Teacher - fixed term - maternity cover for two terms initially

St Oswald's CofE Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN9 3EQ

36 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  14 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher - fixed term - maternity cover for two terms initially job summary

St Oswald's C of E Academy is a popular primary school, situated in Finningley, Doncaster. We are a happy, ambitious and inclusive school reflecting a rich Christian background. The school is an academy within the Diocese of Sheffield Academy Trust.

We are seeking to recruit an excellent classroom practitioner with proven skills to teach in Key Stage 1. This is a great opportunity for someone with suitable skills and experience to join our dynamic team at what is a very exciting phase of our school’s continuing development. This post is suitable for Early Career Teachers or teachers with experience.

Suitable candidates will have a good understanding of the National Curriculum. You will plan and deliver well prepared lessons, which are engaging and motivating and will be able to demonstrate an excellent track record of raising and maintaining standards.

We are looking for someone who:

Is an excellent classroom practitioner with experience in Key Stage 1, including the delivery of RWI phonics.

Is an inspirational teacher for children and colleagues.

Will support the ethos of our Church of England setting.

Have a real passion for promoting a love of learning.

• Is an expert at ensuring pupils make rapid and sustained progress
• Has excellent behavior management skills
• Has an inclusive approach and are able to provide an accessible curriculum for all
• Is driven and take pride in all that they do
• Has ability to engage and enthuse pupils having a creative way to approaching lessons within a primary setting

Has the ability to focus on raising pupil attainment and progress across the Key Stage

Will be committed to the school and will contribute to all aspects of school life.

What we can offer:

Enthusiastic, well-motivated and excellently behaved children

Support from experienced staff

Committed staff team

Supportive parents and local school board members

A commitment to your own professional development

If successful, you will join a friendly and committed staff team, taking responsibility for a class of inquisitive and lively children with support from the Senior Leadership Team.

St Oswald's C of E Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

If you are committed to high standards, be open to develop own expertise and practice and have an enthusiastic and positive attitude; we would be delighted to receive an application from you.

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.

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.

About St Oswald's CofE Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Oswald's CofE Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-oswald-s-cofe-academy-doncaster

At DSAT Multi Academy Trust children are at the centre of all we do. Our ambitious and emerging Multi Academy Trust currently comprises of 17 Primary schools across Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster.

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