Year 4 Class Teacher

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3DD

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (659)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full time equivalent salary: Main Pay Scale

Year 4 Class Teacher job summary

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School - A Voluntary Academy

Bridge Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3DD 

Headteacher: Mrs D McNeill · Deputy Headteachers: Mrs G Curry – Curriculum · Mrs M Geen – Pastoral

MATERNITY COVER TEACHER for Year 4 from January 2027

Salary: Main Pay Scale

Contract Type: Full time (possibly 0.8 or 0.6) temporary

This role is suitable for an ECT.

The Governors of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School wish to appoint a teacher to teach in one of our Year 4 classes to cover a maternity cover.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and hard-working practitioner to join our welcoming and happy school, judged outstanding in our most recent inspection (February 2024).

We will offer you:

· A supportive, welcoming and friendly team of staff and governors

· A well-resourced, warm and welcoming environment that supports creative and effective teaching

· Children who enjoy learning

· A vibrant community strengthened by excellent attendance and a culture where children want to be in school

· Opportunities for continual professional development

The successful applicant will be someone who:

· Is a practising Catholic, or is supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

· Is an excellent classroom teacher, committed to high standards

· Works collaboratively as part of the team

· Is creative and adaptable

· Has good knowledge of the National Curriculum

Why join us?

At St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, you’ll play a part in the early educational development of our young pupils, supported by our wider staff team.

We welcome tours and visit to the school ahead of interview.    

Application deadline is Friday 16th October 2026.

Interview date to be confirmed.

Safeguarding Statement:

All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau) and undergo due diligence checks on social media use.

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 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 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 487 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-aldershot

ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
PRIMARY SCHOOL

NOR 480

St Joseph’s is a Voluntary Academy in the Diocese of Portsmouth

Headteacher: Mrs D McNeill

Curriculum: St Joseph’s follows a broad based
curriculum with an emphasis on achievement.

www.stjosephsaldershot.org
Children experiencing learning difficulties are given extra consideration and help;
the school is highly regarded in this respect.

Admission: The school admits boys and girls in the year they are four years old until they transfer to secondary school normally at the age of eleven.

Further information from
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Bridge Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 3DD
Telephone: (01252) 350583 E-mail:admin@st-josephs.hants.sch.uk

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