PART-TIME CLASSROOM TEACHER (0.4fte – 2 days per week)
Bankfields Primary School, Middlesbrough, TS6 0RZ16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
26 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 November 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): Thursday & Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 01/01/2026 to 31/08/2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- Be an excellent classroom practitioner with a successful record of delivering high-quality teaching and learning which results in high pupil attainment and progress.
- Be an excellent team player.
- Have a creative, inspiring and innovative approach to teaching.
- Have the highest expectations in all aspects of learning and behaviour for all of our pupils.
- Show commitment to the overall ethos of the school.
- Be forward thinking and keen to develop professionally to benefit the pupils in your care.
- Be flexible, creative and show resilience when faced with challenging situations.
- Have experience of teaching in Upper Key Stage 2.
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Please state other areas of interest and expertise in your application.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A friendly, caring and supportive ethos.
- Polite and well-motivated pupils who demonstrate excellent learning behaviour.
- A dedicated and enthusiastic staff team.
- A well-resourced quality learning environment.
- Supportive parents and governors.
- Induction and ongoing professional development.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged by arrangement with the Headteacher. Visits will be taking place on the following dates:
- Wednesday 19th November at 11am and 3:45pm.
- Thursday 20th November at 1:30pm and 4:00pm.
- Tuesday 25th November at 3:45pm.
If you would like to arrange to visit at one of the times detailed above, please contact the Headteacher, Mrs Emma Gatenby, on 01642 453157.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
In accordance with KCSiE 2025, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed with the applicant during the interview.
Steel River Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. We have a robust Child Protection Policy and all staff receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment with the Trust. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children.
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bankfields Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 268 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bankfields Primary School website
- Email address
- Emma.Gatenby@bankfields.steelriver.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 453157
Our Vision
At Bankfields Primary School, we are committed to creating a nurturing, caring, and safe environment where every child feels supported, valued, and included. We foster a culture of aspirational thinking and high expectations, where happy, ambitious, and confident pupils are empowered to achieve success and experience personal growth.
Through high-quality teaching and learning and a child-led, enquiry-based curriculum that promotes curiosity and a love of learning, we inspire every pupil to become an active, engaged learner. Our curriculum is designed to respond to children’s interests, encourage independent thinking, and develop lifelong learning habits.
Our motto, “Be Happy, Be Successful, Be Proud, Be Bankfields,” is at the heart of everything we do – guiding our school community to grow, achieve, and flourish together.
We aim to:
* create a warm, supportive and stimulating school environment in which children feel happy, safe and secure, and are eager to learn,
* develop positive relationships founded on mutual trust, respect and good example,
* ensure all pupils are encouraged and supported in reaching their potential as learners,
* provide all children with a broad, balanced curriculum relevant to their needs and abilities,
* develop children as caring sensitive and tolerant individuals who have a clear understanding of right and wrong,
introduce children to a wide range of experiences and challenges which motivate and enrich their learning, now and in the future,
* have high expectation of all children in terms of learning and behaviour,
* value all children equally, upholding their rights regardless of gender, ability, disability, colour or race,
* promote a strong partnership with parents based on shared information and responsibility for children’s learning,
* serve the community well, encouraging and welcoming support and interest, and inspiring confidence in the work of the school.
Arranging a visit to Bankfields Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Emma.Gatenby@bankfields.steelriver.org.uk.
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