Class Teacher (3 days per week)
Lower Meadow Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8EE8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,957.00 - £50,062.00 Annually (FTE)
Class Teacher (3 days per week) job summary
Join Our Team as a Class Teacher at Lower Meadow Primary!
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious teacher looking for an exciting opportunity? Lower Meadow Primary has a part-time temporary position for a Class Teacher to join our team from September 2025 to April 2026. This role is particularly suitable for an Early Career Teacher (ECT).
About the Role:
As a Class Teacher, you will work under the guidance and instruction of the senior leadership team to enable access to learning for all pupils. Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering high-quality teaching and learning experiences tailored to individual needs.
- Monitoring and assessing children's progress, and reporting to parents.
- Implementing and maintaining school policies on discipline and behaviour.
- Collaborating with colleagues to ensure consistent learning opportunities.
- Adapting teaching methods to support all pupils, including those with SEND.
- Planning and leading curriculum-enhancing activities, including trips and guest visits.
- Contributing to the School Improvement Plan and overall school coordination.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an enthusiastic and ambitious teacher who seeks to inspire and excite children in their learning, has high expectations, and is committed to achieving the very best for children of all abilities and backgrounds.
- Is an outstanding role model for colleagues, pupils, and the wider community.
- Has a commitment to giving children the best start in life and developing ‘can do’ attitudes.
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Is committed to sharing expertise across academies and making a difference to all children within the Astrea family.
- Has the energy and determination to make a difference.
In return, we offer:
- A creative, happy, and supportive working environment with a strong sense of team.
- Children who love coming to school and are keen to learn.
- A dedicated and committed staff working within a welcoming and caring ethos.
- The opportunity to become part of a school community where children are at the heart of all we do.
- Leadership committed to staff development opportunities.
- Networking opportunities with other local schools and academies.
- A range of well-being incentives.
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Flexible working opportunities from your first day.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Continued professional development and training opportunities.
Why Join Us?
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our scholars. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and creating a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and pupils to focus on learning.
Interested in Applying?
If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply.
Closing Date:
The closing date for applications is 11 May 2025. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window (if applicable).
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Lower Meadow Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 304 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lower Meadow Primary School website
Lower Meadow Primary Academy is a 3-11 Academy; we sit in South Sheffield on the border with Derbyshire and chose to join Astrea Academy Trust in July 2016. We have a strong team that drive school improvement and strive for the best outcomes for all children.
The Academy is seeking to attract a talented, knowledgeable, and committed team member who can demonstrate high aspirations for all our children along with the enthusiasm and resilience to support all aspects of a child’s education. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work in a supportive, professional learning community that seeks excellence and play a key part in the next step of our journey towards Outstanding.
Lower Meadow Primary Academy has been on a journey of improvement over the last six years and we were pleased to be recognised as a “Good” school by Ofsted in 2019. Our emphasis is on consistently high quality teaching and learning throughout school and across all areas of the
curriculum to raise children’s outcomes and allow them to move onto secondary school fully prepared. We believe strongly in building our children’s aspirations and helping them to become good learners so they can build on their successes each year and achieve their full potential. We use the Astrea Values to help build children’s life skills and prepare them fully for secondary school. Our children behave well and enjoy coming to school. All staff are committed to providing the very best for all children. Teamwork is a strong part of our ethos, with a supportive and nurturing staff and a culture of continual improvement in all that we do.
Those we recruit can demonstrate that they share our values, have the child at the centre of everything they do, are highly motivated to work with colleagues to continuously develop their skills, pursue professional excellence and are committed to providing the highest standards consistently. If you feel that you can support our ethos, we would be delighted to receive your application.
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