Classteacher

Bewick Bridge Community Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 9ND

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  21 May 2025 at 2pm

• Date listed

  10 May 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: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual)

Classteacher job summary

Bewick Bridge Primary School is a friendly and welcoming community school in Cherry Hinton, a stone throw away from the city of Cambridge with excellent transportation links. We currently provide education for 186 children aged 4 - 11 years. We also have a preschool that has pupils from the age of 2 years and 9 months.

Following a positive Ofsted inspection in December 2021, our school is embarking on a new and exciting phase of development. We are a forward thinking staff and encourage innovation and action research. We have a successful track record of staff development for both teaching and support staff. As a result, many of our staff have progressed in their careers, taking on additional roles within the school or gaining promotions elsewhere with the skills and experience developed from Bewick Bridge.

We wish to appoint a qualified, capable, enthusiastic and highly motivated class teacher to work as part of our amazing staff team. This post will start from 1st September 2025 in KS1 or KS2, depending on the experience and strengths of the candidate.

Visits to the school are encouraged and can be arranged either before or after school by contacting the headteacher, Tom Sapsford, tsapsford@bewickbridge.co.uk. Virtual meetings are also possible for those who are unable to visit in person.

We are looking for someone who:

Is an excellent teacher, committed to raising standards;

Is innovative in their delivery of the curriculum and has a comprehensive understanding of how children learn and achieve their very best;

Has the vision, energy and enthusiasm to provide children with invaluable, first-hand learning experiences;

Is committed to embedding a broad and balanced curriculum to enhance learning;

Creates a nurturing, inclusive learning environment - supporting and embracing our school ethos;

Has a passion to learn and develop their teaching practice;

Is positive, hard-working and ambitious.

In return we can offer you:

The exciting career opportunity of working within forward thinking school on a journey to Outstanding;

Opportunities for professional development;

A friendly, supportive and dedicated team;

A well-resourced, new school build with great outdoor space;

A culture of using research evidence to inform practice;

Happy, motivated and well-behaved children;

Supportive Governors

Bewick Bridge Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expects all volunteers and staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The successful applicant will also be required to complete a declaration form under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations.

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 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bewick Bridge Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bewick-bridge-community-primary-school

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