19 Dec KS2 Class Teacher
Job Title: KS2 Class Teacher
Location: St Laurence C of E Primary School
Contract Type: 0.4 – Fixed term due to staffing restructure and pupil numbers
End date: Aug 31st 2025 to be reviewed
Salary: Main Scale
Hours per week: 0.4
Weeks per year: 52
Job outline
The Governing Body of St Laurence Church of England Primary School are looking to appoint a highly motivated, committed and inspirational Key Stage One teacher with the ability to secure strong progress and attainment for all pupils to join our fabulous, enthusiastic team in January 2025. The post is initially ending in August 2025, however, this may be extended.
St Laurence is part of the Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT). This offers many opportunities to collaborate with other schools and very high quality support from DDAT in all areas.
Our school is a very caring, welcoming place with high academic standards, good behaviour from children and supportive parents. The person appointed will have high expectations of learners and be an excellent classroom practitioner with the ability to work as a team member. You will be able to demonstrate secure knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and be committed to your own professional development, which will be strongly supported by the school.
We are looking for people with a positive, out-going, caring and nurturing approach, who are creative and firmly focused on maximising the progress of pupils. The successful applicant will be supportive of our Christian ethos.
To find out more about the post, visits to the school are strongly encouraged to see if our school is the place for you. To arrange a visit please contact Mrs Thomasson (Office Manager) on 0115 9728469 to make an appointment
Please also see our school website for lots of information about our school community and classes.
Application information
To apply please submit completed applications forms to jobs@st-laurence.derbyshire.sch.uk
by the closing date. We will only accept applications made on DDAT application forms.
Closing Date: 05.01.25
Provisional Interviews: 13.01.25
DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.
DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
