Year 3 Class Teacher

Seymour Park Community Primary School, Manchester, M16 9QE

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - January 1st 2026 - August 31st 2026 in Year 3 (with potential for a further term subject to staffing changes) - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a teacher who:

• Is an exceptional and dedicated classroom practitioner with a growth mind-set.
• Is enthusiastic, caring, forward thinking and positive.
• Has the highest expectations for all children’s learning, welfare and behaviour.
• Is supportive of our core values and our vision as a GOLD Rights Respecting school.
• Is a team player who thrives in a collaborative, innovative working environment.
• Has an understanding of the challenges and rewards of teaching in a vibrant and diverse urban community.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer the successful candidates:

• Incredible children who love their school and love to learn.
• An ambitious community school with a clear vision and the highest aspirations for all its children.
• A school that cares for and nurtures every member of our school family, including our staff. Our no marking policy, wellbeing days and welfare package are examples of how we live this promise to our staff.
• An outstanding school (Ofsted December 2023)
• A large, supportive and dedicated team, as a 3-form entry school.
• A strong commitment to your continuing professional development, including the Early Career Framework, and a passion for excellence in teaching, including research and development.

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.

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

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.

Upload additional documents

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

Seymour Park CPS Teacher application pack.pdf - 1.05 MB (opens in new tab)

About Seymour Park Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 684 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Seymour Park Community Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@seymourpark.com
• Phone number: 0161 872 1150
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/seymour-park-community-primary-school

Seymour Park is a highly successful and thriving school family. We believe education matters and changes lives. We empower our children to make a difference in their own lives, the life of their community, and in our world. At Seymour Park, we provide our children with an education that makes a world of difference.

Children at Seymour Park love their school and flourish. We are incredibly proud to be a GOLD UNICEF Rights Respecting School where children’s rights are learned, lived and truly valued.

This success comes from our high academic expectations and our commitment to providing our children with the fullest possible educational experience. We call this the Seymour Park Experience. Our children enjoy learning the ukulele, lessons in our state of the art Digital Hub, and performing Shakespeare as part of the Children's Shakespeare Festival at the Lowry Theatre.

Seymour Park Community Primary School serves our brilliant community of Old Trafford and has welcomed local families into our school for over 100 years. Today we are proud to be a diverse, vibrant school family at the heart of Old Trafford.

Arranging a visit to Seymour Park Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@seymourpark.com.

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