Early Career Teacher
Shaldon Primary School, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 0DD13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 November 2026
Closing date
19 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
6 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Starting November until 31.08.2027
Pay scale
- M1-M2
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are truly collaborative, and we work together within and across our schools to ensure through our full and rich curriculum all our children achieve their full potential. We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than just academic excellence for our children. We also want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants, and confident individuals.
For Shaldon Primary School we are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who:
- Will be committed to ensuring that all children achieve the highest possible outcomes
- Have a passion to ensure high expectations for all teaching and learning
- Ensure outstanding pedagogy which inspires, motivates and challenges pupils to be the best that they can be
- Have an understanding of collaborative learning
Will work in partnership with the headteacher, local committee and the wider community to ensure that our mission and ethos is translated into action
What the school offers its staff
We can offer candidates:
- An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential through our Talent Management Program
- Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
- Support from an Early Careers Teacher Lead that will work closely with you as part of your development
- Collaborative support from other ECT professionals from within the Trust
- A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
- Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
- The opportunity to work with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support
Our ECT program includes receiving excellent ongoing support through those critical early years of the teaching profession. In addition to school-based training and mentorship, ECTs are afforded the opportunity to take part in our own custom-made training program based on the ACE curriculum. Each session has a key focus and is led by a leading practitioner in that field. This training program has proven invaluable to our ECTs who collaborate with each other as they develop best practice.
We are looking for applications from like-minded people who share our Trust values and enjoy working in a collaborative culture. If you want your potential to be unlocked, and your talent managed, then we would love to hear from you!
Further information about the job
The Academies for Character and Excellence has twenty Primary Schools and across Torbay, Devon & Somerset making up a dynamic and innovative learning organisation. At the heart of all we do is the pursuit of excellence; we want to grow an exceptional Trust, comprised of excellent schools. We are achieving this through our shared core values of Collaboration, Community, Integrity, Equity, and of course Uncompromising Excellence. Our church schools reflect the Church of England’s vision of education for 'Life in all its Fullness' enabling all to flourish.
A teacher’s job description adheres to the conditions laid down in the School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document and for Church schools the Diocesan guidelines. In addition to this, teachers undertake to develop children using their understanding and knowledge of their professional qualifications, skills, qualities and where appropriate their faith.
All members of the team employed by the Academies for Character and Excellence support and promote the Trusts mission and vision and promotes character education which is a values led approach. Our Trust values and ethos enable us to fulfil our mission of transformation through making a positive difference to ourselves, others and the world around us.
Teaching and managing pupil learning
- Act as a role model by providing inspirational and creative teaching, which secures high standards of learning and behaviour.
- Carry out the professional duties of a teacher as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and the DfES Teachers’ Standards Framework.
- Play a significant role in creating and maintaining a climate which promotes and secures outstanding teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement and good behaviour throughout the class and also the school.
- Implement the curriculum and its assessment; plan, monitor and evaluate practice in order to identify and act on areas for improvement.
- Actively promote the application of literacy, mathematics and ICT across the curriculum for all pupils
- Help to create and implement positive strategies to celebrate diversity and to promote good relations and community cohesion.
- Help to ensure that pupils develop study skills in order to learn more effectively and with increasing independence.
- Should the need arise, take full responsibility for the leadership and management of an agreed subject.
Pupil Achievement
- Play a significant role in making explicit to pupils, parents, teachers and the wider community the school’s high expectations that all pupils can flourish to be the best they can be.
- Ensure that resources are dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of achievement for all pupils.
- Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; gifted and talented; EAL; disabilities; and to be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.
Managing own performance and development
- Take responsibility for own professional development.
- Use effective ICT skills for teaching, learning and management.
- Prioritise and manage own time effectively, particularly in relation to balancing the demands of teaching with additional school commitments
- Work under pressure and to deadlines
- Where required work with other teachers collaboratively across the Trust in order to improve standards and cross fertilisation of ideas and initiatives.
- Attend Trust Improvement Groups (TIGS)
Behaviour and Safety
- Establish a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupil rooted in mutual respect and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly.
- Manage classes effectively using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
- Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils and staff alike
- Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary
- Have high expectations of behaviour, promoting self-control and independence of all learners
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school, raising any concerns following school protocol/procedures
Relations with parents and the wider community
- Actively seek opportunities to develop effective relationships with the community to extend the curriculum and to enhance teaching and learning.
- Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents to support and improve pupils’ achievement and personal development.
- Ensure that parents and pupils are well-informed about all relevant matters.
Health and Safety
- As an employee of the Academies for Character and Excellence, you have a responsibility to prioritise the health and safety of yourself, your colleagues, and any individuals who may be affected by your work activities. In accordance with our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment, you are required to adhere to the Trusts health and safety responsibilities.
Whole school commitment
- To demonstrate a commitment to the full life of the school and to work with all members of the team to ensure the success of the whole school and the Trust
- To be supportive of the school’s and Trusts extra-curricular activities
- To take an active part in the school and Trusts involvement with the wider community
- To ensure the children’s safety at all times.
To actively take part in the Trust’s ECT program which is run and monitored by the Trust’s ECT Lead.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shaldon Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 0 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- andrea.johnson@acexcellence.co.uk
Arranging a visit to Shaldon Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email andrea.johnson@acexcellence.co.uk.
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