Class Teacher
Abbey Infants' School, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8JA2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Melrose Learning Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic teacher to join Abbey Schools. Abbey Schools comprises of Abbey Infant School and Abbey Junior School. The position is full time and is required from September 2025.
Candidates should be highly motivated with a desire to continually develop their own teaching, leadership and management skills to ensure that all children reach their full potential within a caring, stimulating and dynamic environment to enable them to believe in themselves, achieve their goals and develop the skills necessary to succeed in their future.
We require a Teacher who:
- Has high expectations of learning and behaviour and can inspire and motivate children.
- Has an excellent knowledge of the National Curriculum objectives and expectations.
- Can communicate well with parents, carers and members of staff, as well as pupils.
- Is creative, flexible and ambitious.
- Works effectively as part of a team.
- Can contribute to the wider school community.
What the school offers its staff
- Valuable support from both Melrose Learning Trust and a strong network of schools.
- Highly effective support staff.
- Outstanding behaviour from pupils who display excellent attitudes towards learning.
- A forward thinking committed and skilled team of professionals to work alongside.
- A warm, collegiate, and supportive environment in which to develop your career.
- Company pension scheme.
- Health and wellbeing support.
The successful candidate will not only benefit from the support of committed teaching and support staff but also be part of a team which is enthusiastically driving the school forward and building upon its achievements.
Further details about the role
Visits to the school are welcomed and will take place on:
Tuesday 8th April -4pm
Monday 28thApril - 4pm
To book a place on either visit, please contact Claire Rochester via email: Claire.Rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
The successful candidate may work in either our Infant or Junior School - Early Years to Year 5.
Commitment to safeguarding
Melrose Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant vetting checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Part 3, including an enhanced disclosure, satisfactory references, before an offer of employment is confirmed. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check as part of the safer recruitment process. Melrose Learning Trust welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Abbey Infants' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 270 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Abbey Infants' School website
- Email address
- claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01325 380748
Abbey Infants and Junior schools are located on the same large site in the heart of Darlington. The infant and junior schools federated in 2007, sharing a leadership team and local governing body, before joining Melrose Learning Trust in February 2024.
With 614 pupils,Abbey Infants and Juniors are warm, inclusive family schools with a strong sense of community and a commitment to excellence for all children in our care. We aim to ensure that our children feel safe and happy and achieve their potential as unique individuals
and as learners.
Abbey is a learning community, which evolves and changes. We believe that education is about expanding our expectations and building on firm foundations. It is critical for our success that every learner is well equipped with a balance of social, moral and academic skills. We have excellent staff who are committed to providing unique, stimulating and interesting learning opportunities, which motivate our learners to apply their skills.
Our vision is to provide a high quality, relevant educational community which enables children to achieve their best in a safe, creative and exciting environment. All are valued and inspired to flourish and grow as individuals, leaving us believing anything is possible. Our aims reflect our beliefs and values; they represent our vision and what we want to achieve as a school community. We endeavour to move the schoolforward to meet the challenges of an ever changing world.
We are very proud that bothAbbey Infants (November 2022) andAbbey Juniors (June 2023) have both been judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’ schools. Inspectors identified that the curriculum is ‘broad, well-organised and ambitious’ and led by ‘passionate subject leaders’. Inspectors also highlighted that although the infant and junior schools are in separate buildings, ‘older pupils act as role models, supporting younger pupils in their play at lunchtime’.
We believe that Abbey is a place that offers excellent opportunities for children, parents,the community and our staff.
Arranging a visit to Abbey Infants' School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk.
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