Teacher - Fixed term

Shaldon Primary School, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 0DD

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (554)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - Starting as soon as possible and ending on the 31st August 2027
• Pay scale: M1 - M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Shaldon Primary School, we are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who will:

• be committed to ensuring that all children achieve the highest possible outcomes;
• have a passion for maintaining high expectations in teaching and learning;
• demonstrate outstanding pedagogy that inspires, motivates and challenges pupils to be the best they can be;
• understand and value collaborative learning; and
• work in partnership with the headteacher, local committee and wider community to translate our mission and ethos into action.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer candidates:

• An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential through our Talent Management Program
• Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
• Inspirational leadership with support from a Lead Practitioner and an NLE
• Collaborative support from other professionals from within the Trust
• A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
• Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
• The opportunity to work with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support

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.

The Academies for Character and Excellence comprises 20 primary schools across Torbay, Devon and Somerset, together forming a dynamic and innovative learning organisation. At the heart of all we do is the pursuit of excellence. We want to grow an exceptional trust comprising excellent schools. We are achieving this through our shared core values of Collaboration, Community, Integrity, Equity and, of course, Uncompromising Excellence. Our church schools reflect the Church of England’s vision for education, ‘Life in all its fullness’, enabling everyone to flourish.

We are truly collaborative and work together within and across our schools to ensure that, through our full and rich curriculum, all our children achieve their full potential. We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than academic excellence alone. We also want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Shaldon Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 0 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Shaldon Primary School website
• Email address: rozel.ridgway@acexcellence.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shaldon-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Shaldon Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rozel.ridgway@acexcellence.co.uk.

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