Overview
Teacher - Maternity (Rosecliffe Spencer Academy)
Location: Rosecliffe Spencer Academy, 73 Rose Wy, Edwalton, Nottingham NG12 4JE, UK
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Education Phases: Primary;
Job Roles: Teacher;
Application Deadline: Friday, 3rd October 2025
Interview Date: W/c 6th October 2025
Is a Shared Job: No
About us
We’re looking for a passionate Class Teacher to join us on a maternity cover at Rosecliffe Spencer Academy!
Rosecliffe is a modern school placed at the centre of a new community within Edwalton, Nottingham. The staff and children of Rosecliffe work towards the goals laid out in our ‘Rosecliffe Way’ with values of Kindness, Integrity, Determination, Pride, Respect.
At the heart of Rosecliffe Spencer Academy is an absolute belief that primary education is fundamental in developing our children for successful futures. We focus on the growth of our students as individuals, and guide them by allowing honest, trusting and equal relationships to form. We combine the traditional values of discipline, respect and good behaviour with contemporary best practice in teaching, learning and technology. We also encourage our students to be critical thinkers and promote these skills throughout the curriculum.
We strive to be a high performing school based on developing children’s curiosity and an exciting and knowledge-rich curriculum to serve our local community. At Rosecliffe Spencer, all children learn in an environment that helps them to thrive and understand that their learning has no limits.
Ofsted graded Rosecliffe Good overall in June 2023. We received a good grading in the following areas of attendance, personal development, quality of education and leadership and management and early years provision, with an outstanding in behaviour and attitudes. This endorsement reflected all the hard work, effort and commitment shown by our Rosecliffe family of staff, students and their families as well as the local community.
In applying for this role, you should be committed to our values and your own professional development and buy into our culture of continual improvement.
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
* All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
* Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
* We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
Requirements and Application
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the school at info@rosecliffespencer.org.uk
The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CVs cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.
Closing date for applications Friday 3rd October 2025
Interviews will take place w/c 6th October 2025
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.
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Safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
Job Details
Job Description: Please see attached job description for further information
Benefits: Generous Teacher's Pension Scheme, Employee Assist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes). Recognition of local government and academy continuous of service. For full details, click here: https://www.spencertrust.org.uk/employee-benefits
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