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Teacher 0.4 - Maternity Cover

Eckington Junior School, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4FL

This job expired on 5 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1st September 2025. Or earlier if current contract allows.

• Closing date

  5 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,258.00 Annually (Actual) The salary is the actual salary for UPS1 working 2 days per week. The days to work are Monday and Tuesday

Teacher 0.4 - Maternity Cover job summary

Eckington Junior School is a welcoming and inclusive community situated on the Derbyshire / Sheffield border. We pride ourselves on creating a nurturing and stimulating environment where every child is encouraged to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
At Eckington Juniors, we believe in the importance of strong relationships – between staff, children, parents, and the wider community. Our dedicated and supportive team works collaboratively to ensure that all pupils feel safe, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential.
We are committed to continuous improvement and professional development, offering staff a positive and forward-thinking environment to grow and succeed in their careers.
Eckington Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
In return we offer being part of a friendly team who value our staff members and are a hardworking and enthusiastic team with the desire and skills to improve outcomes.
As a Trust we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Eckington Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 136 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eckington Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eckington-junior-school

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