Job Details
3 x Classroom Teachers required September 2025 FTC
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team at St Stephen's.
We are looking for a passionate teacher to be part of our highly regarded and fully subscribed team.
Information about our school
St Stephen’s RC Primary School is a two-form entry primary academy located in Droylsden. We aim to create a stimulating and enjoyable learning environment where each individual can achieve their full potential. We want our pupils to be enthused and engaged in their learning at all times and our skills-based curriculum provides a wide range of opportunities to develop children’s interests and capabilities. We are a building learning power and philosophy for learning school, encouraging pupils to develop strategies which enable them to become independent, enthusiastic and confident learners.
We can offer:
- An exciting opportunity
- A friendly, welcoming school with strong links to the Parish
- A dedicated staff striving for excellence
- Friendly, well-behaved and enthusiastic children
- Supportive and committed Governors
- A stimulating environment, with award winning grounds
- Opportunity for Professional Development
You can offer:
- A strong belief in Catholic education and the uniqueness of each individual
- A clear vision of excellence
- Ability to inspire children and think creativity
Experience of supporting children with additional needs
You will be a highly motivated teacher, enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the setting. You will be passionate and skilled in delivering exciting opportunities for our wonderful children to flourish.
Successful applicants must demonstrate flexibility, creativity and humour and be deeply committed to meeting the range of educational and developmental needs of the individuals within the department.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates and the appointment will be made subject to these references and an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged.
Please email admin@stsrcp.co.uk or telephone 01613702071 to arrange an appointment with Mrs Sutcliffe Office Manager
As part of the interview process candidates will be expected to teach a lesson and a short-written task. The application pack is available by emailing admin@stsrcp.co.uk
Completed CES application forms are to be returned to admin@stsrcp.co.uk
This job description is to be performed in accordance with the School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions Document 2000, under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher.
The information contained below is to help staff understand and appreciate the work content of their post and their role within the organisation. It should be noted that whilst every effort has been made to outline all the duties and responsibilities of the post, this document is not intended to fully outline the scope of the role.
Main Duties and Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- At all times, promote the ethos of the school as outlined in our Mission Statement and school aims.
- To develop effective relationships with pupils, parents, staff, governors and other members of the school community.
- To provide a well-managed, stimulating and effective learning environment for children.
- To prepare curriculum plans and programmes of work which are appropriate to the needs, experience and knowledge of pupils
- To deliver each pupil’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum.
- To provide quality learning experiences for children in your care.
- To assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainments of children.
- To plan opportunities to develop pupil’s Personal, Spiritual, Moral and Cultural development in accordance with the school’s Mission Statement and aims.
- To communicate and consult with parents, sharing with them the targets for their children’s learning and development.
- To have corporate responsibility for the behaviour of the children in accordance with the Discipline Policy.
- To participate in the school’s Performance Management arrangements during which objectives will be agreed upon, relating to professional development and pupil progress.
- To fulfil any further duties reasonably requested by the Headteacher or governors
- Participate in staff meetings and contribute to school
- To contribute to the corporate nature of school life and fulfil the administrative
- To manage classroom and teaching equipment to create a positive, stimulating and safe learning environment, which makes full use of available resources.
- Decision making and consultation procedures.
- To undertake such additional duties as are reasonably commensurate with the level of this post.
- Part Two: Subject Leadership
- To set out clearly your intent for a subject lead demonstrating how knowledge and understanding progresses from YN to Y6.
- To set a subject policy clearly outlining expectations, how a subject is planned, taught and monitored.
- To create a subject action plan based on the need of a subject within the school profile. Areas for development will be identified in the Strategic Direction document.
- To support teachers in planning lessons in a subject
- Implementation
- To support teachers in developing their subject knowledge in teaching a subject
- To ensure the school’s pedagogical policy is being followed in the teaching of a subject to promote metacognition and deep understanding within a subject.
- To ensure appropriate and technical vocabulary is used in the teaching and learning of a subject.
- Follow the monitoring schedule set by the Headteacher including learning walks, pupil interviews, teacher interviews and book scrutiny.
- To work effectively with any team members to support the development of your subject across school.
- To attend and deliver relevant INSET and to disseminate this information to colleagues and Governors as required.
- To manage a subjects resources effectively.
- To ensure that parents are informed and engaged in a subject lead within St Stephen’s.
- Impact
- To maintain an overview of your subject development throughout the school and complete the Strategic Direction document termly to evaluate your area.
- To speak with pupils to identify if they know more and can remember more.
- To monitor the impact of your action plan termly.
- To support staff in effective and consistent moderation of assessment tasks and judgements to ensure accurate judgements are being made.
- To collate termly assessment data relating to outcomes in a subject
Review Arrangements
The details contained in this Job Description reflect the content of the job at the date it was prepared. It should be remembered, however, that it is inevitable that over time, the nature of individual jobs will change, existing duties may no longer be required and other duties may be gained without changing the general nature of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, the CAT will expect to revise this Job Description from time to time and will consult with the post holder at the appropriate time.
Safeguarding
The post holder must be aware of child protection issues and the need for confidentiality and to identify to the named child protection colleague in school, concerns in respect of individual children.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the advertised role of Classroom teacher, at St Stephen’s RC Primary School within the Central Team. Emmaus CAT (Diocese of Salford) is a growing Catholic Academy Trust with a footprint covering Manchester, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford.
We believe that the Teacher will contribute significantly to the strategic direction of the CAT over the coming months and years, and we are excited for the future of the Emmaus Catholic family of schools.
Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust is one of three Catholic Academy Trusts serving the Diocese of Salford. The Diocese of Salford provides Catholic Academy Trusts, schools and colleges for the following reasons:
- To assist in the mission of making Christ known to all people;
- To assist parents, who are the prime educators of their children, in the education and religious formation of their children;
- To be of service to the local Church – the Diocese – the Parish and the Christian home;
- To be of service to society.
The successfully appointed candidate will join St Stephen’s RC Primary School.
Emmaus CAT is an integral part of The Right Rev John Arnold, Bishop of Salford's vision for the Diocese of Salford to ‘Rebuild the Church, fit for future generations’. Our team looks forward to working collaboratively with the successful candidate, providing a wide range of support and training to strengthen our schools.
Yours sincerely
Catherine Anderson Daniel Copley
Chair of Directors CSEL/CEO