Job Description

"Together in God's loving family, we believe, we learn, we grow".

Year 1 Class Teacher

Required September 2026

Temporary or Permanent Position
Flexible contract available: fixed term for one, two or three terms, or a permanent position.
Full-time or part-time (3 or 4 days per week).

MPS - ECTs welcome to apply

An exciting opportunity has arisen at St Pius X Catholic Primary School for an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher to join our friendly and hardworking team.

St Pius X is a dynamic, one-form entry school with a strong sense of community, where everyone feels welcomed, valued and supported. Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted that pupils relish learning opportunities throughout the school and behave impeccably.

The successful candidate will be well supported, with regular PPA time covered by an experienced Higher Level Teaching Assistant and established planning that can be adapted to suit individual teaching styles. You do not need to be Catholic to apply; we are looking for an excellent teacher who will support and contribute to the ethos of our school. Early Career Teachers are warmly encouraged to apply and will receive high-quality support for their professional development.

We are seeking someone who:

• Is passionate about learning and inclusion.
• Enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Is a consistently good or outstanding classroom practitioner.
• Has high expectations for all pupils.
• Is committed to ensuring every child achieves their full potential.

We can offer:

• Enthusiastic and supportive support staff.
• Established planning from experienced teachers that can be easily adapted.
• Regular weekly PPA time covered by an experienced HLTA.
• A warm, well-resourced learning environment with refreshed furniture and décor.
• A supportive and realistic Leadership Team.
• An enthusiastic and highly committed staff team.
• Pupils who are happy, motivated and demonstrate exemplary behaviour for learning.
• Wonderful premises and grounds.
• Supportive parents and a dedicated Governing Body.

St Pius X Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. An online search will be conducted in line with recommended practice in the statutory guidance "Keeping Children Safe in Education", the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line.

Application packs are available online at www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk. Please email the completed application to admin@st-piusx.essex.sch.uk or alternatively post to the address above.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange a tour.

Closing Date: Midday, Monday 29 June 2026
Shortlisting: Monday 29 June 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday 1 July 2026

Please note that this advert may be withdrawn before the closing date.

Information about the School

Welcome to St Pius X Catholic Primary School

Our school is a small, caring and happy school where staff know all of the children and where every child really matters. Our committed staff work hard to provide a rich and challenging curriculum and strive to encourage a love of learning in our pupils to create resilient, life long learners when they leave us. Our curriculum is progressive so that knowledge and skills are built upon over time and designed in a way which uses exciting topics (with clear defined subjects) to engage, inspire and motivate our learners so that they hold onto and build upon their learning each year.

Everything we do is underpinned by our Catholic faith with Christ at the centre:

‘Together in God’s loving family, we believe, we learn, we grow’. We work in partnership with parents and the Church to help the children to grow in a deeper understanding of their faith as they develop. We have close links with our parish church, Blessed Sacrament, Chelmsford.

Our school community has agreed core values, based on the Beatitudes that we want our children to work towards in their strive for excellence, to be the very best they can, no matter what their starting point. Our values of fairness, kindness, forgiveness, peacefulness, integrity and service are weaved throughout our curriculum and we reward our children when they demonstrate these values to help them grow to be the very best they can be! We value the joy of working and learning in a community that is strengthened by common values and expectations and that strives to serve God through service towards others. Our children are also taught to respect and value other cultures and faiths.

We believe in high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. We encourage children to have high expectations of themselves and aspire to be the best that they can be.

Our children, staff and parents, and parish are a happy and caring community who work together to enable our children to grow into successful, happy and caring individuals who are ready to go out in the world and make a difference.

We are all proud of our school where pupils enjoy their learning in a caring environment where they feel safe, secure and valued.

Mrs S.Derbyshire

Head Teacher (B.Ed.Hons)