POST OF 0.47 EYFS TEACHER- 30 HOUR OFFER FOR 3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS
Marine Park First School, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE26 1LT19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
28 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Part time: 15.28 hours per week Monday to Friday PM's FTE 0.47 (which includes 10% to cover your own PPA)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year
Pay scale
- MPS1 to UPS 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful applicant will have:
- Exemplary EYFS practitioner skills;
- High expectations of pupils and be fully committed to raising standards for all pupils, whatever their needs;
- Commitment to promoting excellence, enjoyment and the Marine Park values within the school community;
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and inspire;
- An unswerving commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people;
- The potential/ability to contribute to the monitoring and development of a curriculum area;
- The ability to work closely with the Nursery team, Out of School staff and both the EYFS and Senior Leadership team.
What the school offers its staff
Marine Park is a purpose built, PFI School on an extensive and attractive coastal site in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The school is the largest First School in North Tyneside, currently attracting and serving up to 520 pupils from a wide catchment. There are up to 70 children in the Nursery, many of which access the 30-hour offer. The successful candidate will join an established, committed and successful team of Early Years teaching, support and out of school staff.
The Governors of this successful, large, friendly and happy First School invite applications for the post of 0.47 EYFS Teacher. The successful applicant will be the key person in maintaining, shaping and delivering an outstanding 30-hour offer for 3- and 4-year-old pupils at Marine Park First School. The 30-hour offer extends the 15-hour entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds. This entitlement is in addition to the existing universal 15-hour offer to all 3- and 4-year-olds. In this role, you will be required to teach 3- and 4-year-old children each afternoon ensuring the provision complements the universal 15 hour offer pupils benefit from at Marine Park First School Nursery. As such, you will be required to work closely with the existing EYFS, Out of School and wider school staff to contribute to the outstanding education, safety, welfare, wellbeing, happiness and behaviour that we strive to achieve for the pupils at school. You will also be required to work for an additional 10% (e.g. half a morning per week or a morning every other week) which will give you your PPA entitlement. We can be flexible about the way this is 10% is worked.
The post will commence in September 2025 and would be suitable for recently qualified or experienced teachers. The post is fixed term for one year, initially.
Visits are welcomed and we have arranged two opportunities for candidates to see the school. The times and dates are:
- 1.00 p.m. on Thursday the 20th of March;
- 4.15 p.m. on Monday the 24th of March;
Please contact the school office if you wish to visit at one of these times.
Further details about the role
If you can work collaboratively with a positive staff team, a supportive governing body and, above all, engaging children, please return an application form to the school.
It is an essential requirement of the selection process to submit a well-constructed application form relevant to the job description and Marine Park First School. Also be aware that we will not consider late applications. Our preference is that applications are submitted electronically to Info@marineparkfirst.org.uk. We will also accept applications that are posted or handed into the school office.
We very much look forward to receiving your application no later than 12.30 p.m. on Friday 28th March 2025.
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 info@marineparkfirst.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Marine Park First School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 499 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Marine Park First School website
- Email address
- info@marineparkfirst.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 253 4343
Marine Park is a purpose built, PFI School on an extensive and attractive coastal site in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The school is the largest First School in North Tyneside, currently attracting and serving up to 520 pupils from a wide catchment.
Arranging a visit to Marine Park First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@marineparkfirst.org.uk.
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