38 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    1 July 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    22 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: 0.4 FTE, 13.3 hours per week.

Contract type

Fixed term - Temporary contract (Maternity Cover) - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

MPR (FTE: £31,650 - £43,607 / Actual: £12,660 - £17,442 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Burton End Primary Academy are looking for a Class Teacher to join our team for maternity cover. Applications are welcomed from teachers across all year groups.

We are looking for:

  • inspiring teachers with a passion for primary education
  • teachers with a high expectation for teaching and learning
  • teachers who deliver high quality lessons that engage and challenge pupils
  • teachers who are highly motivated

It is important to belong at work and the work you do is relied upon by our pupils, so even small positive differences which are made, make people very happy. We want to ensure you have a good work life balance and one of the ways we achieve this is by having a two-week autumn half term break.

What the school offers its staff

In return we will offer:

  • Job satisfaction through making a positive impact on our student’s lives
  • Friendly and supportive working environment
  • Supportive and positive management
  • Investment in your training and development
  • Bespoke teacher development programmes supported by our Teaching School Hub
  • Excellent career development opportunities in our school and across the trust including secondments to other trust schools
  • Evidence informed research opportunities via our Research School and programmes to reduce teacher workload including the development of the CUSP curriculum and other programmes the staff within our schools benefit from
  • Wellbeing support service
  • Trust wide professional development and wellbeing day for all staff

Further details about the role

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit or for an informal discussion about the role, please contact Graham Almond, Headteacher, via email: head@burtonendschool.co.uk or telephone:01440 702376

Closing date: 09:00am, 01 July 2025

Interviews: 10 July 2025

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

Commitment to safeguarding

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Burton End Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
454 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01440 702376

Arranging a visit to Burton End Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@burtonendschool.co.uk.

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