Year 5 Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Shorefields; Witham; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

Witham Oaks Academy in Witham is seeking a Year 5 teacher for three days per week from October 2026. This fixed-term maternity cover is 60% of a full timetable (Wednesday to Friday) starting 13 October 2026.

We are a supportive, high-expectations learning community within Inspires MAT, offering professional development and a vibrant curriculum designed to develop confident, well-rounded learners. Visits welcomed; contact the school to arrange.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher with QTS and experience teaching Year 5.
• Strong classroom management and organisation.
• Clear communication and collaboration with staff, parents and pupils.

Responsibilities

• Teach Year 5 to a three-day week timetable (Wed–Fri).
• Plan and deliver engaging lessons aligned to the national curriculum.
• Monitor pupil progress and contribute to high standards of learning and behaviour.

Skills

Classroom management

Communication

Team collaboration

Curriculum knowledge

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

Job Ref No. ECC2699-104 Position Type: Teacher Pay Range: MPS

Position Start Date: 13/10/2026 Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent

Application Close: 30/09/2026 Midnight Date of Interviews: TBA

YEAR 5 TEACHER - Part time (60%) - Fixed term (Maternity cover)

Required 13th October 2026

We require a year 5 teacher to work at Witham Oaks Academy in Witham from October 2026. This position is part time, for three days per week, (Wednesday & Thursday, Friday), fixed term for up to 1 year to cover the substantive postholder on maternity leave.

With a desire to support and develop practitioners and ensuring working in education is fulfilling, Inspires MAT are seeking an experienced and highly effective practitioner to work at Witham Oaks Academy who will further enhance the learning experience for our children and help them develop as well-rounded individuals.

We are a professional and collaborative learning community with a culture of high expectations - both academic achievement and personal and social development. We offer a curriculum that is exciting, vibrant and promotes a love of learning and a dedicated, passionate and friendly staff but most importantly amazing children.

Quotes from our children regarding what they are looking for:

• 'A great sense of humour'
• 'Enthusiastic about us and what we are capable of'
• 'Intelligent and knowledgeable'
• 'Challenges us, in every subject'
• 'Breaks our learning down into small parts that help us understand'

Successful candidates will:

• Be up to date with current practice and national curriculum and assessment expectations
• Be highly motivated and have consistently high expectations of themselves and others
• Be committed to high standards of learning, teaching and behaviour
• Be a good communicator and highly organised individual
• Be an outstanding, skilled classroom practitioner
• Have an industrious attitude to their role

We can offer you:

• Engaging and enthusiastic pupils who will make you smile each day
• A commitment to personal professional development which is tangible
• A supportive school team that understands and foster well-being
• A stimulating and enjoyable working environment where each day is engaging and thoroughly enjoyable
• Continuous Professional Development

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed; please contact the school on 01376 513322 to arrange an appointment.

Inspires MAT are committed to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• Promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs;

and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good inter-agency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.

The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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