Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2PD

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 February 2026

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• 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 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time standard teaching hours
• Contract type: Fixed term - up to 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1 - M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications and experience

• Qualified teacher status
• Degree
• Successful primary teaching experience

Skills and knowledge

• Knowledge of the National Curriculum
• Knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies
• A good understanding of how children learn
• Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs
• Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils
• Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
• Knowledge of effective behaviour management strategies
• Good ICT skills, particularly using ICT to support learning

Personal qualities

• A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
• High expectations for children’s attainment and progress
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality
• Sense of humour
• Ability to work as part of a team

What the school offers its staff

• A position in a popular, friendly and lively village school (NOR327)
• A dedicated and experienced team of teachers and support staff
• A Trust/school that prides itself on its high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes to learning
• Pupils who are enthusiastic about their learning and want to reach their potential
• Supportive parents
• CPD development opportunities both within the school and across the Multi-Academy Trust

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

Middleton Cheney Primary Academy/Prime7 MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful candidate would need to undergo a DBS check and be committed to the safeguarding of children.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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About Middleton Cheney Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 348 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Middleton Cheney Primary Academy website
• Email address: lisa.macdonald@mcpa.prime7.org.uk
• Phone number: 01295 710218
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/middleton-cheney-primary-academy

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Arranging a visit to Middleton Cheney Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lisa.macdonald@mcpa.prime7.org.uk.

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