Class Teacher Maternity Cover

Perryfields Infant School, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7PP

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  22 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time: 0.4 FTE
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Role:Class Teacher

Contract:FIXED TERM MATERNITY COVER

Hours:0.4FTE (Thursdays and Fridays )

Salary:MPS/UPS

Closing Date:Friday 22nd August12pm Midday

Interview Date:9th September 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed teacher to join us at Perryfields Infant School, who will play a pivotal role in the school as it grows and develops.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious school
• A commitment to a personalised progamme of CPD
• Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools
• Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.
• Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts
• Access to the Teachers Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• 24/7 GP

Contact us:

Visits to the school are welcome, please contact Mrs Boon, HR & Finance Administrator, to arrange an appointment on 01245 268714.

Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teacher Job Description Primary EYFS teacher JD and Person Specification June 2025.pdf - 88.4 KB (opens in new tab)

About Perryfields Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 180 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Perryfields Infant School website
• Email address: GTravers@CLPTrust.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/perryfields-infant-school-chelmsford

Arranging a visit to Perryfields Infant School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email GTravers@CLPTrust.com.

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