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Year 6 Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Fircroft Primary School, London, SW17 7PP

This job expired on 6 February 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Required for May 2025

• Closing date

  6 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - Up to a year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Teachers Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced and innovative qualified teacher with high expectations to join our friendly team.

What we are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who:

• is flexible, dynamic and proactive
• has recent experience of teaching in Year 6
• has high expectations for all children

What the school offers its staff

Your opportunity

This is a temporary maternity cover position but could lead towards a permanent role in the future. As a Fircroft staff member, you will be an important part of this great school where everyone is valued. You'll be supported by a friendly, forward-thinking leadership team and an amazing local community.

All our staff enjoy regular and relevant professional development and have opportunities to lead areas of the school. We value a creative curriculum and we want our staff to be dynamic in their thinking and teaching and brave enough to take risks. Our classes are smaller than average and our pupils are very well behaved.We really are like a little village school in London!

We offer:

• Inner London salary
• An engaged and enthusiastic community of parents, carers and children
• High quality teachers’ admin support
• An enriched curriculum with specialist teachers (Music, Spanish and PE)
• A minimal marking policy that encourages verbal feedback
• Well behaved pupils

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.

An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below or from the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/.

For any further details please contact the school on the telephone number below.

Completed application forms should be emailed to office@fircroft.family or posted to the school to arrive by 12 p.m.

Closing date: Thursday 6th February 2025 (at noon)
Interviews: Week commencing 10th February 2025
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We do not accept CVs.

Fircroft Primary School
Fircroft Road, Tooting
London SW17 7PP
Tel: 020 8672 6258
Website: www.fircroft.family E-mail: office@fircroft.family
Headteacher: Mrs Denise York
Roll: 281

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointment subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We do not accept CVs.

This job post has expired.

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About Fircroft Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 281 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fircroft Primary School website
• Email address: office@fircroft.family
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fircroft-primary-school

As a Fircroft staff member, you will be an important part of this great school where everyone is valued. You'll be supported by a friendly, forward-thinking leadership team and an amazing local community. All our staff enjoy regular and relevant professional development and have opportunities to lead areas of the school. We value a creative curriculum and we want our staff to be dynamic in their thinking and teaching and brave enough to take risks. Our classes are smaller than average and our pupils are very well behaved. We really are like a little village school in London!

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