Teacher
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 4LJ18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School are looking for an inspiring and enthusiastic Teacher. This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive staff team and nurture young minds by creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment.
We are a popular and successful school, with everyone involved working hard to help our children to be the best they can and gain the knowledge, skills and understanding to be able to flourish both in and out of school. Our strong Catholic faith underpins everything we do; ensuring that the focus to enable every child to feel loved and safe is at the heart of everything we do. We openly welcome and nurture all children who attend our school, celebrating the diversity across our local community. Our school charter of RESPECT, created by staff and pupils, helps allows us to strive to be the best citizens we can be.
We welcome hearing from both early career and experienced teachers with knowledge of teaching from FS2 to Y6.
We are looking for someone who:
- Can motivate, challenge and inspire children to achieve their best
- Will positively support the Catholic ethos of the school
- Is a highly effective classroom practitioner with high expectations, creative approaches to learning and a strong belief in teamwork and collaboration
- Will be inspirational in their teaching, delivering lively and interesting lessons which positively impact on learning
- Has excellent knowledge of the National Curriculum
- Is fair, consistent and able to manage behaviour
- Is committed to inclusion
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- A welcoming and supportive staff team
- Support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
- A commitment to your professional development
- Friendly and caring school and parish community
- A passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
- An excellent pension package
- Health and wellbeing support
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 121 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@sh.bkcat.uk
- Phone number
- 01977 625 354
Arranging a visit to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@sh.bkcat.uk.
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