learning of our children. Every individual makes a daily contribution to delivering the ambition of the Trust.

As a team we are collectively focused on improving standards irrespective of where across the Trust we work. Our team recognises their responsibilities to share resources, experiences and practices.

Whether you are support staff, a teacher or a leader in a school already or are interested in joining our shared business services team, we have a number of opportunities for those seeking to join us and make a difference.

See links below for details.

Springfield Infants and Nursery is looking for a

SEN Teaching Assistant

• Salary: Grade 2, Point 2-3 (£22,367 - £22,737 pro rata)
• Contract: Part time, until 31/08/24
• Hours: 17.5 hours per week
• Starting: ASAP
• Closing date: 30/04/24
• Interview date: TBA

We are looking for effective, flexible practitioners to join our friendly, hardworking and highly skilled teaching assistant team.

Working under the direction of the class teacher and SENCo you will mainly be based in the classroom offering support with the children’s teaching and learning by spotting when to intervene with individuals and when to use your skills more generally to support the broad range of needs in the class.

You will have excellent verbal and written skills and be able to communicate effectively with children, staff and parents. Previous experience as a teaching assistant is desirable, although support and training can be offered.   Knowledge of working with children with additional needs would be advantageous.

To join our team it is vital that you share our belief in every child’s unique potential, working alongside your colleagues to ensure that every child is given the knowledge, self-worth and learning behaviours to enable them to experience success at this most important stage of their educational journey.

We hope you will want to join us and warmly encourage you to contact our amazing school for an informal chat. 

Applications from Early Years practitioners welcome.

Springfield Infant School & Nursery is an Orwell Multi Academy Trust Academy and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Grange Community Primary School is looking for a

KS2 Classteacher – Music Lead

• Salary: Main Pay Scale 1-6 (£30,000 - £41,333)
• Start Date: 1st September 2024
• Full Time
• Permanent
• Closing date: Friday 26^th April 2024 (12pm)
• Interviews: Wednesday 1^st May 2024 am

Are you a dedicated professional, ambitious for the pupils you teach?  Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of the pupils and families in our school community?  

Grange Community Primary School, Felixstowe (a member of the Orwell Multi Academy Trust) wishes to appoint an experienced Classteacher, with a passion for developing music in schools, to join our friendly school community. 

You will: 

• be an exemplary, experienced classroom teacher.
• have good subject knowledge to secure high standards across the primary curriculum. 
• have a secure knowledge of the most effective, evidence-based approaches to teaching.
• have a love of music and understand the role it can play in enriching children’s lives
• have high expectations of learning and behaviour. 
• believe that all children can learn and attain well; recognising a teacher’s transformative role in making this possible. 

We can offer:  

•  release time, from your class priority, to lead music enrichment and to further develop the CUSP music curriculum
• weekly Friday afternoon PPA with all teaching colleagues.
• a supportive, dedicated team of professional colleagues committed to improving learning outcomes. 
• enthusiastic learners. 
• a robust, well-resourced curriculum.
• an opportunity to share in the success of our school.

Visits to the school to meet Lee Abbott, Headteacher are strongly encouraged; please contact Mrs Faye Smith (Office Manager) or Mrs Julie Gardiner (Admin Officer) on: 01394 283912 or via email: office@grange.omat.org.uk to arrange a time.

Grange Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Halifax Primary School is looking for a

Headteacher

• Starting: 1st September 2024
• Contract: Permanent and Full-time
• Salary: Leadership Pay Scale 16-22 (£68,399 - £79,110)
• Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 16th April 2024
• Interviews: Monday, 22nd April 2024

Halifax Primary School is a two-form entry school for pupils aged 4-11 in the heart of Ipswich, with 418 pupils currently on roll.  Halifax Primary School is a thriving school with high expectations, strong community links and a dedicated team of staff that ensure the pupils realise their full potential to become successful learners.   

Due to the forthcoming retirement of the current headteacher, we are now looking for an inspirational leader who is ambitious, supportive and resilient, to ensure the school continues to thrive and to be innovative in achieving the very best for the pupils. This is a wonderful opportunity for a proven leader to step into headship and make a lasting impact on our children’s future opportunities and to continue to provide them with successful, happy futures.  

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust offers exceptional candidates the opportunity to work within an establishment that has a ‘family’ feel and puts the children at the heart of what they do.   

The successful headteacher will have:  

• A strong track-record of success through current and previous experience working as a Senior Leader or Headteacher   
• The ability to inspire and motivate staff through creative, innovative, and bold leadership  
• The passion and ambition to achieve the best for children  
• High expectations and vision to ensure all staff have the commitment to continually develop 

What we offer:  

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust is a thriving mix of diverse primary schools with a shared vision of ensuring every child has an exceptional education experience.   

