Primary Teacher

Didcot Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6DP

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  2nd November 2026

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) M1- M6

Primary Teacher job summary

Didcot Primary Academy is seeking to appoint from 2nd November 2026 an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher to join our team on a fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly effective teacher, who will teach a small group of Year 4 pupils who require a different approach to English and Mathematics due to their learning needs and cognitive understanding. In the afternoons you would then be teaching in Year 2, 4 and 6 across the week, releasing our senior leaders.

This vacancy represents an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team, many of whom have been at the school for a long period of time. Work life balance is seriously considered at this school.

We are looking for a teacher who:

Is passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable

Can fill our children’s lives with creativity, challenge, wonder and fun

Can create a haven in which our children feel especially safe, valued and happy

Has high expectations of themselves as well as the attainment and behaviour of pupils

In return we can offer:

A committed and friendly team aiming for excellence in all they do

Children who are well behaved, happy and eager to learn

A commitment to high quality professional development

A supportive and encouraging Senior Leadership Team and Trust

A superb working environment in our fabulous building with extensive grounds

Genuine work life balance considerations

We welcome visits to the school, please contact us and we would be happy to show you around and discuss this opportunity further.

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

Didcot Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All adults are required to adhere to the school’s safeguarding policies and practices. As part of the school’s safe recruitment procedures all staff regularly undergo enhanced DBS checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Didcot Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Didcot Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/didcot-primary-academy

Didcot Primary is an outstanding (OFSTED 2024) popular, ambitious and successful multicultural primary school, with a nursery, that opened in September 2016. The school currently has 457 pupils (from nursery to Year 6).

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