Class Teacher
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School:
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust -
Location:
Gateshead -
Salary:
MPS 1-6 (£31,650 - £43,607 per annum) -
Hours:
Full Time -
Contractual Status:
Permanent -
Closing Date:
5th May 2025
Location: St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Duckpool Lane, Whickham, NE16 4HB
Grade: MPS 1-6 (£31,650 – £43,607 per annum)
Hours: Full time, Permanent
Start date: September 2025
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed individual who will make a significant contribution to the learning and development of our pupils as a classroom teacher. It is likely that the successful candidate would initially take up a position teaching our Reception class.
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is a one form entry primary school and we are looking to appoint an excellent practitioner with the highest possible expectations for pupils’ well-being and learning, and who is able to nurture, inspire and motivate children to achieve their personal best as outlined in our Mission Statement:
“St Mary’s aims to develop the talents of each pupil as a unique individual whose full potential can be developed in a community which has Christ at its centre.”
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School are proud to be part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a family of secondary, middle, primary and first schools in Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland and Sunderland. Bishop Wilkinson is the largest catholic education trust in the North East of England and will have a total of 48 schools. This is an exciting time to join our supportive, and growing team.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who are able to demonstrate the following:
• An ability to support the aims and ethos of our Catholic School.
• An ability to motivate all pupils to challenge their learning and strive for excellence.
• High expectations for all pupils.
• An ability to be visionary and proactive.
• A desire to develop and learn with and from others.
• A cheerful and energetic demeanour.
• Strengths and ideas you can share with us.
• Excellent ICT skills.
We can offer you:
• Happy, polite, motivated and enthusiastic pupils who are proud of their school.
• A supportive, caring and secure environment for learning underpinned by a strong Catholic ethos.
• Dedicated teaching and support staff with ambition and high expectations for the school’s continued development.
• A supportive wider school and parish family.
• The support of an actively involved Local Governing Committee.
Visits to our school are encouraged and can be arranged by emailing Julie Foster, School Business Manager, at jfoster@stmw.bwcet.com
For an application form and further details about this vacancy please visit our website http://bwcet.com/vacancies/ where applications can be completed online.
Closing Date for Applications: Midnight, Monday 5th May 2025
Interviews to be arranged: TBC
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, formerly The Trinity Catholic Multi Academy Trust was set up on 1 February 2012. Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead was the first school in the trust.
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, is currently a family of 5 secondary schools and 21 primary schools from across Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and Northumberland, in the west of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. The Trust is expanding rapidly and will reach a total of 48 schools by Summer 2022.
We feel very privileged to be able to work with our wonderful children and the amazingly gifted and dedicated staff and leaders across all of our schools. Our motivation and general philosophy are built on ever improving standards of discipline, nurture and care, teaching and learning and quality of leadership. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust will be a partnership that affirms the dignity of the individual. The person is at the heart of Christ’s teaching: this is why the promotion of the human person is the goal of our Trust.
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