17 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    16 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: Fridays.

Contract type

Fixed term - May 26 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an ambitious teacher to join us at our caring and supportive school. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic teacher who can provide engaging and challenging lessons and can promote a passion for learning that reaches far beyond the classroom walls.

We encourage a love of learning so that our pupils take this with them for the rest of their lives embracing opportunities, responsibilities and experiences that come their way. A committed and hardworking team create a creativity, curiosity and motivation to learn.We aim high at St Joseph’s and collaboration and partnerships are key players in our success. We work closely with our partner school, English Martyrs’, and also all of the primary schools within the BKCAT Trust.

We are looking for an outstanding teacher who is:

  • Creative, dynamic and innovative
  • An excellent classroom practitioner
  • Able to secure progress for the children
  • Committed to excellence, enjoyment and fun
  • Able to work as part of a close team
  • Fully committed to the mission and ethos of our Catholic school

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
206 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01977 555780

Arranging a visit to St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Castleford

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbeswick@sjc.bkcat.uk.

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