Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)
St James' CofE Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4BDThis job expired on 12 June 2025 – see similar jobs
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.
Further information about the job
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.
About St James' CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St James' CofE Academy website
School location
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