Class Teacher

St Matthew's Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2LD

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  13 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - Covering a sickness absence, expected to last the full academic year
• Pay scale: M1 to UPS3 depending on previous experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for excellent class teachers keen to work in a diverse, inclusive school community.

We want teachers who are committed, motivated, reflective practitioners with a sense of fun to work in our happy team who share these qualities.

You may be an ECT (our support for our current ECTs has been highly praised and values by our ECTs themselves) or a more experienced teacher excited at the opportunity to work in our school.

What the school offers its staff

St. Matthew’s is an exciting place to work. Situated in the centre of Cambridge, just off East Road near the Grafton Centre, we are a community primary school (not affiliated to any church, despite our name) serving a very diverse community with over 37 different languages spoken by the children. We had a positive OFSTED inspection just before the Easter holidays – at time of writing the report is not yet published.

Our children achieve highly and make excellent progress in St Matthew’s, but we know this is just one aspect of school life. One of our school aims is for St Matthew’s to be “inspiring, challenging and fun”, for the children and for the staff. We are all very proud of our strong, our inclusive ethos, the excellent pastoral care we offer and our sense of innovation and adventure. These characteristics are highly valued by our staff team, our children and our supportive parents.

We offer:

• experienced and supportive colleagues and senior leaders in a very stable, positive staff team.
• Wonderful children and families
• PPA with your year group colleagues every week - this supports excellent planning, shared workload and wellbeing
• Innovative practice
• A bright, spacious school building, just ten years old

Further details about the role

For more details and an application form, please visit our website at www.stmatthews.cambs.sch.uk/website/class_teacher_vacancies/

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About St Matthew's Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 664 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Matthew's Primary School website
• Email address: office@stmatthews.cambs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01223568838
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-matthew-s-primary-school

St. Matthew’s is an exciting place to work. Situated in the centre of Cambridge, just off East Road near the Grafton Centre, we are a community primary school (not affiliated to any church, despite our name) serving a very diverse community with over 37 different languages spoken by the children. Our children achieve highly and make excellent progress in St Matthew’s, but we know this is just one aspect of school life. One of our school aims is for St Matthew’s to be “inspiring, challenging and fun”, for the children and for the staff. We are all very proud of our strong, our inclusive ethos, the excellent pastoral care we offer and our sense of innovation and adventure. These characteristics are highly valued by our staff team, our children and our supportive parents.

Arranging a visit to St Matthew's Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@stmatthews.cambs.sch.uk.

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