# UK Teacher CV Examples: ECT, Primary and Secondary

Description: Adapt a fictional teacher CV, ECT profile and secondary teacher examples. Includes a copyable structure, evidence prompts and an application checklist.
Author: CV Anywhere Team
Published: 2026-03-12
Reading time: 7 min read
Tags: CV, teacher, UK job market, education, teaching career, job search, career advice

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A teacher CV should show your relevant qualifications, subjects or age groups, teaching experience and evidence of your contribution. Start with the vacancy's instructions: if the school requires an application form and personal statement, a CV is not a substitute.

Below is a **fictional primary teacher CV**, followed by examples for an early career teacher (ECT), a secondary teacher and a leadership application. Names, schools and career details are illustrative. Replace them with your own facts; do not copy qualifications, responsibilities or results you have not earned.

## Primary teacher CV example

```text
ALEX MORGAN
[City or region] | [Professional email] | [Phone]

PROFILE
Primary teacher with experience planning and teaching Key Stage 2 lessons.
Uses assessment notes to identify questions for follow-up and adapt lesson
activities. Works with classroom colleagues to prepare resources and
communicate agreed support for pupils.

QUALIFICATIONS AND STATUS
Qualified Teacher Status: awarded [Year]
PGCE Primary Education | [University] | [Year]
BA [Subject] | [University] | [Year]

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Class Teacher | Example Primary School | September 2023 - Present
- Planned and taught Year 4 lessons, reviewing pupils' work to identify
  topics that needed further explanation.
- Adapted reading activities with classroom colleagues and reviewed
  how pupils responded to the revised materials.
- Prepared progress notes for parent meetings and recorded agreed
  follow-up actions.
- Shared lesson resources and assessment observations at team meetings.

Teacher Training Placement | Example Partner School | [Dates]
- Planned and taught lessons with mentor feedback.
- Used observations and pupils' work to reflect on lesson sequencing.
- Practised classroom routines under the placement team's guidance.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[Completed course or training] | [Provider] | [Date]
[Brief explanation of how you applied relevant learning]

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION
[Club, curriculum project or school responsibility you actually held]
```

The example gives responsibilities enough context to be meaningful without claiming invented grade improvements. Include the history requested by the employer, and explain any gaps when asked. Keep pupil names, identifiable case details and confidential school records out of the document.

Use the [editable Google Docs and Word CV layout](/blog/cv-template-google-docs) if you want a starting document. Its headings can be adapted to teaching experience, placements and professional development.

## ECT or trainee teacher CV example

For an ECT application, foreground your training, relevant placements and developing classroom practice. If you are still training, state that clearly and give the expected completion date. Do not describe a pending qualification or status as awarded.

**Fictional profile for a trainee applying for a first teaching role:**

> Primary teacher trainee completing a PGCE in [month/year]. Placement experience includes planning lessons with mentor feedback, preparing classroom resources and reflecting on pupils' responses to activities. Seeking a first teaching role where I can build on this supervised experience.

**Fictional placement bullets:**

- Planned a sequence of lessons with my mentor and changed the follow-up activity after reviewing pupils' work.
- Prepared visual instructions for a classroom task and discussed their usefulness with the placement teacher.
- Used mentor feedback to make transitions between lesson activities clearer.

Be specific about the age groups and subjects you actually taught. A placement is valuable evidence in its own right; it does not need to be presented as independent responsibility for an entire class or curriculum. For other first-job introductions, see [student CV summary examples](/blog/cv-summary-examples-for-students).

## Secondary teacher CV example

A secondary teacher's profile can make subject and key-stage experience immediately visible. List exam specifications, courses or specialist responsibilities only where you have relevant experience.

**Fictional profile:**

> Secondary English teacher with experience teaching Key Stages 3 and 4. Plans reading and writing activities, uses feedback from pupils' work to adapt explanations, and collaborates with the department on shared resources.

**Fictional experience bullets:**

- Revised a writing activity after reviewing common issues in pupils' first drafts, then used follow-up work to check understanding.
- Shared annotated teaching resources at department meetings and incorporated colleagues' feedback into the next sequence of lessons.
- Contributed to assessment discussions, explaining the evidence behind my judgements.

These statements show actions the applicant can discuss at interview. If you include attainment data, give the context and your contribution without implying that one teacher alone caused a whole-cohort result.

## Experienced teacher or leadership application

For a role with additional responsibility, make the scope clear: what did you own, whom did you support, and what decisions were yours? Holding a leadership title and helping with a project are different claims.

**Fictional example:**

> Coordinated a department resource review, agreed a timetable with colleagues and brought unresolved questions to the head of department. Collected feedback after the revised resources were used and recorded changes for the next review.

For a leadership vacancy, this example would need to sit beside evidence of the other criteria in the advert. Do not treat one project as proof of every leadership requirement. Keep professional qualifications and formal responsibilities distinct from informal contributions.

## Choose evidence that matches the teaching vacancy

| Requirement | Useful evidence, if you have it | Detail to include |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lesson planning | A sequence you planned or adapted | Subject, age group, your role and what informed the plan |
| Assessment | How you reviewed work and responded | What you noticed and what you changed next |
| Inclusive practice | An adaptation you made with relevant colleagues | Your contribution, without identifiable pupil information |
| Classroom routines | A routine you introduced or maintained | How you explained it and responded to feedback |
| Working with others | Resource planning, parent communication or team activity | Who you worked with and what you personally did |
| Professional learning | Relevant training or mentor feedback | What you learned and how you applied it |

Use the vacancy's language where it accurately describes your experience. Avoid treating a list of keywords as a substitute for evidence or promising that a particular format will pass every applicant tracking system.

## CV, application form and personal statement

A CV organises your background. A personal statement explains why your evidence fits that particular post. [Teaching Vacancies' application guidance](https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobseeker-guides/get-help-applying-for-your-teaching-role/write-a-great-teaching-job-application-in-five-steps) places the personal statement within the teaching application process; check the school's own requirements before choosing what to submit.

For each requirement, note one genuine example and your contribution. Use the [job-application personal statement examples](/personal-statement-examples) for a writing structure, then adapt it to the school and role. If you are applying for classroom support rather than a teaching post, use the [teaching assistant CV guide](/blog/cv-examples-teaching-assistant) and [teaching assistant cover letter guide](/blog/assistant-teacher-cover-letter). State the responsibilities appropriate to that position.

## Teacher CV checklist before sending

- The school accepts a CV and you have completed every other required part of the application.
- Qualifications and professional status are accurate, including anything in progress.
- Subjects, age groups, employers and dates agree with your application form.
- Each important strength has an example from your own work or training.
- There are no invented results or confidential pupil details.
- The file follows the requested format and remains readable after export.

## Common questions

### How long should a teacher CV be?

Use the employer's instructions first. As an editing target, try to make the most relevant evidence easy to find in two pages, but do not remove required career history to meet an arbitrary limit. A longer employment record may need more space.

### Should I use a skills-based CV to hide an employment gap?

No. You can highlight relevant skills while keeping dates and employment history clear. Provide explanations in the form or section the employer requests rather than obscuring the timeline.

### Can I include teaching experience from another country?

Yes: name the curriculum, subjects, age groups and responsibilities accurately. Keep that experience separate from any claim about UK qualification recognition or professional status, and check the requirements for the advertised post.

[Open CV Anywhere](/onboarding) to work on your CV. Review the final wording and exported document before submitting your application.