Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2ES

11 days remaining to apply

Start date details
17 November 2025
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
2 October 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Fixed Term until Friday 12 June 2026 (or the return of the post-holder, whichever is soonest)
Part Time, 0.8FTE
MPS/UPS
Suitable for ECTs
Required from 17 November 2025

The Governors are looking for a talented, motivational and inspiring Classroom Teacher to join our Catholic primary school at St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Ripon. You will join a team whose aspiration is to ensure the academic, physical, emotional and spiritual development of all our pupils.

We are looking for a Classroom Teacher who will:

support the Catholic ethos of our school
be a good to outstanding practitioner, able to motivate children 
be innovative, creative, forward thinking and work collaboratively within our team
have high expectations of children of all groups and abilities
engage and motivate children to learn
be cheerful and friendly and build positive relationships with children, staff and parents
be committed to children’s welfare and safeguarding
have a fair, positive and calm approach to ensure pupils meet high expectations of excellent behaviour.

What we can offer you:

A strong Catholic ethos
A friendly, happy school that lives by its vision statement 
Happy children with exemplary standards of behaviour 
A welcoming and caring environment where everyone is valued 
Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

For further information, please contact the school office and speak with either Karen Horn or Rachel Blythe at St Wilfrid’s, Ripon on 01765 603232. Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment through the school office.

Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025 at 12 noon
Interviews: Monday 20 October 2025

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DSB enhanced disclosure certificate.

In line with KCSiE 2025, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.