0.6Fte Class Teacher (Maternity Cover) - Maternity

St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School, Dover

• Ref:KCC886-2532-151T
• Posted:21/03/2025
• Pay:MPS
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:01/05/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:8th May 2025

Advert

Required from September 2025

0.6 fte (3 days a week) Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Are you an inspiring teacher who has high expectations and the ability to engage and motivate children?  Are you committed to enabling every child to learn and achieve?  Would you like to join a motivated and passionate staff team?  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the fantastic St. Margaret’s-at-Cliffe family.  

We are looking for an outstanding practitioner who is: 

• self-motivated
• creative
• nurturing
• committed to developing children to their full potential
• is always looking for innovative ways to support pupils in their learning and personal development 

 What St. Margarets-at-Cliffe can offer you: 

• working with amazing children who are keen to learn and fun to be with
• a friendly, supportive team who all want the very best for our children
• an environment that values the well-being of pupils, parents and staff
• working alongside other hardworking staff who value teamwork and collaboration
• an idyllic village primary school setting with excellent outdoor learning facilities, including a forest school 

St. Margaret’s-at-Cliffe seeks a teacher who is keen to develop their own practice and is focused on providing a holistic high-quality learning experience for their class where aspiration holds no bounds and where the whole child is central in everything we do. 

We welcome and encourage all potential candidates to book a tour of our lovely school. Please get in touch with the school office.  

This post will suit an experienced teacher or an ambitious ECT.

St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary School is committed to child protection/safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this duty of care.   All applicants will be subject to safer recruitment procedures and will require satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check. 

The School will undertake an online check of shortlisted candidates in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education. 

Please note that it is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. 

Please note that applications can only be accepted through the Kent Teach website.

For further details, please e-mail Lorraine Windsor, Business Manager at St. Margaret’s-at-Cliffe Primary School: officemanager@st-margarets-dover.kent.sch.uk

Closing date    :               Thursday, 1^st May 2025 – 12 noon

Interview date:               Thursday, 8^th May 2025 

Information about the school

St Margaret's-at-Cliffe is a co-educational Community Primary School, catering for 4 to 11 year old pupils, set in a village environment between Dover and Deal, off the A258. With capacity for 210+ children, we attract families from within our village and other nearby villages, as well as the local towns of Deal and Dover. We have no official catchment area and children may attend from anywhere in the area.

The school building was purpose-built in 1970 replacing a Church of England (controlled school) established in 1847 and located elsewhere in the village. The school no longer has any religious affiliation, but still develops strong ties with the local church and the village community as a whole. We have extensive grounds that we make good use of for outdoor play and learning, a large field suitable for a variety of activities including football, cricket, athletics and our annual sports day and forest school which takes place in our environmental area. The school has the added advantage of being situated close to the sea and we incorporate the village and our local environment into a number of different outdoor learning activities to enrich the curriculum such as art, geography, history as well as litter picking and conservation.

We run a number of after-school clubs for example; Games, ICT, Gardening, Choir, Computing, Art and Car club (we race at Goodwood!) and other activities organised by staff and parents, as well as providing wrap around care both before and after school for those parents who need to take advantage of this. In addition, there are opportunities to learn various musical instruments and there are various fund-raising events held throughout the year which enable us to provide vital extras. Year 5 have the opportunity to take part in an annual residential visit to Bewl Water and, having established links with France, an annual residential visit is organised for Year 6. French listening and speaking is experienced from the Reception Class.

We are committed to delivering inspirational teaching that develops confident, resilient, life-long learners who reach their full potential and make maximum progress. We strive to develop pupils who are well prepared to derive maximum benefit from their secondary education and who are ultimately fit for a life of work, leisure, family and community responsibilities. Our pupils achieve well and make good progress – academically and socially – during their time with us.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Lorraine Windsor - Business Manager
• Address:Sea Street, St Margaret's-At-Cliffe, Dover, Kent, CT15 6SS
• Telephone: 01304 852639
• Email: officemanager@st-margarets-dover.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01304 853671

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Description
• Person Specification
• Child Protection Policy