Jobs

Classroom Teacher
M1 – UPS3
£32,916 - £51,048
Temporary from 1st September 2026 - 31st August 2027
Full Time

Would you like to take an opportunity and join our school on furthering our exciting journey where you will make a difference?

Yohden Primary School is a happy, safe and inclusive environment for all children and staff, where everyone is respected and valued.  
We treat each other with consideration, honesty, fairness and compassion, through effective communication and positive, trusting relationships with all of our community. 

The Governors of Yohden Primary School are looking to successfully appoint a hardworking, organised, reliable and highly effective practitioner to join our staff team in September 2026. 

We require for September 2026, a class teacher to join our dedicated, hardworking staff, who puts the needs of our children at the forefront of their practice. 

The successful candidate will become part of a supportive team and dedicated staff who have high expectations and demonstrate a caring attitude towards our children’s academic, social and personal development.

The successful candidate will:
• Have recent and relevant training or experience
• Be able to consistently meet all teaching standards.
• Have recent, effective and successful teaching and learning experience of working with primary aged children.
• Have effective communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Work well with others.
• Have sustained evidence of good to outstanding practice.
• Have high expectations of learning and achievement for all children.
• Have a working knowledge and effective understanding of how to sequence and progressively build learning across a series of lessons and within a lesson.
• Have full commitment to the importance of using manipulatives to develop children’s secure mathematical knowledge and conceptual understanding
• An effective working knowledge, understanding and commitment to the importance of teaching reading
• Have high standards of behaviour and a clear ability to effectively use positive behaviour strategies.
• Be able to effectively model and extend children’s language and vocabulary.
• Have a clear willingness to respond to and act upon advice following constructive, professional dialogue.

Ability to adapt teaching to the needs of all children including those with SEND needs and those who are more able.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly professional individual to join our hardworking and passionate team, within our friendly, supportive and successful school.

If you would like the opportunity to visit our school please contact the school office on 0191 5863096. 

All completed application forms are to be returned by email to  p2733.admin@durhamlearning.net by 12 noon on Tuesday 5th May.
If you would like to visit school please contact the school office on 0191 5863096 to book an appointment.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.  
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, if successful, you will need to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure.

As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

Closing date:  5 May 2026 at 12 noon
Interview date:  18 May 2026

This post is not open to job share.

Yohden Primary School 
Windsor Terrace
Horden
Peterlee
Co Durham
SR8 4HP

Tel: 0191 586 3096
Email:  P2733.admin@durhamlearning.net
Website:  http://www.yohden.durham.sch.uk/
 

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Company: Durham County Council

Salary: £31,650 - £51,048

Location: Peterlee, Durham

Sector: Education

Job Role: Teaching Assistant