Key Stage 2 Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Newquay Junior Academy, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 2NL

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  21 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 June 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Part-Time 0.5 FTE
• Additional allowances:

  Part-Time 0.5 FTE

Key Stage 2 Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Newquay Junior Academy is seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic 0.5 KS2 Teacher to provide maternity cover within our academy. This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and ambitious team who are committed to ensuring that all pupils achieve well and thrive. We are looking for a teacher who has high expectations, strong classroom practice and a genuine commitment to building positive relationships with pupils, families and colleagues.

The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant Key Stage 2 academy where teamwork, consistency and care for pupils are central to our work. They will be well supported by year group colleagues and academy leaders, and will contribute to a positive learning environment where pupils are encouraged to be ready, respectful and safe. This fixed-term role would suit a reflective and motivated practitioner who is keen to make a meaningful contribution to academy life.

If you would like more information about the role, please contact Tanya Findlay MBE, Headteacher, at tfindlay@nja.celtrust.org

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

About Newquay Junior Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 463 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newquay Junior Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newquay-junior-academy

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