18 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    27 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    7 March 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

M1

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a teacher who:

  • Is an exceptional and dedicated KS2 classroom practitioner with a growth mind-set.
  • Is enthusiastic, caring, forward thinking and positive.
  • Has the highest expectations for all children’s learning, welfare and behaviour.
  • Is supportive of our core values and our vision as a GOLD Rights Respecting school.
  • Is a team player who thrives in a collaborative, innovative working environment.
  • Has an understanding of the challenges and rewards of teaching in a vibrant and diverse urban community.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer the successful candidates:

  • Incredible children who love their school and love to learn.
  • An ambitious community school with a clear vision and the highest aspirations for all its children.
  • A school that cares for and nurtures every member of our school family, including our staff. Our no marking policy, wellbeing days and welfare package are examples of how we live this promise to our staff.
  • An outstanding school (Ofsted December 2023)
  • A large, supportive and dedicated team, as a 3-form entry school.
  • A strong commitment to your continuing professional development, including the Early Career Framework, and a passion for excellence in teaching, including research and development.

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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@seymourpark.com

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Additional documents

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

About Seymour Park Community Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
687 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0161 872 1150

I am delighted you have taken the time to learn more about Seymour Park Community Primary School and are considering applying to join our successful school team and wonderful school family.
We are looking for a great KS2 teacher who is ready to make a world of difference to our children’s lives.
Is that you?
Seymour Park Community Primary School is a vibrant and thriving school family in the heart of Old Trafford.
Children at Seymour Park love their school and thrive. We are incredibly proud of our highly successful outstanding school, especially our status as one of the only GOLD UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools in the UK.
This success comes from our unrelenting commitment to providing our children with the fullest possible educational experience. We call this the Seymour Park Experience. Our children enjoy regular ukulele lessons, learning in our state of the art Digital Hub, and performing Shakespeare as part of the Children's Shakespeare Festival at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Working at Seymour Park is incredibly rewarding. We make a world of difference. Our brilliant staff team are dedicated to our children and we in turn are dedicated to them. Their welfare and wellbeing matter to us. Our no marking policy, wellbeing days and welfare package are examples of how we live this promise to our staff. We also offer high-quality professional development, career development and a truly supportive environment.
If Seymour Park Community Primary School sounds like a school where you would love to teach and make a world of difference to children’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.
With best wishes,
Tom Johnson
Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Seymour Park Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@seymourpark.com.

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