Teacher

Hours: 32.5 hours per week (1 FTE) Contract: Temporary – Maternity Cover

Salary: MPS Start Date: November 2025

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated Class Teacher to start in November 2025.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Being responsible to the Headteacher, and, through her to the School’s Governing Body. All Trustemployees are also responsible to the Trust ELT and the Board of Trustees.
• Interacting positively at a professional level with all colleagues, support agencies, parents/carers, and professionals, seeking to establish and maintain productive relationships and communication with them in order to promote mutual understanding of subjects in the National Curriculum, promote an effective working atmosphere and thus improve the quality of teaching and learning for each child and within the school.
• Carrying out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
• At least meet the expectations set out in the Teachers’ Standards.

Connect Academy Trust

Connect is a family of 8 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in both Plymouth and Torbay. Connect was formed in 2016 and aims to provide a firm foundation for developing teachers and leaders to secure the best learning opportunities for all children.

We can offer you:

• A highly supportive school invested in your growth and professional development.
• A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
• A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
• Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.
• An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with 8 European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year Trust award 2023!

If you are interested, please complete an Online Application Form at Job Search

School Tour: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 4pm. Please contact the school office on 01752 790990 if you would like to attend.

Closing date: Monday 29th September 2025 at midday

Interviews: Thursday 9th October 2025

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children