Primary Teacher - Maternity Cover
St Mary's School and 6th Form College, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2LU26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Sep - Dec 25 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + SEN1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Primary Teacher – Maternity Cover
(Primary, Secondary or Special School experienced), Please specify your areas of specialism / qualification when applying.
MPS/UPS + SEN1
To start September 2025 for a fixed term until 31st December 2025. We understand that notice periods may require that successful candidates may not be able to start until later in the autumn. Please confirm required notice period when applying.
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, flexible and innovative teacher as a maternity cover position in our primary provision.
St Mary’s is a popular and successful residential special school and college for pupils/students aged 5 to 19 with speech, language and communication needs, learning difficulties and other associated SEND.
We welcome applications from highly successful and experienced primary, secondary, mainstream or special school teachers, as well as ECT Teachers. We are especially interested in hearing from candidates who have successfully worked with children with complex SEND in their current or previous experience (for one of our current vacancies). We ask candidates to please identify aspects of particular strength and successful experience when applying.
We would like to appoint a teacher who is able to adapt well to new challenges and is committed to raising achievement and who have the ability to demonstrate outstanding practice and high ambition for our pupils/students. The successful candidates will be especially skilled in adapting planning, implementing additional support programs to meet pupils’/students’ specific needs.
St Mary’s is a great school to work in. We can offer a very high-quality learning environment, a friendly and welcoming staff team, including an onsite therapy team, access to excellent resources and our pupils/students are a delight to work with!
The successful candidates will demonstrate:
- An understanding & interest in SEND, with experience in working with pupils/students requiring additional support in accessing the curriculum;
- The ability to ensure aspirational pupil/student progress for all pupils/students, regardless of their prior attainment, which at St Mary's is significantly below age related expectations;
- The ability to work effectively within a team, providing direction to support staff delivering targeted intervention programmes.
To apply, please e-mail hr@stmarysbexhill.org for an application pack
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the post by arrangement. Please call the school office to speak to Natalie Edwards, Principal: 01424 730740
Closing date for applications is NOON on 16th June 2025, interviews will be held the following week.
For safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept CVs by way of application.
St Mary’s is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and an online search will be carried out for all shortlisted applicants.
What the school offers its staff
St Mary’s is a great school to work in. We can offer a very high-quality learning environment, a friendly and welcoming staff team, including an onsite therapy team, access to excellent resources and our pupils/students are a delight to work with!
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 hr@stmarysbexhill.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Mary's School and 6th Form College
- School type
- Special school, Inter- / non- denominational, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 140 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's School and 6th Form College website
- Email address
- hr@stmarysbexhill.org
- Phone number
- 01424 730 740
St Mary’s is a residential special school and college for children with a range of special educational needs, including speech, language and communication, autism and other associated difficulties.
Arranging a visit to St Mary's School and 6th Form College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@stmarysbexhill.org.
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