Class Teacher - Year 1 / 2 (Maternity Cover)

St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5EN

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required for February 2025

• Closing date

  10 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS (pending pay award)

Class Teacher - Year 1 / 2 (Maternity Cover) job summary

• Fixed Term until 30 November 2025 (with the possibility of being extended)
• Full Time
• MPS/UPS
• Not Suitable for ECTs
• Required for February 2025

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

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 Marie Beech or Lana Whitley at St Joseph’s, Barnoldswick on 01282 813045. Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment through the school office.

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 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 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 140 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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