Class Teacher

Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0EY

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  7 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £39,556.00 Annually (FTE) Mainscale 1-4

Class Teacher job summary

Classroom Teacher

32.5 Hours per week, Full Time

Fixed Term until 31st August 2027

All Year Round - 52 Weeks

Initially placed in Reception Class

Darwen St James’ is a small Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary Academy, situated in the heart of Darwen.

We are seeking to recruit a Class Teacher to work primarily in Reception Class but is subject to change. The ideal candidate will be able to teach all aspects of the primary curriculum and demonstrate good classroom practice. They will be keen to learn, a team player, self-motivated, have high expectations of themselves and others, be child centred and be able to stay positive - even when times are challenging.

The team at St James’ is dedicated to fulfilling our vision,

''Our Academy delivers a purposeful curriculum through its living Christian faith. We nurture ambition in all our learners in order for them to become positive citizens of Tomorrow''.

What we offer

• A welcoming environment where the children enjoy learning, are positive, cheerful and well behaved.

• Professional, hardworking and motivated team of teachers and support staff committed to developing and raising standards.

• Positive relationships with parents and the wider community.

• Development opportunities within our academies trust and investment in your professional development and future career.

• A positive working environment focused on staff well-being, student welfare, and high standards of achievement and behaviour

• Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes

• Eligibility to join the Teachers' Pension Scheme

• Access to health and wellbeing support for you and your family

• Employment within a Trust committed to equality of opportunity and nationally and locally negotiated pay arrangements.

• Terms and conditions protected through a formal trade union recognition agreement with all the major education and support staff unions, and supported through regular JCNC meetings.

• Access to employee benefits & rewards through Perkbox

• Cycle to work scheme

Are you

• An outstanding teacher who can demonstrate that your teaching over time is consistently good or better?

• An ambitious professional with high aspirations for the children and families with whom you work?

• A team-player who is also able to work collaboratively and lead in your areas of agreed responsibility?

• A creative and inspiring teacher with a keen focus on children’s learning, achievement and progress?

• An energetic individual with the stamina and resilience to commit to our school’s improvement plan, to raise standards and to make an impact on teaching and learning.

Have you

• A deep understanding of how learning occurs?

• A range of assessment techniques to accelerate pupil progress and attainment and the ability to articulate these?

• An understanding of the ways in which co-operative learning strategies and independent learning opportunities contribute to embedded learning and progress?

• A commitment to continuing professional development?

Can you

• Commit to creating a positive and safe learning environment for all pupils in our school?

• Understand and fulfil your responsibilities in respect of class teaching and raising standards?

• Show interest and respect to all stakeholders of our school, thereby positively promoting our school’s and the Trust’s vison and values?

• Develop and enhance our relationships with all of our parents and partners?

We are a small and friendly school, whose team work happily together, to enable our learners to enjoy and achieve of their very best.

Visits to the School are encouraged and warmly welcomed by appointment through the school office

Closing date: Sunday 31st May 2026 at 1pm

Proposed interview date: Week Commencing Monday 8th June 2026

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be carried out as part of our safer recruitment pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.

We are a member of Cidari Multi Academy Trust, established in November 2013, a growing educational trust and part of the Blackburn Diocese. Cidari Education is committed to providing high quality education for all children in our academies based on clearly established Christian values and principles.

Cidari Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions. Further information is available below.

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 Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 194 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/darwen-st-james-cofe-primary-academy

We are a Church of England primary academy. Being an academy means that we joined a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), our trust is called Cidari. Being a CofE academy, means that our Vision and Mission statements are at the forefront of everything that we do here, they are not just words we live them out every day.

We are a one form entry academy and our intake starts with 2yr olds all the way up to 11 year olds. Our staff team are friendly and welcoming, we have an open door policy so that parents can speak to us as and when needed.

Our children are happy and love coming to school, they settle well and always make good friends. The children are engaged in their learning and use a Growth Mindset approach to enable them to build resilience and to be able to challenge themselves to take risks.

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