Class Teacher

Burbage Primary School, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3TP

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  9 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,601.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale - Teachers' Main Pay Scale

Class Teacher job summary

Initial Fixed Term to 31 August 2026

Salary UNQ - MPS

Hours - 0.6FTE

Start date - ASAP

Burbage Primary School is a village school near Marlborough, in a beautiful location with fantastic outdoor space and new classroom facilities. Judged GOOD by Ofsted in November 2021, we are proud of our school, the exemplary behaviour of the children and our commitment to ensuring this is a supportive and enjoyable place to work.

We are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic person to become an essential part of the team. We welcome applications from you if you are someone who:

• Is an enthusiastic and keen to learn - this would suit an innovative teacher or a trainee seeking to gain experience;
• Is passionate about developing children as independent learners and thinkers;
• Eager to develop excellent teaching practice and create a learning environment where all pupils can achieve their best;
• Is committed to making learning experiences memorable and fun;
• Is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and is able to work effectively as part of a team;
• Is organised, professional and proficient, with appropriate IT skills.

In return, we can offer you:

• Happy, enthusiastic children who are keen to learn and respond to responsibility and challenge;
• A job within Excalibur Academy Trust where children are at the heart of all we do and where everyone is valued and encouraged to achieve their potential;
• A hard-working, professional and loyal staff team;
• Active consideration of workload and staff wellbeing from policy level through to practice;
• A warm, friendly, mutually supportive ethos;
• Supportive parents and governors.

The person appointed will be ambitious and see each individual child as the most important part of their role, bringing a passion for high quality learning to our Academy. In your personal statement please detail any specific key stage experience you have had. Applications are welcome from trainees or Early Career Teachers.

Visits to the school are encouraged, please contact the school office on 01672 810452 to arrange an appointment.

Closing date for applications 9am Thursday 12 February 2026 - we reserve the right to close the vacancy should we have enough suitable applicants.

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Burbage Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 196 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Burbage Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/burbage-primary-school

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