Teacher - Early Years - Maternity Cover

Badbury Park Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6ER

73 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 January 2026

• Closing date

  30 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,606.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher - Early Years - Maternity Cover job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, outdoor loving and experienced Early Years Teacher to cover a maternity leave in the New Year. We are a happy, supportive group where everyone works hard to give the best education possible to the children. We are passionate about Forest School, outdoor learning, loose part play and the use of natural authentic resources.

Badbury Park Primary School is part of The Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon. We offer excellent benefits including a competitive salary with scope for progression, an excellent pension scheme, free car parking and a discount scheme for local shops. We value our staff and believe in them. We offer you training and support you to develop, along with a friendly and supportive team of colleagues to work with.

Our school is a friendly, happy place where children are known and cared for. Teachers and pupils treat each other with respect and kindness, helping children to persevere and achieve their potential. Our curriculum is play based and creative and allows for children to explore in different ways – using hands on experiences and interesting stimuli. We believe in innovative teaching that engages pupils’ interests and inspires a love of learning. Forest School will ensure children achieve and develop confidence and self- esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a natural outdoor environment.

The successful applicant will:

Be fun, creative and enthusiastic with a love for outdoor learning

Have experience in an excellent Early Years setting or Reception Class

Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with pupils, parents and other staff

Be innovative and flexible, yet rigorous with an eye for detail

Be passionate about inclusive practice and play based learning

Be adaptable to support the growth of our new school

We would encourage you to visit the school to see the fabulous facilities for yourself and to meet the team. For further information and to speak to the Headteacher, Mrs Louise Dance or the Assistant Headteacher for KS1, Mrs Charlotte Debono, please contact the school office to book a tour.

Applications should be submitted electronically by 30th September, however we will review applications as they come in and may close this vacancy early, so please don’t delay your application.

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.

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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 Badbury Park Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Badbury Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/badbury-park-primary-school

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