Year 4 Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6QY24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 8am
Date listed
27 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) MPS1-6
Year 4 Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School are seeking an enthusiastic and committed teacher to join our supportive and friendly team. St Mary and St Peter's is part of the St John the Baptist Multi Academy Trust. Our school is enriched by close links with St Mary's RC Primary in Lowestoft, as well as the other Catholic schools within the MAT and our local and global communities.
We believe in our mission which states that “Our learning adventure will see each and every one of us thrive in God’s love as we set sail for success.”
We know that even with God’s love we can sometimes experience challenges. Just like our patron saints, Mary and Peter, they experienced difficult times in their life that took strength and perseverance to overcome. At our school, we value this challenge and encourage children to experience it, knowing that together with our support and love, they will experience a successful outcome be it in an academic subject or through social experiences. We are all exploring our own talents and each day we ‘Set Sail for Success’.
Our aim is for all our children to enjoy their learning experiences. Every person is a valued member of our community, invited to follow Christ’s call to a life of love, hope and forgiveness. We respect and support each other to live in peace. We embrace challenge and develop the courage to create a better world for us all.
The successful candidate will:
- be sympathetic towards the aims and ethos of our Catholic school
- work collaboratively alongside the SENDCO
- challenge, motivate and inspire children to achieve their best
- have an approachable, positive mind-set and be able to build strong relationships with pupils, staff, parents and the wider community
- have experience of teaching children in KS2
- be dedicated to delivering a broad and balanced curriculum
We offer:
- a friendly school with a committed and supportive staff team
- an opportunity to make a tangible difference and help shape the future
- a supportive Governing Body and Parish
- on-going professional development opportunities and a commitment to staff wellbeing as set out in our Trust Staff Charter
- opportunities for further career development within our Multi-Academy Trust
- the opportunity to be part of a community of Catholic schools, committed to achieving excellence through purposeful collaboration and people growth
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and welcomed by arrangement. Please contact the school on 01493 445117 or office@smspprimary.norfolk.sch.uk to arrange a visit. Applications should be made via mynewterm.
St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust welcomes applications from members of minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to to share this commitment in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Successful applicants will be required to provide references and undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and comply with the Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection practices of the Trust.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before you apply.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 230 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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