Class Teacher

Barrow Hill Primary Academy, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PG

16 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 October 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
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Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale: MPR 1 - 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

-Approachable with excellent inter-personal skills

-Excellent communication skills

-Outstanding classroom practice that challenges and inspires

-Ability to offer relevant & focussed feedback which impacts directly on pupil progress

What the school offers its staff

Dear Candidate,

Thanks for your interest in the post at Barrow Hill Academy. We are excited about our new journey now that we have joined Minerva Learning Trust. We are proud of all of our amazing children and the community that we serve. Working together we aim for the highest possible standards and support each other to ensure they are achieved.

At the heart of our offer is a commitment to staff development. We believe that through investing in our staff, we can support all our children in excelling across the curriculum.

At Barrow Hill we believe it is important to provide a curriculum which is engaging, exciting, relevant and inclusive for all learners in the 21st century. We teach a curriculum based on the knowledge and skills that children need to acquire in order to be successful in each subject. Alongside this, children are given opportunities to develop learning attributes that will support them throughout their lives underpinned by our Mission, Vision and Values (see below).

If you believe you have the commitment, determination and drive to contribute to our vision, achieving the very best for all our pupils, then we look forward to receiving your application.

David Smith

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

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.