Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Manor Park Primary School and Nursery, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8DB

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  8 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) M1-M6

Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Thank you for your interest in this 0.5 FTE maternity cover teaching post at Manor Park Primary School.

At Manor Park, we believe that teaching is more than a job: it's a passion. If you want to develop your practice and embrace the challenges that teaching brings, Manor Park might be the place for you.

We are a successful, caring school situated in the heart of a vibrant and diverse community. Our children benefit from an exciting curriculum developed to broaden their horizons and raise their aspirations. We teach our children how to think, how to mange themselves, how to improve their relationships with others and how to learn. We want them to compete with others on an equal footing, regardless of their social or economic starting points. We refuse to let any barrier to learning hold our children back. We want the children of Manor Park to be the best that they can be.

We are looking for a teacher who is:

• An excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations and a passion for learning
• Innovative and reflective, eager to develop creative strategies that ignite curiosity and engagement
• A confident team player who works collaboratively with colleagues, parents, and external agencies to support pupil progress
• Ambitious for their own development and committed to continuous improvement
• Enthusiastic about helping all children reach their full potential, regardless of background
• Skilled in delivering engaging lessons to diverse groups, adapting to meet varied learning need
• A positive role model who embodies and promotes the school's core values
• Focused on improving outcomes for all, with a drive to make a real difference

What we can offer you:

• A supportive, committed school community
• High quality, innovative continuous professional development
• Membership to the Teacher's pension scheme
• Blue Light Card reimbursement
• Salary sacrifice scheme including: Cycle to work and White Goods Scheme
• Fully funded eye tests
• Annual Flu Jab

Application Process:

Interested candidates are invited to submit an application through MyNewTerm website, outlining your suitability for the role.

To book a visit to our school, to meet our team please contact the school office to arrange an appointment admin@manorpark.cheshire.sch.uk or 01625 568837.

Cheshire Academies Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers, and third parties to share this commitment. The recruitment process will involve safer recruitment practices, pre-employment background checks, and is subject to the receipt of satisfactory references prior to interview. Shortlisted candidates must provide proof of qualifications at the interview. An enhanced DBS check is also required and will be conducted before final confirmation of appointment.

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 Manor Park Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 256 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Manor Park Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manor-park-primary-school-and-nursery

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