Class Teacher

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7AZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS, Fixed-term until 31 December 2025 (1 term)

Class Teacher job summary

Fixed Term until 31 December 2025 (to cover maternity leave)

Full time

Salary Grade MPS/UPS

Required for September 2025

The Governors are looking for an experienced, talented, motivational and inspiring Classroom Teacher to join our Catholic primary school at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Pudsey.

We are looking for someone 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 school rooted in the teachings of Christ  
• Happy, friendly children with a thirst for knowledge and exemplary standards of behaviour  
• An experienced and welcoming team of skilled staff members  
• 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)
• Generous pension contribution managed by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

Visits to St. Joseph’s, Pudsey are warmly welcomed; please contact Lisa Beekharry, Office Manager on 0113 256 5407 to make an appointment. 

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 DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.

In line with KCSiE 2024, 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.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 326 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-pudsey-pudsey

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