Class Teacher - Maternity Cover

New Whittington Community Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  7th April 2025

• Closing date

  9 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Subject: Key Stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) This post is term time only and is a maternity leave cover

Class Teacher - Maternity Cover job summary

The Headteacher and School Champions wish to appoint a caring and enthusiastic person to join our hard working and friendly teaching team.
This is a maternity leave vacancy, and we hope that the right candidate to join us in April 2025. At this point we expect the post to be for one year. The role will be full time - 32.5 hours per week.
The successful candidate will join our Y3/4 teaching team and will carry out duties in line with the current Teachers Pay and Conditions of Service document. The successful candidate will carry out the delivery of the national curriculum and assist and contribute to all aspects of school life.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Prospective candidates are very welcome to visit, please telephone 01246 450688 to arrange an appointment with Miss Tooley, our Headteacher.
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 13th February 2025.
Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
In return we offer being part of a friendly team who value our staff members and are a hardworking and enthusiastic team with the desire and skills to improve outcomes.
As a Trust we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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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About New Whittington Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 250 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: New Whittington Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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