Early Years Primary School Teacher
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8JR11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
27 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,823.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE)
Early Years Primary School Teacher job summary
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle is looking to appoint a Primary School Teacher with Early Years experience for our combined Reception and Nursery class.
As a Primary School Teacher, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the educational journey and personal development of young learners during their formative years. This role requires a nurturing, creative, and adaptable educator who is passionate about fostering a love of learning in a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment.
You will be responsible for delivering a broad and balanced curriculum, tailored to meet the diverse needs of your pupils. Through engaging lesson planning, effective classroom management, and continuous assessment, you will support each child’s academic progress, social development, and emotional well-being.
Collaboration is key in this role—you’ll work closely with teaching assistants, senior leaders, and parents to create a cohesive and supportive learning community. Whether you're introducing foundational literacy and numeracy skills or encouraging curiosity through hands-on learning, your impact will be lasting and meaningful.
This role is not open to Early Career Teachers (ECT's). We are looking for someone with QTS status that has or will have successfully passed their induction period in the near future.
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 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 100 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
St. Mary’s is a happy school with high hopes and ambitions for all of our children.
We are incredibly proud of the caring and nurturing environment where every child is valued and respected for who they are. The family ethos of our small school ensures our children develop a strong sense of belonging from the day they start their journey with us.
Our school has a tradition of high standards and we welcome the opportunity to work with parents to ensure every pupil achieves their full potential, knowing they can do all things through Christ.
We are incredibly proud of the relationships all staff have with each other, our children and their families.
At St Mary’s our aim is to ensure that all of our children are inspired to learn, laugh and love- through the image and likeness of Christ.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13
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