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Classroom Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Thames View Primary School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7DX

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• Start date details

  28th August 2025

• Closing date

  15 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) STPC Main/Upper Pay Range

Classroom Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Thames View Primary School is seeking to appoint two enthusiastic, talented, and passionate Classroom Teachers, to start from 28th August 2025.

We have an ambitious vision for our school driven by our excellent team to ensure our students experience as much Outstanding and Good practice as possible. In line with this, we are looking for a candidate who can regularly deliver lessons to these standards.

This is a full time (1.0 FTE), fixed term role, paid based on the STPC Main/Upper Teachers Pay Range, dependant on experience.

This is a fixed term position on a maternity cover basis until July 2026, and there may be opportunity for a permanent position at the end of this period.

Thames View Primary School is a two-form entry school in Rainham, Kent. We are a ‘Good’ school (OFSTED 2020). There are amazing open spaces to explore, offering endless opportunities for a new member of staff, with an experienced team of teachers and a wonderful team that will be willing to offer support to a new member of staff.

What can we offer you?

The successful candidate will be someone who has high expectations and is genuinely passionate about education. In return, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitive remuneration package, providing first class professional development and career opportunities.

We value our staff and actively support their professional development and have redesigned our working week to place even greater emphasis on employee development. You will have access to ongoing professional development including accredited courses. If you are looking to extend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Benefits of Working with The Howard Academy Trust

We care about the personal and professional wellbeing of our staff, and are pleased to offer:

• Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Benenden Healthcare
• Free Flu Jabs
• Free Health Checks
• Access EarlyPay
• Skills Network of 30 Free Level 2 8 – 12 week courses
• Discounted gym membership
• CPD afternoons
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Free parking on all our sites

If you require any further information, please contact the school by calling 01634 335490 or via email to office@thamesviewprimary.medway.sch.uk

We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

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.

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About Thames View Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 457 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thames View Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thames-view-primary-school

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