10 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    12 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    30 May 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

Main Pay scale (2 days a week)

Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Are you looking for a fulfilling and worthwhile job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at St James’ CE Primary, part of the Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust (DSAMAT) offering exceptional education in our thirteen schools.

About you

Children’s needs will be at the heart of your work. You must be able to demonstrate that you understand the importance of educating the whole child, that you want the very best for them and are prepared to put their needs first. The successful candidate will be:

  • Committed to teaching and will bring learning to life
  • Passionate about educating the whole child
  • Interested in developing active and reflective learners
  • To deliver an excellent education for children and young people, that will enable them to flourish throughout their lives

The Role

We are seeking a passionate part-time teacher (2 days a week) to join our fantastic primary school in Biddenham, Bedford in September 2025. You will need to provide high-quality education to children in KS2.

The Trust

Our academies are places where children and young people develop and thrive intellectually, socially, culturally and spiritually. All the Trust’s schools teach a broad and balanced curriculum within national guidelines focusing on core skills. This is designed to ensure that all pupils reach their academic potential and seek to enrich their experience along the way. Pupils will be enabled to succeed in an atmosphere of high expectation, aspiring to educational excellence with a firm foundation of values.

Additional Information

DSAMAT is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack.

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 are not accepted.

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About St James' CofE Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
201 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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