Class Teacher - Maternity leave

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0EA

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2026

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (777)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 Annually (FTE) M1-M2 pro rata for part time hours (0.8FTE)

Class Teacher - Maternity leave job summary

Maternity Leave Class Teacher

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School - Fixed Term

Required December 2026

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dedicated and professional Temporary Class Teacher to join our teaching team for a fixed-term period to cover a maternity leave.

This will be a 0.8 FTE. Monday - Thursday.

Pay Scales: MPR.

This is a Temporary Role to 31/8/2027 or retun of the substantive postholder, whichever is sooner

We will offer you:

• An outstanding school.

• Well-behaved, engaged pupils, who achieve high standards.

• A forward- thinking school, which is constantly striving for improvement.

• Friendly and experienced staff and governors.

• Supportive, continuing professional development.

• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the trust to develop practice and widen experience.

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is part of the Mater Christi Academy Trust.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.

Closing Date - Friday 30th October
Short listing - Monday 2nd November
Interviews - Thursday 5th November

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

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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 155 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school-ulvertson

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