Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

St Columb Major Academy, St Columb, Cornwall, TR9 6RW

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  5 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  17 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS
• Additional allowances:

  As well as offering great schools to work in, wonderful children to work with, and fantastic colleagues to work alongside, our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best it can be. We offer:

  A competitive salary and membership of Teachers Pension Scheme ; A real commitment to wellbeing, including access to 24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme ; Access to discounts with national and local retailers and service providers ; A range of CPD and training opportunities, both internally and externally, learning from local and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth ; The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools and our Shared Services teams.

Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

We are looking for an excellent Class Teacher to join our talented team. This is a full time, fixed term contract starting in January 2026 to cover the maternity leave of the permanent postholder.

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

Kernow Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we implement the safer recruitment process; the successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and to undergo checks including an enhanced DBS clearance, prohibition and online (social media) checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

Unfortunately, Kernow Learning is not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

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 St Columb Major Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 320 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Columb Major Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-columb-major-academy

Our school motto of ‘happy, hardworking, successful’ is lived out every day by our school community. This motto is reflective of our Trust’s Core Shared Values of Strength, Wisdom, and Courage as well as our Trust Philosophy of ‘work hard, be honest & help others’. Together, these things guide both staff and pupils on a journey of success and achievement.

We passionately believe that our children flourish through our close working partnerships with families which we do through maintaining positive relationships and mutual support. We also value the support of the wider community of St Columb and actively seek out ways to keep the school at the heart of the local community.

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