Teacher -Year 4

Required 1st September 2024
Permanent Full Time Year 4 Teacher

The Governors and Headteacher of St Bridget’s are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, hard-working and innovative teacher to join our lovely, thriving school. 

St Bridget’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a warm, friendly, successful school with an experienced staff team and supportive families and wider community. We have a strong and positive working environment where all staff are supported and encouraged to reach their fullest potential. Our children are well behaved and with an enthusiasm for learning due to the ethos of our school. We can offer you a supportive, experienced leadership team who are committed to developing St Bridget’s into an outstanding place to work and learn.

We are looking for someone who:

• is an excellent practitioner, with high expectations of children’s achievements, attainment and behaviour;
• has the ability to lead and inspire our children and others;
• is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of pupils and colleagues;
• can think creatively and strategically to bring about positive, fun learning experiences for children.
• is able to communicate effectively and has excellent interpersonal skills;
• has proven experience with pupils with SEND.
In return we can offer:
• fabulous children who want to learn and succeed;
• a spacious and well-resourced working environment;
• a school committed to Continuing Professional Development for all staff;
• a thriving and successful school focused on high achievement for all pupils;
• a supportive and dedicated team of staff, governors and parents;
• a warm and welcoming school and a happy staffroom!

Diversity is at our core: As a school, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.

Whilst we are a Catholic school, you do not need to be Catholic or have a religious denomination to teach in our school. You do however need to support the Catholic ethos of our school and will be highly supported in working within a Catholic school. 
Application forms, job description/personal specification and letter to applicants are available by requesting the information via the phone number/email address below.

Visits to our school can also be arranged and we would love to meet you. Please contact our school office on 01946 820 320 or admin@st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk to arrange a visit or to request an application pack.

Completed application forms should be returned via email only to our School Business Manager, Julie Parr on jparr@st-bridgets-pri.cumbria.sch.uk 

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 16th May 2024 @ 4pm
Interviews: Week beginning Monday 20th May 2024