2 Maternity Cover Posts for Year 1 and Year 3 Classes Required Spring 2026 

2 X maternity Cover Class Teacher Year 1 and Year 3

Required for Spring 2026

Salary: M1-M6

The Headteacher and Governors of this Church of England Academy School wish to appoint a passionate, caring, highly motivated and outstanding teacher to join our thriving, happy school.

St Matthew’s is proud of its long and well-established reputation for being a friendly and welcoming school and is renowned for its excellent atmosphere, ethos and consistently high expectations of behaviour, conduct and good manners.   Our children thrive under our genuine care and achieve very high academic and behavioural standards. 

We are seeking to appoint

• an outstanding teacher with high expectations
• an enthusiastic teacher who uses a wide range of creative teaching methods to motivate and inspire children
• a teacher who is committed to making learning enjoyable, exciting and relevant
• a teacher who values partnerships with parents
• a teacher who is a team player and is keen to engage in all aspects of our Christian school life
• a teacher with curriculum strengths (please tell us what yours are)

In return we can offer:

• A Christian learning community where excellence is our goal
• Friendly, well behaved children who work hard and are keen to learn
• The opportunity to work with a positive, committed and extremely supportive staff team
• Opportunities for professional development
• Parents who are keen to work in active partnership with the school
• Supportive and approachable senior leadership team

To Apply:- Please write a letter of application (no more than 2 x A4 sides) and complete an application form which can be requested from stmatthews_primary@sch.warrington.gov.uk.  The letter should be addressed to the Chair of Governors and Miss Simcock (Headteacher) and both letter and application form should be sent by email, or by hand, to Miss Simcock by the closing date below.

We are committed to safeguarding our children and each other. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment policy are included in the application pack and available on our school website (https://www.stmatthewsceprimary.com/policies/). The successful candidate will be required to apply for enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further details can be found www.disclosure.gov.uk.

If you are successfully shortlisted you will be required to complete a ‘criminal records self-disclosure’ and we will gather 2 references.  An example of our reference pro-forma is included in the application pack.  Our recruitment process will include an observation and a formal interview.

The successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service with Child Barring checks and the receipt of satisfactory references.

Job Sharing: This post is available for Job share.

Visits to school by prospective candidates will be welcomed and encouraged and can be made by prior arrangement with our school office. Please contact us if you are unable to make these dates and still wish to visit and we will be as flexible as we can be.

Dates to look round school:       

Tuesday 14^th October 9.30am, 4.30pm

Monday 20^th October 9.30am, 4.30pm

Closing date for applications: Monday 3^rd November 2025 12pm

Shortlisting date: Wednesday 5^th November 2025

Observations and Interviews: Week Commencing 10^th November 2025