Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover)
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3PT32 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 May 2026
Closing date
16 January 2026 at 10am
Date listed
25 November 2025
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
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 FTE per annum
Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary
Are you passionate about education and eager to make a lasting impact on young minds? Do you have a proven track record of inspiring a love for learning in your students? If so, we want to hear from you!
Join our team at Carleton Park Junior & Infant School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust!
About the Role:
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, and committed Primary Teacher to join the team at Carleton Park Junior and Infant School. The successful candidate will demonstrate high quality teaching to ensure pupils can make accelerated progress, securing outcomes through pupils through outstanding provision. You will use effective resources and uphold the highest standards of learning and achievement for all pupils.
This is a 1 FTE fixed term maternity cover contract with an end date of 05/02/2027.
We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic person who:
- has a passion for helping pupils thrive and meet their full potential
- has a friendly manner and can communicate effectively with staff and students
- can work effectively as part of a team but can also work independently using their own initiative
- has experience of working in a similar specialist area.
About Carleton Park Junior and Infant School
Carleton Park Junior & Infant School is renowned for exceptional academic achievements, both locally and nationally.
- Recognised as the 2024 leading primary school in the Wakefield district
- Ranked among the top 1% of primary schools nationwide for pupil progress
- Featured in the Times Top 500 Primary Schools in England (2024) proudly securing the 310th place, putting us in the top 3% nationally.
- Rated outstanding in all five inspected judgement areas by Ofsted (November 2024).
In our 2025 staff survey with Edurio, Carleton Park Junior & Infant School received fantastic results, with 96% of staff saying they would recommend the school as a good place to work.
Here’s what our staff had to say…
“The staff are committed and more importantly, kind to one another. The staff look after each other and collectively ensure everyone feels part of the team and cared for.”
“I am not just stating this because I work here. Carleton Park is an exceptional school with a strong staff team that supports children both educationally and with their personal development. I wish my child had had the same diet of education that this school offers its pupils.”
What can we offer you?
Be part of a team that values your growth, wellbeing and work-life balance. We offer a supportive environment with benefits designed to help you thrive:
- Exciting career and leadership pathways supported by outstanding CPD opportunities
- Everyday Development (EDD) Framework: A simple, personal and flexible goal-based approach to continuous learning, career growth and wellbeing.
- For the 2025/26 academic year, we will be providing staff with three Everyday Development (EDD) days. These development days will offer you self-directed time away from the workplace to recharge and reflect on your personal and career goals.
- Energise and Engage Weeks throughout the year, where no meetings take place. These dedicated weeks prioritise personal professional development, support work-life balance, and allow for an early finish on designated days
- Generous employer pension (Teachers Pension)
- Laptop
- Fantastic family friendly policies with a focus on employee work/life balance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue Light card
- Discounted gym membership
- Free eyecare via Specsavers
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee wellbeing programme (including physiotherapy, personal or professional concerns on legal, health, finance, wellbeing, and other matters)
- Discounts at numerous retailers including O2
- Free flu vaccinations.
You can find further information about staff benefits, development opportunities and why you should work with us in the attached ‘Working for us’ booklet and by visiting our website.
About Pontefract Academies Trust
Pontefract Academies Trust is a cross-phase Multi-Academy Trust comprising of nine schools: seven primary and two secondary schools. Our mission is to run high-quality, high-achieving schools that give our children and young people the chances in life they deserve.
We take pride in our workplace culture and the strength of our team. By joining Pontefract Academies Trust, you will be part of one of the top 10 performing trusts nationally based on staff feedback (Eduiro 2025 staff survey). We received outstanding feedback, earning three awards based on national data from the 2024/25 academic year:
- National: Trust Value Award – Excellence
- Regional: Staff Choice Award (Larks Hill Junior & Infant School)
- Regional: Trust Benefit School Award (De Lacy Primary School)
These awards reflect the culture we’ve built – one where staff feel valued, listened to, and part of something meaningful.
Looking ahead, we’ve recently announced an exciting development, a proposed merger with Ark Schools, planned for September 2026. This step reflects our ambition to grow, never settle, and to do what’s right for our pupils, staff, and community. This change will bring even stronger support, greater collaboration, and more opportunities. We’re excited for what’s ahead and we hope that you’ll consider joining us as we continue to grow.
Ready to take the next step? Apply today and join a workplace that invests in you, your career, your wellbeing and your future.
Key Dates
Application Deadline: 10:00am, Friday 16th January 2025
Interviews to be held: TBC
Start date: 05/05/2026
Application Process
Complete an application form via our website
Important Links
Pontefract Academies Trust website
Trust Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2028
Carleton Park J&I School website
Further Information
- Contact: 01977 722615 or recruitment@carletonpark.patrust.org.uk
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Carleton Park Junior and Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 203 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Carleton Park Junior and Infant School website
Carleton Park Junior and Infant School is a one form entry school. The school ethos is based on the mantra of ‘Be the best you can be’. We have the highest expectations of our pupils to ensure that there is an excellent classroom culture to allow all pupils to feel that they belong.
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