Teacher CV example: a primary teacher with QTS

A teacher CV should open with your qualified teacher status, the key stage and year groups you teach and any responsibility you hold. Then show how you plan, adapt for pupils with SEND, work with teaching assistants and parents, and what you lead beyond your class. Many state schools ask for their own application form, so this CV also helps you fill it in.

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Laura Whitcombe

Primary Teacher (QTS)

Reading · 07700 900153 · laura.whitcombe@example.com

Profile

Primary teacher with QTS and five years in Key Stage 2, now teaching Year 5 and leading science across the school. Plans sequenced lessons with clear modelling, uses assessment to adapt teaching for pupils with SEND and works closely with teaching assistants and parents. Looking for a Key Stage 2 post with responsibility for a curriculum subject.

Teaching experience

Year 5 Class Teacher and Science Lead, Larkhill Primary School, Reading September 2023–present

Teach a class of 30, including six pupils on the SEND register, adapting maths, English and foundation lessons from assessment.

Lead science across the school: rewrote the Key Stage 2 science plan with year group teams and run two staff training sessions a year.

Direct a teaching assistant each day, sharing plans and the support each group needs.

Run a weekly science club for 18 pupils and organise the Year 5 museum trip each spring.

Meet parents each term and write annual reports.

Year 3 Class Teacher, Hollybrook Primary Academy, Reading September 2021–July 2023

Completed early career teacher induction while teaching a class of 28.

Followed safeguarding procedures and recorded concerns for the designated safeguarding lead.

Qualifications

PGCE Primary with QTS, Wessex Institute of Education 2020–2021

BSc (Hons) Biology, 2:1, University of Brackley 2017–2020

A levels: Biology A, Chemistry B, English Literature B 2017

Training

Keeping children safe in education 2026, Part one (September 2026)

Science subject leadership network, local authority (2024–present)

Supporting pupils with SEND in the mainstream classroom (2025)

Skills

Planning and adapting for pupils with SEND

Assessment for learning and pupil progress meetings

Directing teaching assistants

Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and the school information system

Fictional example for a teacher. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What schools look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Plan and teach lessons and work with small groups of students	Maths, English and foundation lessons for 30 pupils, adapted from assessment
Mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children's progress	Termly parent meetings and annual reports
Manage the work of teaching assistants	Directing a teaching assistant each day with shared plans
Follow safeguarding procedures	Concerns recorded for the designated safeguarding lead, and KCSIE 2026 training
Organise trips, after school clubs and sports events	The weekly science club and the Year 5 museum trip
Work and attend meetings and training outside of usual working hours	Two staff science training sessions a year and the subject leadership network

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a primary school teacher. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example

Profile: 57 words here
Teaching experience: 140 words here
Qualifications: 32 words here
Training: 29 words here
Skills: 30 words here

How to write yours

Lead with QTS and your key stage

Heads shortlist on QTS, phase and year groups first. Put all three in your profile and your training route under Qualifications.

Show one responsibility

A subject lead, a club or a whole-school project shows what you would add beyond your class. One entry with what you changed is enough.

Name the pupils you adapt for

“Six pupils on the SEND register” and how you adapted lessons is the evidence schools look for when they ask about inclusion.

Expect an application form

Many state schools and trusts use their own form, often through the Teaching Vacancies service. Send this CV to agencies and independent schools, and copy its dates and examples into the form.

Checks and qualifications to mention

Qualified teacher status. You'll usually need QTS to teach in a state school in England (National Careers Service). Put it beside your training route and the year it was awarded.
Safeguarding in England. All school staff must read Part one of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, in force from 1 September 2026. Naming the edition shows your training is current.
Enhanced DBS check. Teaching needs an enhanced background check. If your certificate is on the DBS Update Service, say so: a school can then check it online with your permission.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Teachers register with the General Teaching Council for Scotland, the Education Workforce Council in Wales or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. Give the register and your number.

Two pages are normal for an experienced teacher. Keep your current post and responsibility on page one, and cut older placements to a line each.

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