8 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 June 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday - Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916 - £45,351

What skills and experience we're looking for

Portreath Primary School is a village school on the north coast of Cornwall. We are a school that prides itself on its very special relationship with its community. Everyone knows and cares about each other. Portreath is a happy school that is committed to helping children do and be their very best. We believe that happy children are the most successful learners.

At Portreath School we have five school values: kindness, empathy, inclusion, honesty and gratitude. Our focus is on building strong relationships. We want everyone to feel that they belong and see themselves as special. Our school motto is ‘Be curious, creative and courageous to grow and make a difference.

Teachers within our trust work collaboratively both across ages and subjects within their own schools and across all Crofty Schools. We strongly believe in developing the potential of all staff and have a comprehensive professional development programme, for staff at all levels, which understands ours is an intellectual and practical profession that draws its energy from rich conversations.

Our Trust is committed to working collaboratively providing ongoing CPD and career opportunities to enable you to make a difference to the benefit of pupils and the local community.

Crofty Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. There is an expectation of all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a successful Disclosure & Barring check and satisfactory references.

As a part of our recruitment process, the Trust might carry out online searches on those that have been shortlisted for interview as part of our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education. These searches may include, but are not limited to search engines, news websites and social media pages, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Any information discovered in the searches that the Trust deems relevant, and therefore processes and uses, will be stored in line with our Data Protection Policy and the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

The online searches will be carried out by a member of staff who does not sit on a selection panel and only information relevant to the recruitment process will be passed to the panel.By applying for a vacancy within the Trust, you consent to online searches being carried out, and furthermore, understand that we have a legitimate interest in doing so. We may use any information uncovered to help identify incidents or issues that are available online and may discuss these with you at interview.

What the school offers its staff

Our Trust is committed to working collaboratively providing ongoing CPD and career opportunities to enable you to make a difference to the benefit of pupils and the local community.

Crofty Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. There is an expectation of all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a successful Disclosure & Barring check and satisfactory references.

Non contractual Benefits:

Cycle to work scheme

Free eye tests

Discounted membership for leisure centers

Retail discount platform

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to laura.finney@croftymat.org

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About Portreath Community Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
148 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01209311135

Arranging a visit to Portreath Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email laura.finney@croftymat.org.

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