Jobs

Class Teacher
M1- UPR3 £31,650 to £49,084 Pro-rata
Permanent
Part Time, Whole Time
Required from 1st September 2025

Shotton Primary School is a happy, safe environment for all children and staff, where everyone is respected and valued.  
We treat each other with consideration, honesty, fairness and compassion, through effective communication and positive, trusting relationships with all of our community. 
Required from 1st September 2025.

The Governors of Shotton Primary School are looking to successfully appoint a hardworking, organised and reliable and highly effective practitioner to join our staff team on a part time basis. 

The current post holder works 2.5 days at the beginning of the week, but the school may consider a different pattern of working, dependent upon the successful candidate and the needs of the school. This is a permanent post.

The successful candidate will ideally have highly effective KS1 experience and should be a good to outstanding classroom practitioner, able to plan clear progressive sequences of learning ensuring good attainment and progress over time.

The successful candidates will become part of a supportive team and dedicated staff who have high expectations and demonstrate a caring attitude towards our children’s academic, social and personal development.

Visits prior to application are welcomed and there will be an opportunity to visit our school on either Wednesday 11th June at 9:15am or 3:30pm or Monday 16th June at 9:30am.

Please contact the school office either by telephone (0191 526 2006) or by email Shotton.primary@durhamlearning.net to book your visit. 

The closing date for applications is: 9am on Monday 23rd June 2025
Interview date: Week Commencing Monday 23rd June  

The successful candidate will:
• Be a consistently good to outstanding teacher across the curriculum able to motivate and engage children.
• Meet all teaching standards.
• Have effective, successful and comprehensive experience of teaching primary aged children.
• Have a clear understanding of the needs of primary aged pupils, including special needs and all other vulnerable pupil groups.
• Have high standards of behaviour and the ability to effectively use positive behaviour strategies and clear expectations.
• Have high expectations of learning and achievement for all children.
• Have a well organised and managed classroom.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have patience and enthusiasm.
• Be non-judgemental.
• Work well with others.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly professional individual to join our hardworking and passionate team, within our friendly, supportive and successful school.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, if successful, you will need to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure.

As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

Shotton Primary School
Grange Terrace, 
Shotton Colliery, 
County Durham, 
DH6 2JP

Tel: 0191 526 2006
Email: shotton.primary@durhamlearning.net
Website: http://www.shottonprimary.durham.sch.uk/

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