Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Desford Community Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JH

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 February 2026

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Classroom Teacher (Maternity Cover) 

Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale (depending on experience).

We are seeking a highly motivated professional to join our staff team as a class teacher initially in in year 3/4 as maternity cover. Each phase is led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) who also teaches within that phase. We believe that authentic leaders also have a class responsibility to ensure that they are able to ‘walk the walk’ and provide the best support possible for our staff team. This post also includes the leadership of a national curriculum subject. You will be supported and coached to develop this subject area, create an action plan that aligns with the schools current development priorities, and carry out monitoring and evaluation of your subject to ensure high standards of inclusive teaching and learning are maintained across the school. This is a good opportunity for a hard-working and energised teacher who is passionate about developing within the supportive culture that our school and the LiFE MAT offers.

As a hard-working and skilled teacher, you will join a KS2 team that is committed to ensuring that the school works towards our vision of growing kind, respectful citizens within a culture of high expectations.

The application form is available to complete on the eTeach website. To apply, please complete the online application form, together with a covering letter, outlining your suitability for the role and demonstrating how you satisfy the qualifications and experience detailed within the person specification.

Please complete you application via the eTeach website by 9am on Monday 9th March 2026.

Further details will be sent to shortlisted candidates ahead of the interview. Interviews and tasks are likely to be held week beginning 16th or 23rd March 2026.

LIFE Multi-Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Desford Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Desford Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/desford-community-primary-school-leicester

Desford Primary School is a vibrant and flourishing school at the heart of the village community. We have around 400 pupils in fourteen classes and are in the midst of significant growth due to large-scale house building in the village. We were awarded "Good" school grading in the Ofsted Inspection of July 2017. The report describes very high standards in all aspects of the school's activities. All school staff are dedicated and capable practitioners and the quality of teaching is at a consistently high level. Outcomes for pupils are consistently good throughout the school. Our children are nurtured, kept safe and are well cared for (Ofsted 2017).

Our school building is modern, attractive and well-maintained and includes an exceptional purpose-built 60-place Foundation Stage unit for Reception children, opened in September 2015 and a two classroom Upper Junior unit opened in May 2018 . All classrooms are spacious and well-equipped and the school prides itself on the quality of the classroom displays.

Our school is one of ten schools in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. This collaborative school network currently comprises of 4 primary and 6 secondary schools and enables us to keep abreast of current developments in education and continually to develop and improve all aspects of our practice. We work within a group of local schools to the same end.

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