By empowering our school leaders, we are ensuring they have the opportunity to create excellent school communities where learning is unstoppable and aspirations have no limit.   

As the headteacher of Halifax Primary School within our trust, we will offer you:   

• Enthusiastic children  

• Highly committed staff  
• The freedom to shape the curriculum to meet the needs of the school and to realise your ambitions  
• Membership of the Executive Leadership Team along with the CEO and CFO to shape and realise the ambitions of the trust  
• The opportunity to work collegiately with the experienced and talented headteachers across the trust  
• A highly supportive and proactive governing body 

Visits to the school are encouraged. To arrange and for further information, along with an application pack, please contact Leena at hr@omat.org.uk or call 01473 684922. 

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.  

Springfield Infant School and Nursery, Ipswich is looking for a

Headteacher

• Starting: 01/09/2024
• Contract: Permanent and Full time
• Salary: Leadership pay scale 13-19 (£63,428 - £73,508)
• Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 23^rd April 2024
• Interview date: Monday, 29^th April 2024

Springfield Infant School and Nursery is a three-form entry school for pupils aged 3-7 in the heart of Ipswich, with 303 pupils currently on roll.  Springfield Infant School and Nursery is a thriving school with high expectations, strong community links and a dedicated team of staff that ensure the pupils realise their full potential to become successful learners.   

Following the current headteacher’s move to another trust school, we are now looking for an inspirational leader who is ambitious, supportive and resilient, to ensure the school continues to develop and to be innovative in achieving the very best for the pupils. This is a wonderful opportunity for a proven leader to make a lasting impact on our children’s future opportunities and to continue to provide them with successful, happy futures.  

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust offers exceptional candidates the opportunity to work within an establishment that has a ‘family’ feel and puts the children at the heart of what they do.   

The successful headteacher will have:  

• A strong track-record of success through current and previous experience working as a Senior Leader or Headteacher 
• A passion for realising the school’s aim of ‘building young children’s strong foundations for a lifetime of learning’ 
• The ability to inspire and motivate staff through creative, innovative, and bold leadership  
• The passion and ambition to achieve the best for children  
• High expectations and vision to ensure all staff have the commitment to continually develop 
• Experience of building positive relationships with families and promoting community engagement 

What we offer:  

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust is a thriving mix of diverse primary schools with a shared vision of ensuring every child has an exceptional education experience.   

By empowering our school leaders, we are ensuring they have the opportunity to create excellent school communities where learning is unstoppable and aspirations have no limit.   

As the headteacher of Springfield Infant School and Nursery within our trust, we will offer you:   

• Enthusiastic children  
• Highly committed staff  
• The freedom to shape the curriculum to meet the needs of the school and to realise your ambitions  
• Membership of the Executive Leadership Team along with the CEO and CFO to shape and realise the ambitions of the trust  
• The opportunity to work collegiately with the experienced and talented headteachers across the trust  
• A highly supportive and proactive governing body 

Visits to the school are encouraged. To arrange and for further information, along with an application pack, please contact Leena at hr@omat.org.uk or call 01473 684922. 

The Orwell Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people.

The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.  

Grace Cook Primary School and Nursery, Stowmarket, is looking for a

Lower KS2 Teacher

• Yr 3/4 Teacher
• Permanent, Full-time (Part-time considered)
• MPS (£30,000-£41,333)
• From September 2024
• Closing date: 9.00am, Friday 19^th April 
• Interview date: week beginning Monday 22^nd April

You know when you see an opportunity that is so rare that no matter how happy you are in your current job, you just know you have to apply?  Well, the moment has arrived!

Grace Cook Primary School and Nursery in Stowmarket opened its doors in September 2022 for children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and we are ready to appoint our next teacher for our growing school.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious teacher to join our forward-thinking team.

To apply, you will need to be a passionate, enthusiastic and hardworking KS2 practitioner with knowledge of the lower key stage 2 curriculum who thrives on getting involved, puts the children at the heart of everything that they do, and has a clear vision for the curriculum. The ability and experience of leading one or more curriculum subjects would also be a distinct advantage.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in setting up our new Y3/4 classroom for the start of the autumn term 2024.

Is this you? We look forward to hearing from you.

Visits to the school are essential to discuss the role with our Headteacher Richard Dedicoat, please contact Laura Ward: office@gracecook.omat.org.uk  01449 833094  www.gracecook.omat.org.uk

Orwell MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be interviewed in line with our safer recruitment procedures and the successful applicant will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.  Our school is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.