Year 5 class teacher - Maternity Leave

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 3JG

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  13 May 2025 at 2pm

• Date listed

  26 April 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 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) Main Scale

Year 5 class teacher - Maternity Leave job summary

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is looking to appoint a Year 5 teacher to cover a maternity leave from September 1st 2025.

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is a thriving large school located at the heart of our community. We have a commitment and passion to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance and challenge to set them on the right path. We value the relationships we have with our children and their families and see the importance of working in a partnership together.

You will be joining a strong and supportive staff team who are creative and innovative and provide the best learning opportunities for all of our pupils. We are always striving to develop, learn and improve our practice.

To ensure that you have a comprehensive induction and hand over of the class, you will be able to spend the first week of term team teaching alongside the current class teacher. Where possible we would also like to invite you in during the summer term to meet the staff, children and parents and spend a day planning with your team.

We provide high quality, supportive and engaging teaching for all the pupils in our school. You would be joining an exceptional and supportive wider team of professionals, who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and our mission to make every day count for the children. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children and so, we put them at the heart of the decisions we make and the services we provide.

Our curriculum, alongside our ethos and values, celebrates the uniqueness of each individual and has enabled an environment where staff and pupils are encouraged to push boundaries to be the very best they can in all aspects of life.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about teaching children
• Is interested in education and impacting on the lives of children
• Is determined to make every day count for our children
• Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Can work effectively as part of a team
• Has enthusiasm, energy, integrity and professionalism
• Has an eye for detail
• Will be a positive and happy member of our team

We can offer you:

• A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
• Weekly PPA with your year group
• Support to develop you within this role, to be the best you can be
• An opportunity to be part of a supportive, developmental partnership
• The opportunity for quality Continuous Professional Learning
• A varied job where no day is the same
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering specialist support including counselling, financial support, and legal advice

Your core duties will be:

• Being an excellent classroom practitioner who strives to be the best they can be
• Contributing positively to the year group and phase team
• Playing a wider role in school life to help us make our school the best it can be

Application Details

Early application is strongly encouraged, as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.

If you would like to apply for this role please arrange a visit to the school so you can see more of what we offer and the role that you would be applying for. If you are unable to visit then please contact the school office to arrange a telephone call with our Head Teacher, Claire Lindsay.

We are really looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you as part of our team.

Commitment to safeguarding

We recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We will endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We will be alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. The procedures contained in our policies apply to all staff, volunteers and governors/ member of the Cotgrave Candleby Lane and are consistent with those of Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP)

Applying for the job

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

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About Cotgrave Candleby Lane School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 548 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cotgrave Candleby Lane School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cotgrave-candleby-lane-school

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School and Nursery is at the heart of our community and strives to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance and challenge to be the best they can be. Our fun and engaging approach, mixed with an invigorating environment and ethos, enables staff and pupils to push boundaries to be the very best they can be in all aspects of school life. We value the uniqueness in every child and celebrate this with them. This is mirrored with the staff too as every member of our team has to celebrate and be clear about what makes them unique.

The school is proud of the strong bonds created with our children and families. This careful development is the product of nurture; our drive to develop the school’s eight values and truly going the extra mile for our children and families. The strong bonds are also reflected in our staff team, who have a ‘can do’ approach, care for each other, learn together and work well together as a high performing team. Importantly, we also know how to have fun in what we do.

‘Relentless in our strive for excellence’ underpins everything that we do and alongside our values (Confidence, Aspiration, Creativity, Fun, Pride, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility), this ethos helps all our children to achieve the best that they can in all areas of their learning. Our Candleby Lane Curriculum vision is LOVE (Long term memory, Oracy rich, Values based, Experiential). Our curriculum promotes a love of learning. It is broad and balanced, rich and varied, and offers our pupils a learning journey that ensures they develop the knowledge, skills, experiences, attitudes and beliefs to become confident and passionate future citizens of the world.

All members of staff and the governing body accept responsibility for ensuring the progress of all of our children and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring and nurturing environment. We hope that each child will develop a love for learning and we are determined to ensure that all of our children are given every chance to maximise their full potential.

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