About this role
Part of Elveden Schools Trust
Tel: 01953 671449
Email: [email protected]
Website: https:// www.hopton.suffolk.sch.uk
Executive Head Teacher: Mrs Lorna Rourke
Head of School: Mrs Jo Whiting
Salary: MPS Fixed term for one year Part Time - 0.4 FTE Start Date: 1 September 2026
This is an exciting opportunity to teach in a small village primary school within a very supportive community. This small-scale approach gives our children a real opportunity to thrive. We are seeking a committed teacher, with a passion for a child-centred curriculum, to continue this approach and develop our provision further in our mixed age class.
Hopton C of E Primary Academy is an inclusive, rural school on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk. We are very welcoming and friendly, with excellent relationships with our parents and wider community. Our school is in an exciting phase as we have joined the Elveden Schools Trust this year. We have forest schools and OPAL play in place which is an exciting offer for our school community.
We are seeking to appoint a part-time, class teacher for a KS2 class. There will also be the opportunity to lead curriculum subjects and this will depend on the successful candidates’ particular areas of expertise, as well as the needs of the school. Experience of teaching a mixed KS2 class is desirable, as is a good knowledge of the curriculum.
All staff at the school benefit from an employee assistance programme, as well as open opportunities to contribute to the school development, high-quality CPD and opportunities for career progression.
Please visit our website for more information and to get a real feel for our school. We also recommend arranging an informal visit to come and meet the children and our team. Please telephone the school office to make an appointment.
How to apply
A Job Description and Person Specification are available from ‘Attachments’.
For this vacancy, if you click the ‘Apply for job’ button you will be redirected to our school website where you can download an application form.
Please email applications to Jo Whiting at [email protected]
We reserve the right to close this application early if sufficient applications have been received.
Closing date: 12 June 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBC
Hopton C of E Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.