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PART-TIME Y2 and/or Y4 CLASS TEACHER

Deeping St James Community Primary School, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, PE6 8PZ

24 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  23 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday and/or Friday - to fit with job-share teachers already in post
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year - with possibility to become permanent
• Pay scale: M1 to M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking, committed and creative teacher, who wishes to fully involve themselves as an integral part of a very friendly and forward thinking school. This role is to complete a job share in our Y2 and Y4 classes - working Monday and/or Friday each week.

The successful candidate will be able to deliver high quality teaching and learning, being able to motivate and inspire children to become the best learners that they can be, and have a very good understanding of assessment for learning.

They must have an excellent sense of humour and be able to build up very good relationships with children, parents and other staff colleagues. Experience in delivering Little Wandle Phonics or similar would be desirable.

This post is initially for this academic year.

Applications from teachers at, or near, the beginning of their careers, and from more experienced teachers are welcome.

Our school is highly committed to safeguarding children and this post is subject to a DBS clearance and other significant safeguarding checks.

Application forms are available from the school office.

Tel: 01778 342314

E-Mail: Marcelle.Russell@dsj.school

Visits to the school are encouraged and very welcome.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a genuine commitment to staff wellbeing, a supportive school community and the opportunity to make a real difference.

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

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 complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Deeping St James Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Deeping St James Community Primary School website
• Email address: marcelle.russell@dsj.school
• Phone number: 01778 342 314
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/deeping-st-james-community-primary-school

At Deeping St James we aim to ensure every child is encouraged and inspired to reach their full potential within a diverse, exciting and broad school curriculum. 

Our four Learning Behaviours encourage our children to develop into:

Resilient Risk Takers
Determined Self-Improvers
Co-operative Group Workers
Persistent Problem Solvers

We believe that these skills, and the knowledge delivered by our curriculum and adults in school, best prepare all of our children for their futures. We believe that a safe, creative and stimulating environment is essential for learning, where knowledge and skills are applied and used in practical and real ways.

Our curriculum has been designed to help develop our Learning Behaviours and to inspire our children by sharing with them a wide range of opportunities. We want our curriculum to help all of our children find an area in which they excel and to nurture a life-long love of learning.

We aspire to prepare our children to make a positive impact on the World by becoming confident, kind, respectful, resilient, happy, life-long learners!

Above all, we want our school to be one of the reasons our children smile...

This statement was developed through consultation with staff, children, parents and governors. 

Arranging a visit to Deeping St James Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email marcelle.russell@dsj.school.

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