Class Teacher (0.4 fte) - Maternity Cover

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount scheme

Education Support Employee Assistance

Generous pension contribution

Professional development and wellbeing

Job summary

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, is seeking a Maternity Cover teacher on a part‑time basis (0.4 FTE), for Thursday and Friday. The post is aligned to MPS/UPS depending on experience and is a fixed term arrangement from 15 February 2027 until February 2028 or the return of the postholder.

The school champions a Catholic ethos and expects high standards of pupil behaviour and achievement. Successful applicants will join a supportive environment with ongoing professional development

Responsibilities

• Support the Catholic ethos of our school
• Be a good to outstanding practitioner, able to motivate children
• Be innovative, creative, forward thinking and work collaboratively within our team
• Have high expectations of children of all groups and abilities
• Engage and motivate children to learn
• Be cheerful and friendly and build positive relationships with children, staff and parents
• Be committed to children’s welfare and safeguarding
• Have a fair, positive and calm approach to ensure pupils meet high expectations of excellent behaviour

Job description

• Maternity Cover from 15 February 2027 until February 2028 or the return of the postholder, whichever is soonest
• Part Time (0.4fte), 2 days per week (Thursday and Friday)
• MPS /UPS

We are looking for someone who will:

• support the Catholic ethos of our school
• be a good to outstanding practitioner, able to motivate children
• be innovative, creative, forward thinking and work collaboratively within our team
• have high expectations of children of all groups and abilities
• engage and motivate children to learn
• be cheerful and friendly and build positive relationships with children, staff and parents
• be committed to children’s welfare and safeguarding
• have a fair, positive and calm approach to ensure pupils meet high expectations of excellent behaviour

What we can offer you:

• A friendly, happy school that lives by its vision statement
• Happy children with exemplary standards of behaviour
• A welcoming and caring environment where everyone is valued
• Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
• Generous pension contribution managed by the North Yorkshire Pension Fund
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

St Joseph’s is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

In line with KCSiE 2026, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

We value diversity and seek a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.