Year 5 or Year 6 Class Teacher

St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8XT

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Pay Scale

Year 5 or Year 6 Class Teacher job summary

Year 5 or Year 6 Class Teacher

Salary: Main Pay Scale

Address: St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School

Start Date: September 2026

Contract: Permanent, Full Time.

“We journey and grow in the light of Christ”

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a teacher to join our team.

If you are creative and innovative in your approach to teaching and learning, and are self - motivated, we would love to hear from you.

We are a large, welcoming and inclusive, Primary School located on the beautiful South Coast, with 434 children currently on roll. Our values are an inclusive “Catholic, Coastal and Diverse” approach to all.

Our Mission Statement is "We journey and grow in the light of Christ" and we are a top performing school. We were graded a "Good" school at our last Ofsted in February 2022.

We are very proud of our school grounds and building, with staff and children showing dedication to caring for our classrooms, communal areas and displays of work.

At St Thomas a Becket Catholic Primary School, our intention is that our curriculum extends opportunity, raises aspiration, opens children’s eyes to Jesus and God’s love and the world beyond their immediate environment, enabling them to live happy, healthy and productive lives and inspire them to become lifelong learners.

We aim to build resilience and encourage a positive growth mindset amongst our children as it is often through mistakes we learn the most.

Everyone at St Thomas a Becket follows the Eight Learning Characters which encourages our children to:

• Concentrate
  
• Don’t give up
  
• Be cooperative
  
• Be curious
  

Main Purpose:

The Teacher will:

• Fulfill the professional responsibilities of a teacher, set out in the School Teachers 'Pay and Conditions' Document
  
• Meet the expectations set out in Teachers' Standards.
  
• Take specific responsibility and accountability for the day-to-day management and organisation of their area.
  
• Assist in the smooth running of the school at all times.
  

Duties & Responsibilities:

Teaching

• Plan and teach well-structured lessons to assigned classes, follow the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work.
  
• Assess, Monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment.
  
• Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of the pupils.
  
• Set high expectations that inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
  
• Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils.
  
• Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
  
• Participate in arrangements for preparing pupils for external tests
  

Whole-school organization, strategy and development

• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s values and vision.
  
• Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
  
• Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure coordinated outcomes.
  
• Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach.
  

Health, Safety and discipline

• Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils.
  
• Maintain good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
  

Professional Development

• Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures.
  
• Take part in further training and development in order to improve own teaching.
  
• Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional development of others.
  
• Take part in professional development within your area, sharing ways to improve subject teaching with others.
  

Please see attached document for full Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing date: Monday 20th April at 4pm

Interviews: Monday 27th April

Visits to the school are highly recommended, but do not form part of the recruitment process. Please contact the office to arrange an appointment.

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 Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 444 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-thomas-a-becket-catholic-primary-school-eastbourne

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