Class Teacher (Fixed Term)

University of Cambridge Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0QZ

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  26 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 - £46,940.00 Annually (Actual) MS 1-6

Class Teacher (Fixed Term) job summary

CLASS TEACHERS

Teaching at our school is amazing

We strive to be better each day in a spirit of collaboration and challenge.

We believe passionately in every child and do everything possible to include them.

Are you ready to fire up the next part of your career journey?

We are a unique school: the only one of its kind in the UK for primary. We read, we debate, we learn and we work hard.

If you think ‘Yes’ then our school is the place for you.

Title: Class Teacher

Responsible to: Headteacher

Don’t just make your career in Cambridge, live it.

Have a look at our website: www.universityprimaryschool.org.uk

The University of Cambridge Primary School is seeking to appoint inspired educators to be key contributors in the development of our new school, which opened in September 2015. We have over 600 children in 2026 and are a large 3 form primary school.

We are seeking applications from successful teachers who can express a passion for children and education. You will be a confident and passionate primary teacher. You will love learning yourself. You will be able to demonstrate high expectations, a flexible and resilient attitude to challenge and commitment to providing irresistible learning opportunities for all children. You will have the interpersonal skills to model empathy, respect, trust, courage, and gratitude within a framework in which everyone is ambitious, innovative and inclusive.

Our Diversities Strategy sets our vision for a truly inclusive school community and we warmly welcome all people from all backgrounds to apply for the post.

All staff are employed by the UTS Cambridge Trust not the University of Cambridge.

Previous unsuccessful applicants need not apply.

Please note that this is a fixed term appointment, from January 2027 to the 25th March 2027 - with the intention to extend into a permanent position for the right candidate.

Closing date for applications: midday on Thursday 26th November 2026

Shortlisting: 27th November

Interviews: 3rd December

Start date: January 2027

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 University of Cambridge Primary School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 660 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: University of Cambridge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/university-of-cambridge-primary-school

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