Class Teacher - Maternity Cover 1 Year Fixed Term 25-26
Thorpe Primary Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE3 9UG9 days remaining to apply
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday a total of 32.5hrs.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
To assist the Headteacher:-
• To carry out the duties of a classroom teacher as laid out in the 'School Teacher's Pay and Conditions document.
• To support the Headteacher in meeting the school's agreed aims and objectives. practice of the school's policies, systems and procedures.
• To support school development by following policy and practice, school rituals and routines.
• To develop the School Improvement Plan priorities through a whole school approach to trialling initiatives as agreed with appropriate active feedback.
• To take an active and positive role in the Performance Management target setting process/the school's professional development programme/and job description reviews on a cyclical yearly basis.
• To work as a proactive member of the staff team.
• To set an example as a leader of a curriculum area taking a proactive role in managing the curriculum responsibility, its monitoring, its resourcing, setting its budget and ensuring appropriate support and staff training to self and other staff. To plan, action and evaluate the subject's development yearly ensuring other staff are kept informed of actions taken.
• To take an active role in the wider life of the school — running clubs, supporting Thorpe Community Association meetings and fund raising initiatives etc.
• To carry out any other duties the Headteacher may need to decide upon from time to time.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking for an experienced KS2 full-time (part time hours would be considered) class teacher to cover Maternity Leave for up to one year 2025-26. We are at an exciting phase of our journey, having been graded as good by Ofsted. We can offer you:
- Salary will be paid at MPS/UPS.
- Happy children with a desire to learn.
- Shared support and planning time within your year group team.
- A supportive SLT who value and encourage staff well-being, such as providing free daily tea/coffee, breakfast on Friday mornings, cake for parent’s evenings, additional time given to mark key assessments and write end year reports.
- Employer Pension contribution of 22% meaning we will save together for your retirement.
- Life Assurance
- Occupational Sick pay protecting you and your family.
- Over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partners Perkbox
- Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7
- On-site flu vaccinations every Autumn
- Free on-site car parking
- A weekly free school meal when eating with the children.
- Amazing children and a supportive passionate team
Thorpe Primary Academy is a wonderful, multi-cultural school where children feel safe, happy and secure. If you would like to make a difference to the lives and aspirations of our children, we warmly welcome a tour of the school and we look forward to hearing from you.
The Board of Trustees is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will have appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS check, referencing and an online search conducted in line with KCSIE.
Application form and further details available on the Trust website:www.PKAT.co.uk/vacancies
Closing date: Wednesday 7th July2025 at 09:00.
We reserve the right to interview earlier if a suitable application is received before the closing date. If an appointment is made, this job advert may be closed earlier than the closing date.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Thorpe Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 520 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thorpe Primary Academy website
- Email address
- jbritten@tpa.keystrust.org
- Phone number
- 01733 264340
Thorpe Primary School is a wonderful, multi-cultural school where children feel safe, happy and secure, and leave well-prepared for the next phase of their education. An engaging and innovative curriculum inspires children and equips them with skills, experience and confidence to achieve their best. We strive for children to develop into successful learners and well-rounded individuals through high quality teaching and pastoral care across the school.
Our dedicated staff work incredibly hard to secure good outcomes for children. They work together to ensure the curriculum we offer is purposeful and memorable for all children as well as offering a wide range of extra-curricular activities and opportunities.
Our provision is enhanced by our good relationships with parents, Academy Committee and the wider community, all of whom we work in partnership with.
We are located within the bustling city of Peterborough and enjoy direct rail links with London. Peterborough is known for its diverse and inclusive culture which is something we celebrate throughout our school; with 28% of our pupils having English as an additional language. We are proud to serve the families of Netherton and western Peterborough.
We have high expectations for all our pupils and staff, and consider our families to be partners, recognising the vital role that they play. We want to work together as a team, to fully realise the potential of all of our children.
We benefit from an on-site internal Nursery, which is the main feeder Nursery into our school. We have recently benefited from various site work to refresh our Nursery provision, including internal and outdoor spaces.
We work closely with our four Trust schools (Jack Hunt, Longthorpe Primary, Nova Primary and Ravensthorpe Primary), as all schools are within a maximum 15-minute walking distance from each other, which allows us to work collaboratively with our peers across both primary and secondary settings. We are all proud members of Keys Academies Trust.
We benefit from wide outdoor spaces, including a luxurious school field and dedicated play areas and outdoor learning environments, including a recently refurbished outdoor EYFS and Nursery space.
We welcome new colleagues to join our dedicated team, who will bring energy, optimism and a drive to build dreams for our pupils.
Arranging a visit to Thorpe Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jbritten@tpa.keystrust.org.
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