Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Wingate Primary School, Wingate, County Durham, TS28 5AQ

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual)

Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Location: Wingate Primary School

MPS - UPS

To start October 2026 and to cover until July 2027 or on the return of the substantive postholder

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Primary Teacher to join our team at Wingate Primary School on a temporary basis to cover maternity leave.

The successful candidate will have experience in teaching KS2 and will play a key role in delivering high quality teaching and learning, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential. You will plan and deliver engaging lessons across the primary curriculum, provide effective assessment and feedback, and create a safe, stimulating and supportive classroom environment.

We are looking for a teacher who sets high expectations, demonstrates strong subject knowledge, and can inspire and motivate pupils of all abilities. You will also take an active role in the wider life of the school, contributing to extra-curricular opportunities, supporting pupils’ personal development, and working in partnership with colleagues, parents and carers.

Applicants should hold Qualified Teacher Status and have a clear understanding of primary education, including the EYFS and National Curriculum. A strong commitment to safeguarding, professional development, and collaborative working within the Trust is essential.

We are a Rights Respecting School, we place children’s rights at the heart of all we do, ensuring every pupil has a voice, a sense of belonging, and the opportunity to grow in an environment founded on respect, equality and fairness.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking Trust that places pupils at the heart of everything we do. As a growing organisation, Connect Multi-Academy Trust offers staff the chance to contribute to our continued development and success. Our People Strategy underpins our commitment to being a great place to work. We focus on engaging and including all staff, rewarding and recognising their contribution, supporting professional development, and attracting and welcoming the very best people into our schools.

Our work is guided by five values: we are respectful, ambitious, collaborative, inclusive and resilient. These values shape how we work together and how we support both our staff and our pupils to achieve excellence.

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 4 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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

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 Wingate Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wingate Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wingate-primary-school-wingate

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