Class Teacher or Year Leader
St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2SY4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Mainscale
Additional allowances
TLR is available for the Year Leader position
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful applicants will:
- Be committed to upholding the Catholic ethos of our school
- Be able part of (or lead) a team dedicated to school improvement
- Be able to inspire and appreciate creativity
- Be an exemplary class teacher with high expectations of attainment and behaviour
- Be able to offer learners a high quality, exciting and creative curriculum giving them the confidence and skills to achieve
- Have a great sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- Enthusiastic pupils with a thirst for education
- A caring and inclusive ethos where all are welcomed and valued
- An excellent well-resourced learning environment including a well-stocked library, art room, multi-use games area and SEN area
- Opportunities for professional development and sharing of good practice within a multi-academy trust
- An extremely supportive partnership of staff, governors and parents
- Friendly, hardworking, dedicated colleagues
- Free on-site parking
Flexible working opportunities
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to donna.parker@st-johns-gravesend.kcsp.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 878 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend website
- Email address
- donna.parker@st-johns-gravesend.kcsp.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01474555311
St John’s is a four-form entry primary academy located in Gravesend, serving the Parish of St John the Evangelist and the local area. It is part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership (KCSP), a multi-academy trust established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent which currently comprises of 30 academies (25 primary and 5 secondary).
St John’s is an inclusive academy. Its dedicated staff, helpers and governance committee members work hard to ensure that every student is supported and challenged to be their very best. Each individual is encouraged to grow spiritually and intellectually, so that unique and positive contributions can be made to society and the world. Our most recent denominational inspection in November 2022 and Ofsted inspection in November 2023 judged the academy to be ‘Good’.
Arranging a visit to St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email donna.parker@st-johns-gravesend.kcsp.org.uk.
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