Class Teacher
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £32,916 to £45,352 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2026 |
| Location: | Wheatfields Primary, Nene Way, St Ives, PE27 3WF |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Ref/23946/8530 |
Summary
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Phase: Key stage dependent on experience
For: 1 year, temporary contract from September 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the teaching team here at Wheatfields Primary School and Preschool.
Are you passionate about teaching? Do you want to teach in a happy school where meeting the needs of individuals is at the heart of everything you do?
At Wheatfields we can offer:
● A warm and friendly school environment with children at the centre of everything we do
● Happy children who are keen to learn and improve from their starting points
● Well-resourced learning spaces, including large play areas and intervention spaces
● A dedicated staff team with a good sense of humour
● Community-driven ethos with a diverse and rich culture
● Supportive and committed parents and governors
● Option to take PPA taken from home.
Wheatfields Primary School and Preschool educates approximately 350 children from Preschool through to Year 6, serving the north of St Ives. At present, we operate a mixed class structure across most of our year groups.
Visits to our lovely school are strongly encouraged. To arrange this, ask any further questions and to request an application pack, please contact Mrs Moffat using finance@wheatfields.cambs.sch.uk or 01480 466919.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 14 May 2026. Interviews will take place on Monday 18th May 2026.
We are looking for someone who:
● Is an excellent classroom practitioner
● Good communication skills and ability to build positive relationships
● Is creative and enthusiastic
● Has high expectations for all children
● Is able to work as part of a successful team
● Has experience of teaching mixed-age classes
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Clare Moffat, School Business Manager, contact email: finance@wheatfields.cambs.ach.uk.
Link to website with more information (information pack): https://www.wheatfields.cambs.sch.uk/
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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