Teachers for PPA and cover across EYFS/KS1 & KS2

Beatrix Potter Primary School, London, SW18 3ER

41 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required from January 2026

• Closing date

  8 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Zero Hours contract
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: Teachers Pay Scale –M1-M6 (£40,317 to £52,300)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are currently seeking an excellent teacher to join our cover team. You could be asked to cover across any year group, but we are happy to consider key stage specific applications too. Some of the cover could be ad hoc (e.g. illness of the classroom teacher) and equally there may be options for stints of regular and predictable hours.

Visits welcomed by appointment. For further information please contact Win Drake, School Business Manager, on 020 8874 1482.

What the school offers its staff

Are you seeking flexible working patterns? Are you a creative and very organised teacher with excellent skills in maintaining high expectations and a keen interest in developing children’s thinking, learning and social skills?

Beatrix Potter is a popular, oversubscribed primary school in Earlsfield with excellent transport links.

As a Gold Rights Respecting school, we are renowned for our nurturing ethos and are committed to developing learning that is active, challenging, structured and engaging for all our pupils, leading to the highest of outcomes.

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.

An information pack, including a Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below or from the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/

Completed application forms must be returned to the school at sbm@beatrixpotter.wandsworth.sch.uk either by email, post or fax.

Closing Date: 08 January 2026 (at noon)

Interviews: Week commencing 19 January 2026 and across the rest of the month

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to a full safeguarding check including a DBS check.

CVs are not accepted.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Beatrix Potter Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 348 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beatrix Potter Primary School website
• Email address: sbm@beatrixpotter.wandsworth.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beatrix-potter-primary-school

A two form entry popular Primary in the London Borough of Wandsworth

Arranging a visit to Beatrix Potter Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@beatrixpotter.wandsworth.sch.uk.

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