Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)
Leigh Academy Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5GAThis job expired on 13 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Maternity - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS based on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a qualified teacher seeking an opportunity in an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ IB World school? Do you have the passion and drive to help all children achieve? Are you a personable teacher with creative and fun ideas? Then read on, this might be the perfect role for you!
Leigh Academy Bearsted is looking to appoint a Class Teacher, who will join us from January 2026. In being part of our vibrant and thriving academy, you will contribute your energy and vision to drive the academy to achieve its full potential. You will receive the support and guidance you need to not only develop the academy but also your own career within the supportive environment of the Trust. We are an academy that thrives on teamwork, recognises the importance of high quality support for the teachers and offers a creative and responsive package of CPD for all staff.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you;
- The opportunity to help shape our future by joining an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ academy with the added luxury of it being a brand new building.
- The opportunity to be a part of a vibrant and enthusiastic teaching team
- An academy community committed to raising achievement and attainment.
- An exciting working environment with excellent resources and facilities
- A strong commitment to supporting professional development opportunities
- The opportunity to build a curriculum for the future
This is a fixed term maternity cover role offering MPS/UPS based on experience.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Leigh Academy Bearsted
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 412 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Bearsted
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email joinus@latrust.org.uk.
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