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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    18 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    6 June 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months

Full-time equivalent salary

Between £31650 and £43606, subject to annual pay award

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications and experience

  • Qualified teacher status
  • Successful primary teaching experience

Skills and knowledge

  • Knowledge of the National Curriculum
  • Knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies
  • A good understanding of how children learn and how barriers to learning can be overcome
  • Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils
  • Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
  • Knowledge of effective behaviour management strategies
  • Good ICT skills, particularly using ICT to support learning

Personal qualities

  • A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
  • High expectations for children’s attainment and progress
  • Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
  • Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
  • Commitment to safeguarding and equality

What the school offers its staff

  • A school where staff are proud to teach and where everyone believes we can all shine brightly;
  • Support from an experienced, knowledgeable, and hard working team of professionals for Early Career Teachers and excellent professional development for those more experienced;
  • A great working environment that shines brightly in our village with a state-of-the-art building and facilities dedicated to enhance learning in our purpose-built school;
  • A temporary contract until August 2026 in the first instance, although with potential to continue after that.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and have a culture of vigilance in all aspects of safeguarding and child protection.

In accordance with Section 236 of Keeping Children Safe in Education, September 2024, this role meets the definition of Regulated Activity and an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information will be undertaken prior to commencement of employment.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and not subject to disclosure to employers.

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About St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
362 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01793 770239

St Mary's CE Primary School is a modern, thriving, large village school in Purton, a village in North Wiltshire, on the outskirts of Swindon.

Arranging a visit to St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@st-marys-purton.wilts.sch.uk.

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