Class Teacher - Maternity Cover

Lightwoods Primary Academy, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, B68 9BG

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  9 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

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: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: TMS/UPS £32,916 - £51,048 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience teaching across the key stages. Applications from newly qualified teachers are also welcome.
• Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher.
• Be an exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations of both learning and behaviour.
• Able to inspire, motivate and enthuse pupils.
• Committed to raising standards for all and share the same drive to constantly learn and improve.
• Show willingness to lead initiatives and show evidence of impact.
• Demonstrate a passion to make a difference to others.
• To be proficient with the use of technology for learning and have a willingness to innovate.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Excellent career development opportunities.
• Exceptional CPD provision including working with national and international experts in their field.
• A supportive working environment and team ethos.
• Genuinely friendly and enthusiastic children.
• Opportunities across our MAT to enhance skills and experience at both primary and secondary level.

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lightwoods Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 405 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lightwoods Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@shirelandcat.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lightwoods-primary-academy

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