Class teacher - Maternity Cover

Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR2 9HJ

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  4.1.26 or as soon as possible thereafter

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (542)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: MPS
• Additional allowances:

  MPS

Class teacher - Maternity Cover job summary

Organisation: Kingstone Academy Trust

Location: Kingstone & Thruxton Primary School, Kingstone, Herefordshire, HR2 9HJ

Post: Class Teacher - Maternity Cover

Scale: MPS

Start Date: 4.1.26, or as soon as possible thereafter

Applications Close: Friday 30th October 2026

Interviews: W/C 16th November

Kingstone & Thruxton Primary School is seeking an exceptional teacher to join our dedicated and supportive team. The year group for this position has yet to be determined, as we are committed to appointing the right person for our school and ensuring the best possible fit for our pupils, staff and wider school community.

The successful applicant will be joining a friendly and ambitious team, in a school that strives for excellent standards and aims to produce confident, self-assured and successful young people. We value and develop the whole child and do everything we can to ensure every single child gets the best possible start.

You will be a self-motivated classroom practitioner with excellent professional standards, able to inspire our children and to raise aspirations and achievement through high quality learning experiences. Able to demonstrate a variety of behaviour management strategies and teaching and learning styles, you will be well organised and have high expectations of achievement.

If you would like to teach children that are happy and eager to learn, and join a supportive and enthusiastic team of teachers, we would like to hear from you. Visits, to see our wonderful school in action, are encouraged. If you have any questions or if you would like to arrange a tour of the school please contact our Primary Admin Office on 01981 250 338 or ktpsadmin@kingstoneacademy.co.uk.

All applications should be made using MyNewTerm:

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kingstone Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All vacancies that involve working with vulnerable adults and/or children will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at Enhanced Level, along with other standard pre-employment checks.

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.

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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 Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingstone-and-thruxton-primary-school

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