Teacher (Maternity Cover for 1 year)

Alderwood Primary School, London, SE9 2JH

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £40,317.00 - £52,300.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher (Maternity Cover for 1 year) job summary

Class Teacher

Required for January 2026

(Maternity cover for 1 year)

Are you passionate about making a difference for all children?

We are seeking an inspirational teacher with vision and high expectations for learning to join our team, inspiring children and promoting excellence.

Alderwood Primary is a one form entry school, judged by OFSTED to be good.

We are a research-engaged community and are constantly seeking new and innovative ways of developing teaching for learning. Our ethos is one of mutual respect and positive values for life-long learning. We are part of The Compass Partnership MAT; an innovative and forward-thinking group of schools comprising of Alderwood, Boxgrove, Cann Hall, Deansfield, Halstow, Horn Park, John Ray Junior, Kidbrooke Park, Notley Green, Shalford, South Rise, Willow Dene, and Wingfield. The Partnership offers immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision, sharing of good practice and professional growth.

As a member of our team, you will:

• Be part of a learning community committed to achieving the best for our children

• Learn about our creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning

• Have access to the latest research and see how we apply it to teaching and learning

• Be part of a forward thinking, dynamic team of professionals who see children at the heart of the learning process

• Have opportunities to learn within the Compass Partnership of schools

• Enjoy teaching and learning in small and friendly school, which has an extensive outdoor learning space (including a forest school)

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please email awcontact@compassps.uk to arrange.

Closing date: Friday, 17th October 2025

Interviews will be held during the week commencing Friday 24th October 2025

As part of the interview process you will be required to teach a lesson.

Please visit our Careers Page on My New Term to find out more about this role and to make an application.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Alderwood is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the school. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).

Our successful candidate will also be health checked, and references will be requested before interview. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Alderwood Primary School prides itself on being a “Safer Recruitment” school and all staff are vigilant and focused to maintain this.

Child protection and safeguarding is taken extremely seriously here at Alderwood Primary and we consider it to be everyone’s concern.

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 Alderwood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alderwood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alderwood-primary-school-london

Alderwood Primary School is proud to be a member of the Compass Partnership of Schools and is a values-based education community dedicated to the care and development of the whole child. Our values underpin everything we do from our broad and balanced curriculum to how we treat each other and our environment every moment of every day.

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