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Classteacher (KS1)

St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, Sutton, Surrey, SM3 9DL

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M1 to M6 (Outer London)
• Additional allowances:

  Outer London Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’ve built a brilliant curriculum here – one that really clicks with our pupils. It’s packed with purpose and personality, designed to get children excited about learning and remembering what they’ve learned. We’re proud of it – and we’d love you to help us make it even better.

This role could be in EYFS or KS1, depending on your strengths – we want the right fit for you and for us.

We’re searching for a teacher who really understands children – someone warm, enthusiastic, and able to build great relationships with families too. You’ll be a team player, full of ideas, and someone who brings good vibes and great practice to our staffroom.

You’ll also be a confident communicator, with a good understanding of how different teaching methods can help children thrive.

We’re a Google school, so if you know your way around Google Workspace – that’s a big plus!

As a Catholic school, all teachers deliver the RE curriculum and take part in our Christian/Catholic school life – it’s something we do together.

We’d love to hear from both ECTs and experienced teachers. To apply, you’ll need to be currently living in the UK and have the right to live and work here.

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

• National teacher pay scales – your experience is recognised and rewarded properly.

• Access to the excellent Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

• A genuinely experienced and supportive leadership team.

• If you’re an ECT, you’ll be fully supported through the Wandle Learning Trust ECT programme – and a school based mentor - proper guidance, not guesswork.

• Training in Emotion Coaching – our whole-school approach to behaviour that’s rooted in empathy and regulation.

• Your own Google Chromebook – we’re a Google school and proud of how tech supports our teaching.

• A staff wellbeing service with confidential counselling and advice – whatever you’re dealing with, you’re not alone.

• Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes (both contributory) – we support eco-friendly choices.

Further details about the role

St Cecilia's will be joining Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust from 1 August 2025, all staff will be employed by the Trust. The Trust is being formed from Catholic schools across South West London - Sutton, Merton, Lambeth and Croydon and when fully launched will comprise of over 30 schools.

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 complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Classteacher Person Specification.pdf - 182 KB (opens in new tab)

Class Teacher Job Description.pdf - 85 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 464 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: office@stcecilias.school
• Phone number: 020 8337 4566
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-cecilia-s-catholic-primary-school

We are an oversubscribed two-form entry Catholic primary school in Outer London. With over 60 staff and close to 500 children we are a thriving community, rated outstanding by OFSTED in December 2023, currently in the Times Top 500 Schools.

Arranging a visit to St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@stcecilias.school.

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