Teacher
Coleridge Primary, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 1LW3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual)
Teacher job summary
KEY PURPOSE OF THE POST.
- Deliver high-quality teaching and learning that meets the diverse needs of all pupils, using effective planning and the latest pedagogical approaches.
- Monitor and assess pupil progress, maintaining accurate records and using data to inform teaching strategies and interventions.
- Act as a key point of contact for pupils, parents, carers, and external agencies, developing positive relationships and ensuring effective communication.
- Provide support, advice, and guidance to colleagues, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and professional learning.
- Work collaboratively with school leadership and external agencies to support pupil development, inclusion, and safeguarding.
- Engage with parents, carers, and the wider community, promoting a strong home-school partnership to enhance pupil outcomes.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of policies, procedures, and best practices, ensuring compliance with school and national educational standards.
- Commit to ongoing professional development, participating in relevant training to refine teaching practice and stay current with educational developments.
- Demonstrate strong communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, handling challenges with professionalism, discretion, and resilience.
- Uphold the school’s ethos and values, contributing to a safe, inclusive, and aspirational learning environment where all pupils thrive.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Passionate and committed to making a difference, with a genuine enthusiasm for teaching and a dedication to fostering a love of learning in all pupils.
- Resilient, adaptable, and reflective, with the ability to respond to challenges positively, continuously improve practice, and support the evolving needs of the school community.
- Flexible, adaptable and creative and able to respond positively to change.
- Has a drive for excellence and a desire to be outstanding.
- Is highly organised, motivated and driven to succeed.
- Is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of ALL students.
- Will uphold and promote the ethos and values of the school
In return we can offer:-
- Strong supportive partnerships with parents and the wider community
- A happy, stimulating and safe learning environment
- Dedicated staff committed to achieving high standards
- A strong supportive and highly experienced leadership team, Trust and governing body
- Opportunities for professional development, coaching and mentoring and succession planning
HOW TO APPLY AND KEY DATES
To apply for this vacancy, please complete the vacancy through the My New Term platform, accessible via the school website https://www.coleridgeprimary.org/vacancies/
The school prides itself on its welcoming and positive environment and would warmly encourage you to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact our Office Manager, Lisa Fitzgerald at (l.fitzgerald@coleridgeprimary.org) if you would like visit school.
We are proposing that visits take place on Tuesday 15th of AprilorWednesday 23rd of Aprilat4:00pm. If you are unable to visit the school, you are welcome to arrange a phone call with the Executive Headteacher for an informal conversation about the school and its ethos.
Closing date: 12 noon Monday 28 April 2025
Shortlisting: Monday 28 April 2025
Interviews: Thursday 1 May 2025
COMPLIANCE AND SAFEGUARDING
To apply, completed application forms should be submitted via the My New Term platform.
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
CLPT is required under law and guidance to check the criminal background of all employees. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of an enhanced disclosure, including a Barred List check, from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
If shortlisted for an interview you will be required to disclose to us information about any:
- adult cautions (simple or conditional);
- conditional cautions;
- convictions in a Court of Law; and
This information can be disclosed either verbally at interview or by completing a relevant conviction form after interview if that is your preference. It is an offence for anyone to apply for a role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
CHILDCARE (DISQUALIFCATION) (Applicable to Primary aged Schools)
In accordance with the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009 the Governors are required to obtain an additional staff disqualification declaration for employees within settings providing care for early years childcare (this covers the age range from birth until 1st September following a child’s fifth birthday i.e. up to and including reception age) or later years childcare (this covers children above reception age but who have not attained the age of 8) in nursery, primary or secondary school educational settings, or if when directly concerned with the management of such childcare related establishments. This declaration is to confirm that you are not disqualified ‘by association’ to anyone currently residing within your household who is disqualified under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK
We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to live and work in the UK. If you are successful, we will ask you to provide appropriate documents, such as a passport, visa of full birth certificate and national insurance number to confirm this. (Further details are available from the UK Boarder Agency website).
CLPT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. CLPT expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post involves working with children and therefore will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
If you are shortlisted for an interview, we shall request two references at this stage to comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The academy values diversity and inclusion welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. Equality is promoted and the academy will guarantee an interview to disabled candidates if the essential job criteria is met fully.
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 are not accepted.
About Coleridge Primary
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Coleridge Primary website
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Tinsley Meadows Primary School
34a Norborough Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1SG
Laughton Junior and Infant School
School Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 1YP
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Rotherham