Phase 2 Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?

Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?

Join us!

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee – whether in teaching, support, or leadership – can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion. Successful candidates can expect to be recommended for further employment opportunities within the Trust.

Your Role in Building Brighter Futures

As a Phase 2 Teacher (Maternity Cover) at Wansdyke Primary School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish.” We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.

Wansdyke Primary School is a proud member of the Futura Learning Partnership – a collaborative trust of schools across the West of England. Our school is a warm, welcoming, and forward-thinking environment where children are at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to high-quality teaching, positive relationships and high aspirations, and we offer rich learning opportunities that help every child thrive.

As Phase 2 Teacher, you will be responsible for:

- Planning and preparing engaging and inclusive lessons.

- Teaching according to students’ educational needs, including setting and marking   classwork and homework.

- Assessing, recording, and reporting on pupil progress and development.

- Promoting pupils’ wellbeing and supporting their personal and social development.

- Building strong, supportive relationships with parents and external agencies.

- Participating in professional development, curriculum development, staff meetings and school-wide initiatives.

- Maintaining a well-ordered and safe learning environment.

What You’ll Bring to Futura

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated teacher to join our happy and forward-thinking school, initially in Year 3.   We are looking for a confident practitioner who will know how to both support and challenge our children and be aspirational for every individual. We are a popular and happy school; our children are ready to learn and be challenged. This is an exciting opportunity to join our school in shaping our future direction with high aspirations for all our children to achieve and reach their full potential. You will find a committed and hardworking team of teachers and teaching assistants who strive to achieve the very best.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Phase 2 Teacher who:

- Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

- Has successfully completed their induction year.

- Demonstrates effective classroom practice and a proven ability to support and challenge pupils.

- Has knowledge of the primary curriculum and assessment for learning.

- Brings experience of working collaboratively with colleagues and parents.

- Shows excellent classroom management and interpersonal skills.

- Communicates clearly and professionally in writing and speech.

- Uses ICT effectively as a teaching and administrative tool.

- Plans and differentiates creatively to meet diverse learning needs.

What We Offer to Support Your Growth

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to providing our staff with the resources, support, and opportunities they need to succeed and feel valued.

We offer a wide range of talent development opportunities, including Continuous Professional Development (CPD), additional inset days for collaboration and learning, rotation and secondment opportunities and leadership succession programmes to support your professional growth.

Our commitment to staff wellbeing includes initiatives to support work-life balance such as 'Wellbeing Moments’ and events, flexible working arrangements, and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

Our staff benefits include generous defined pension schemes (which are extremely generous!), along with money back for your wellbeing needs via our Health Cash-back Plan (e.g. dentist, physiotherapy appointments) and access to multiple retail discount schemes.

We are committed to environmental sustainability, working actively to reduce our carbon footprint via our Climate and Nature initiatives across all our schools.

We provide an inclusive, supportive culture where collaboration and diversity are celebrated, enabling all staff to bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.

Key Information:

Application Deadline: Closing Date: 7/7/2025

Interview Date: 10/07/2025

Start Date: 01/09/2025

Contract Type: Fixed term (initially 6 months with strong possibility to be extended for 12 month)

The school welcomes visit and the Head would be happy to have a telephone conversation if you cant visit the school prior to application

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.

Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:

Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your existing/most recent employer and completed by a Headteacher/appropriate senior manager/HR Lead, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.’

Equal Opportunities:

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.