Year 3 Maternity Leave teacher required from January 2026

Didcot Primary Academy, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6DP

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  23 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 November 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
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) M1- M6

Year 3 Maternity Leave teacher required from January 2026 job summary

Didcot Primary Academy is seeking to appoint from January 2026 an enthusiastic and dedicated Year 3 teacher to join our team for at least 12 months. DPA is a popular, ambitious and successful multi-cultural primary school. Our most recent Ofsted inspection, held in December 2024, found that the school had further built on the previous judgement of outstanding in all areas.

This vacancy represents an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated team, many of whom have been at the school for a long period of time. Work life balance is seriously considered at this school. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced staff in a parallel class either in KS1 or KS2.

We are looking for a teacher who:

Is passionate about making learning effective and enjoyable

Can fill our children’s lives with creativity, challenge, wonder and fun

Can create a haven in which our children feel especially safe, valued and happy

Has high expectations of themselves as well as the attainment and behaviour of pupils

In return we can offer:

A committed and friendly team aiming for excellence in all they do

Children who are well behaved, happy and eager to learn

A commitment to high quality professional development

A supportive and encouraging Senior Leadership Team and Trust

A superb working environment in our fabulous building with extensive grounds

Genuine work life balance considerations

We welcome visits to the school, please contact us and we would be happy to show you around and discuss this opportunity further.

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

Didcot Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All adults are required to adhere to the school’s safeguarding policies and practices. As part of the school’s safe recruitment procedures all staff regularly undergo enhanced DBS checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Didcot Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 456 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Didcot Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/didcot-primary-academy

Didcot Primary is an outstanding (OFSTED 2024) popular, ambitious and successful multicultural primary school, with a nursery, that opened in September 2016. The school currently has 457 pupils (from nursery to Year 6).

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