Maternity Leave Cover - Year 1 Class Teacher

The Nene Infant & Nursery School, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2AP

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Usual teaching hours
• Contract type: Fixed term - Unknown - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Main Pay Spine (£31,650-£43,607)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an excellent teacher to join our staff on a full time or Part Time (3 days per week) maternity cover contract. This will be in a Year 1 class.

We are a friendly, supportive school who are part of a large multi-academy trust that offers excellent opportunities for you to develop your skills and work with committed staff and children to develop teaching and learning of the children. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, resilient, creative and inspiring teacher to join our school to continue our dedicated work. If you have a passion, ambition and commitment for ensuring children reach their potential, develop a love of learning and leave our school with the skills and learning behaviours to be highly successful in life, this could be the school for you. You will be joining a highly inclusive place of learning in a happy and positive school environment.

We would like a Class Teacher who:

Has high expectations of themselves, staff and children and values working in teams and partnerships.
Is passionate about meeting the needs of all children.
Has strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Is reflective, resilient, ambitious and keen to develop professional expertise.
Can engage with all aspects of school life, parents and the wider community.
Is committed to ongoing professional development.
Wishes to work in an organisation with strong ethical values and is willing to work with us to ensure that The Elliot Foundation Values are embedded.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

Children who are eager to learn and keen to do well.
A fantastic working environment, wellbeing spaces and car park,
Free Nursery places available and subsidised wraparound childcare.
A professional, extremely supportive and highly committed staff team who have the best interests of the children at heart.
A leadership team who are sensitive to the pressures of the role and are keen to work with and listen to their teachers and staff.
Wellbeing support for all staff which includes free tea, coffee and juice in the staff lounge at all times and a listening ear should you need it.
A supportive environment where there are progression opportunities, a good CPD programme and support from our Multi Academy Trust.
A chance to collaborate with colleagues, regional and national networks of professionals.
An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum that makes a real difference to children’s lives.

Closing date for applications: Monday, 1st December 2025 @ 9.00am

Interviews to be held shortly after the closing date

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Nene & Ramnoth are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and behave in a way which reflects this. Appointment will be subject to satisfactory safeguarding pre-employment checks including a
Barred List check, DBS check and references. Please note, it is a criminal offence to apply for this post of employment if you are barred from working with children and young people.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Nene Infant & Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 234 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Nene Infant & Nursery School website
• Email address: sbays@nenerjs.org
• Phone number: 01945583690
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-nene-infant-nursery-school

Nene is a 3 form entry Infant School, federated with Ramnoth Jujnior School and sponsored by The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust.
Our Nene base provides education for our youngest children. We have 3 Reception classes and our Nursery (Little Owls) which is open 8.00am-6.00pm, 48 weeks per year.
Ramnoth has undergone an extension program which included 12 new classrooms and separate dining hall, as well as refurbishment to the rest of the school. This base now houses our Y1 to Y6 children.
Further details about school can be found by visiting our website.

Arranging a visit to The Nene Infant & Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbays@nenerjs.org.

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