Temporary Class Teacher to cover Sabbatical Leave, January 2026 – February 2026

Closing Date: Friday 31st October 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Hours of Work: Full Time

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified (ECT) or experienced teacher to join our staff team.

There is a lot St Matthew’s Federation can offer!

• Fantastic pupils who have great attitudes to learning and thrive in our warm, calm and ambitious learning environment

• Committed teachers who go the extra mile and form excellent relationships with every child in their class

• A well-sequenced and engaging curriculum that offers exciting learning opportunities to every child

• A community that is second to none in its support of our school.

• A well-planned professional development offer for all our staff team through the Trust. We strongly encourage and support colleagues to access training opportunities which motivate them and support our school's ongoing journey of improvement. We also have a commitment to provide good support for ECT’s. • Workload and wellbeing are taken seriously at St Matthew’s. We believe that working in a school is the best job in the world and we want our staff to feel that every day too.

• Skilled, intelligent and friendly support teams. From TAs to our admin team, everyone at St Matthew’s pulls in the same direction to get the best for our children.

• Easy access to/from Norfolks beautiful coastline and the Sandringham Estate. Our community is rural but benefits from living in close proximity to the beautiful Norfolk coast and countryside.

We are looking for someone who –

• has qualified teacher status

• has a commitment to promoting high standards and helping children to be the best that they can be

• has the potential to be a consistently good/outstanding role model in all aspects of school life

• has excellent behaviour and relationship management skills

• is able to prioritise their workload and school day effectively

• has the ability to communicate with the whole school community in a variety of situations

• has a sense of fun!

We are a very happy aspirational academy with high expectations and a strong commitment to improving children’s learning. The school has a dedicated and welcoming staff team. Our children are enthusiastic, creative and respond to challenge. We offer a friendly family orientated atmosphere in a village school. We are also part of St Matthew's Federation with Middleton CE VC Primary Academy leading to further opportunities to share good practice and expertise.

For further details please contact the Academy directly though office@gayton.dneat.org or by phone 01553 636267.