Full Time Class Teacher - Fixed Term Maternity Cover
Solent Infant School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 1DH4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
3 September 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
31 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) dependent on experience
Full Time Class Teacher - Fixed Term Maternity Cover job summary
Solent Infant School – The De Curci Trust
FULL TIME CLASS TEACHER– FIXED TERM MATERNITY COVER
3 September 2025 – 31 August 2026 Main Pay Scale / ECT
£31650 - £43607 (annually fte, pro rata - dependent on experience)
Start Date - Wednesday 3 September 2025
Closing Date - Monday 28 April 2025 (midday)
Interviews - Thursday 8 May 2025
We are a thriving three form entry infant school in Drayton, Portsmouth. We are proud to be part of The De Curci Trust.
Solent Infant School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Class Teacher to join our energetic and dedicated team in a warm, friendly and inclusive school community which is committed to the care of our children and staff.
This post is suitable for both ECTs and more experienced main scale teachers.
What we can offer you:
A caring and positive environment inspired by our strong ethos.
A team committed to the well-being of staff and pupils.
The opportunity to work in a “good” school amongst a hard working team of friendly staff.
A commitment to ensure that all children thrive within a supportive yet challenging environment.
Enthusiastic and engaged learners.
Opportunities to work in partnership with other schools within The De Curci Trust and beyond.
What you can offer us:
An enthusiasm for the aims and ethos of our school.
A genuine desire to be effective and to ensure the very best progress and outcomes for all children.
A passion for life-long learning and the ability to reflect on your own practice.
A dedication to continual self-improvement – we want you to be proactive and make a difference.
A good sense of humour and a mind-set for teamwork.
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit, please email Emma Curthoys on ecurthoys@thesolentschools.org
Please see our job application pack for more information.
We look forward to meeting you and sharing our school with you!
The De Curci Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks, along with other relevant employment checks.
Completed application forms will be passed to the recruitment panel for shortlisting and will be reviewed against the person specification detailed in the advert. Applications will be assessed upon receipt, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
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.
About Solent Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 269 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Solent Infant School website
Solent Infant School is a thriving, oversubscribed three form entry infant school. It is situated in Farlington on the Northern boundary between the city of Portsmouth and Hampshire. The school feeds directly into Solent Junior School which is located close by. In April 2017, Solent Infant School converted into an academy, and is now proud to be part of The De Curci Trust. The De Curci Trust is a small, recently established Multi Academy Trust, comprising just three schools; Solent Infant School, Solent Junior School and Springfield Secondary School.
Solent Infant School is well known amongst our community for being a bright, warm and happy school with a keen focus on the good mental health of our staff and pupils. Visitors to the school frequently comment upon how the ethos and values permeate throughout all that we do. Our pupils are extremely enthusiastic learners, a result of the unfaltering focus on developing the whole child through an enriched and rewarding curriculum. Solent Infant School offers a truly inclusive education, focusing on individual achievement, celebrating successes that are entirely relevant to the special journey of each of our magical pupils.
The school has been through some challenging, yet exciting changes over the past few years. Leadership structure, in turn, has changed significantly to reflect the current educational landscape, ensuring that we continue to provide our pupils with the best possible education and care. Despite still legally being defined as two separate schools, with two separate DfE numbers, Solent Infant and Junior Schools now work extremely closely together as The Solent Schools with one shared Local Governing Body. Those that are new to the school often mistake us for a through primary school. The Schools have a number of shared staff including The Executive Headteacher, Site, Administrative and Network Managers. Feedback has told us that this shared working offers our pupils and their families a truly consistent, cohesive and highly effective approach from the moment they arrive in Year R to the day they leave Year 6. Our staff wellbeing surveys tell us that Solent is a lovely, caring and supportive place to work where staff wellbeing is given a high priority.
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