Class Teacher
St Peter's Primary School, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 7AR7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic teacher to join our lovely school from September 2025. The successful candidate will be expected to motivate, challenge, support and inspire our students. No experience is required for this role but we are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with a real desire to start or continue their teaching career with a school that will support that goal.
If you are looking for your first for your next role in teaching we would love to hear from you!
Main responsibilities will include:
- Delivering the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability groups that you teach to the highest possible standard.
- Ensuring that learning is matched to individual pupils’ needs, taking into account all aspects of inclusion; using a variety of teaching methods and catering for different learning styles.
- Setting clear targets, building on prior attainment.
- Being accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils you teach.
- Identifying clear learning objectives and planning how they will be taught and assessed.
- Setting tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest.
- Providing clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
- Encouraging pupils to think and talk about their learning, and to develop self-control and independence, resilience and concentration.
- Encouraging good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.
- In line with our school values and Behaviour Policy, use praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly.
- Being a positive role model who consistently models the attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position.
- Ensuring the effective and efficient deployment of classroom support.
- Evaluating your own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
- Being aware of, and following, school policies and procedures.·
- Using our school tracking system (Insight) (training will be provided if required).Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use such data to improve specific aspects of teaching and plan further learning opportunities.
Please download the recruitment pack for full details of the role.
What the school offers its staff
Why join St. Peter’s Primary School and Greenshaw Learning Trust?
St. Peter’s is a diverse and inclusive school in the south of the London Borough of Croydon.
We are a happy and caring school where every child is encouraged to work to achieve their best. Our hard-working and dedicated staff never stop looking for ways to enhance the experiences we offer our children.
With around 420 pupils, we still have a close-knit family feel that nurtures all pupils and families and allows for a sense of belonging. We are a values-based school and our six core values underpin everything that we do.
Each of our values has a set of sub values and every half term we focus on one of our core values and its sub-values. If you want to find out more about our values-based education ethos, please take a look at our school website ‘Values’ page.
We strive to reach high standards, and this is further embedded through our successful relationships with parents and the local community. Education is best done in partnership between home and school, and we regard parents as an active partner in their children’s education and value their interest and support.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our job’s portal.
We offer our staff a range of benefits including:
- Professional development and career progression
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym Discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Commitment to safeguarding
St. Peter’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements. Please note that you will be asked to bring photographic ID and proof of relevant qualifications to interview. References and other pre-interview checks will be sought for shortlisted candidates. All candidates must be willing to sign a staff disqualification declaration.
Applying for the job
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About St Peter's Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 415 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter's Primary School website
- Email address
- careers@st-petersprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 688 5414
St Peter’s Primary School is a diverse and inclusive school in the south of the London borough of Croydon. We are a happy and caring school where every child is encouraged to work to achieve their best. Our hard-working and dedicated staff never stop looking for ways to enhance the experiences we offer our children.
With around 420 pupils, we still have a close-knit family feel that nurtures all pupils and families and allows for a sense of belonging.
We are a values-based school and our six core values underpin everything that we do.
We strive to reach high standards, and this is further embedded through our successful relationships with parents and the local community. Education is best done in partnership between home and school, and we regard parents as an active partner in their child's education and value their interest and support.
We are part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a trust which seeks to build a ‘family’ of like-minded schools that share essential values and a common ethos and vision for education and learning, and collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other.
We are passionate about our school and work exceptionally hard to create a unique place of learning for our children. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Caroline Barriball and Samantha Sandle
Co-Headteachers
Arranging a visit to St Peter's Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@st-petersprimary.co.uk.
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