Year 1 Class Teacher - Maternity Cover

Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9EP

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 April 2026

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 9 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Mainscale

What skills and experience we're looking for

The children, staff, Trustees and Governors wish to appoint an innovative, inspirational and dynamic teacher who:

• Knows that all children can flourish
• Can inspire and make things happen
• Plans creatively and delivers motivating lessons
• Enjoys working with others and brings out the best in people
• Rises to a challenge and responds enthusiastically

What the school offers its staff

Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy, part of Abbey Academies Trust, is a three-form entry Church Academy situated in South Lincolnshire. The other schools in our Trust are Bourne Elsea Park C of E Primary Academy and Colsterworth C of E Primary School. The school was judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted in July 2022 and was awarded an ‘Excellent’ SIAMS judgement in May 2023.

We are a community in which everyone is offered the opportunity to fulfil their full potential, to understand themselves and be valued for who they are. Through a stimulating and challenging learning environment, we pursue academic excellence and seek the flourishing of all. This is because we know we are all God’s children.

We recognise that children are created in the image of God but also value their individuality as they explore their own God given talents and are treated with respect and dignity at all times. We understand that a curriculum is the totality of a child’s experience during their entire time at school. It is not isolated to subjects or viewed solely within small timeframes. It is all-encompassing. It is for this reason that our aims and curriculum drivers extend well beyond the individual subjects, showing our commitment to giving all our children every opportunity to achieve in all aspects of their life. Our vision is that through our Christian values, we aim to nurture and challenge all our school family to flourish and become the best they can.

Rewards:

• A positive and caring ethos underpinned by Christian values
• A supportive, energetic, happy and dedicated staff team
• Highly responsive and courteous children with a zest for learning and who see themselves as ‘Agents of Change’
• A committed and proactive Board of Trustees and Local Governing Board
• Active and enthusiastic parents and carers
• A warm and welcoming working environment
• Excellent provision for continuing professional development
• A successful, forward-thinking school with an exciting future

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.

CORE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST:

• As a Teacher you shall carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as circumstances may reasonably require as provided for under the relevant sections of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
• Should circumstances arise which require this job description to be reviewed and amended, any changes will be discussed with you in the first instance. Should a disagreement arise, you will be afforded the opportunity of a meeting to resolve the matter with your Executive Head Teacher/Chief Executive Officer/Headteacher/Head of School who may involve officers of the Education Department as appropriate. You may be accompanied at this meeting by a representative of your Trade Union if you so wish.
• In addition to the duties specified within the section “Particular Responsibilities”, you may be asked to undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that normally any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific cases. This job description does not form part of the Contract of Employment.
• You are required to carry out your duties in line with the stated ethos and principles of the school and in line with your responsibility for promoting and safe guarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible or come into contact with.

For Teachers other than Deputy/Assistant Head, Advanced Skills Teachers only:-

• This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on any or all of them. Your Executive Head Teacher/Chief Executive Officer/Headteacher/Head of School is responsible for maintaining a time budget on which you have been/will be consulted. You will be granted access to this at any reasonable time by arrangement with your Executive Head Teacher/Chief Executive Officer/Headteacher/Head of School.

PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITIES:

i) The post requires you to:-

· teach pupils within the age range 3-11 in accordance with the professional duties of a teacher.

· take an equitable share of whole school curriculum care and management responsibilities.

· carry out your duties in line with the key tasks and management procedures of the school.

Commitment to safeguarding

Abbey Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and employment references. All pre-employment checks, including online checks, are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education".

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 696 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@abbeyacademies.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bourne-abbey-church-of-england-primary-academy

Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy, part of Abbey Academies Trust, is a three-form entry Church Academy situated in South Lincolnshire. The other schools in our Trust are Bourne Elsea Park C of E Primary Academy and Colsterworth C of E Primary School. The school was judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted in July 2021 and was awarded an ‘Excellent’ SIAMS judgement in May 2023.

We are a community in which everyone is offered the opportunity to fulfil their full potential, to understand themselves and be valued for who they are. Through a stimulating and challenging learning environment, we pursue academic excellence and seek the flourishing of all. This is because we know we are all God’s children.

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can,
in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can,
as long as you ever can.”

John Wesley

We recognise that children are created in the image of God but also value their individuality as they explore their own God given talents and are treated with respect and dignity at all times. We understand that a curriculum is the totality of a child’s experience during their entire time at school. It is not isolated to subjects or viewed solely within small timeframes. It is all-encompassing. It is for this reason that our aims and curriculum drivers extend well beyond the individual subjects, showing our commitment to giving all of our children every opportunity to achieve in all aspects of their life. Our vision is that through our Christian values, we aim to nurture and challenge all our school family to flourish and become the best they can.

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