Cheadle Primary School The Avenue Cheadle Stoke On Trent ST10 1EN Full Time Class Teacher 32.5 – 1.0 FTE (Teacher Main Scale) £32,916 - £37,101 Temporary for one year - cover vacancy Required For Sept 2026 (or sooner) The Governors of Cheadle Primary School are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and skilled teacher to join our hard-working team of dedicated and professional staff. We are looking for a member of staff to be paid on the Teacher Main Scale and would welcome applications from ECTs. The post is offered on a temporary basis initially for the Summer term but with the possibility to be extended depending on timetable requirements. The school is on a positive journey with an exciting future ahead and the staff and governors are very proud of the school’s aim to provide high quality education for all its pupils and its vision for the future. The school works in partnership with parents to develop a caring, safe learning environment which is sensitive to pupils' needs and promotes self -esteem and motivation. We would love to hear from you if you: • are an excellent, positive and inspirational classroom practitioner who has high expectations of work and behaviour and the related learning outcomes and who will have a clear impact on learning • can motivate, challenge and inspire pupils to achieve their full potential • are motivated and passionate about children and their learning • can share the vision for the future of the school • are committed to inclusion and retain children at the heart of everything • work well in partnership with parents and governors and have the capacity to make a significant contribution to all aspects of school life • have a commitment to a collaborative team approach • have a sense of humour and excellent interpersonal skills • experience of teaching KS2 is preferable The successful candidate will benefit greatly from: • the opportunity to work with a staff team of positive enthusiastic and skilled teachers and support staff • excellent resources and a highly attractive working environment for both staff and children • fantastic children who are eager and ready to learn • a supportive governing board who work hard to support the school • a school with strong leadership and a clear and strong vision for the future Closing date: Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 12noon Interviews: Tuesday 17th March 2026 We will only respond to successful applicants and those candidates who are shortlisted will be informed by telephone or email as soon as possible after shortlisting has taken place. Candidates are encouraged and are very welcome to visit the school during the week commencing 23rd February 2026 – the children and staff would be pleased to meet you. Please telephone or email Rachel Bailye, the Business & Facilities Manager, on 01538 714890 or rbailye@cheadle-primary.staffs.sch.uk, to confirm a visit. Please SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION via email to rbailye@cheadle-primary.staffs.sch.uk. Safeguarding Statement: In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as a part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the school and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches, this will be passed onto the Headteacher and discussed during interview. We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertaken can be found within the Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 document. This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and, as such, appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. As a maintained school, we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.