Year 5 or Year 6 Class Teacher

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.