Maternity Cover Year 1

ABBEY ACADEMIES TRUST

‘Striving For Excellence, Caring For All

Within a Loving & Caring Christian Environment’

Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy

NOR 607 at January 2026 (plus Abbey Ark pre-school provision)

YEAR 1 CLASS TEACHER – MATERNITY COVER FROM APRIL 2026

Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy, part of Abbey Academies Trust, is a three-form entry Church Academy situated in South Lincolnshire.  The other schools in our Trust are Bourne Elsea Park C of E Primary Academy and Colsterworth C of E Primary School. The school was judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted in July 2022 and was awarded an ‘Excellent’ SIAMS judgement in May 2023.

We are a community in which everyone is offered the opportunity to fulfil their full potential, to understand themselves and be valued for who they are. Through a stimulating and challenging learning environment, we pursue academic excellence and seek the flourishing of all. This is because we know we are all God’s children.

We recognise that children are created in the image of God but also value their individuality as they explore their own God given talents and are treated with respect and dignity at all times. We understand that a curriculum is the totality of a child’s experience during their entire time at school. It is not isolated to subjects or viewed solely within small timeframes. It is all-encompassing. It is for this reason that our aims and curriculum drivers extend well beyond the individual subjects, showing our commitment to giving all our children every opportunity to achieve in all aspects of their life. Our vision is that through our Christian values, we aim to nurture and challenge all our school family to flourish and become the best they can.

The children, staff, Trustees and Governors wish to appoint an innovative, inspirational and dynamic teacher who:

• Knows that all children can flourish
• Can inspire and make things happen
• Plans creatively and delivers motivating lessons
• Enjoys working with others and brings out the best in people
• Rises to a challenge and responds enthusiastically

Rewards:

• A positive and caring ethos underpinned by Christian values
• A supportive, energetic, happy and dedicated staff team
• Highly responsive and courteous children with a zest for learning and who see themselves as ‘Agents of Change’
• A committed and proactive Board of Trustees and Local Governing Board
• Active and enthusiastic parents and carers
• A warm and welcoming working environment
• Excellent provision for continuing professional development
• A successful, forward-thinking school with an exciting future

Closing Date for Applications:  Noon Monday 26th January 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 3rd February 2026

Abbey Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and employment references. All pre-employment checks, including online checks, are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

Abbey Academies Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.  Under the Fluency Duty 2016, the Trust is required to ensure that each person who works for them in a public-facing role speaks a level of English which is sufficient to enable them to effectively carry out their role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide

All applications should be submitted using the Trust’s application form. Application packs can be downloaded from our website www.bourneabbeyprimary.co.uk or by emailing: recruitment@abbeyacademies.co.uk

All application forms should be returned by email to recruitment@abbeyacademies.co.uk or by post to:

Recruitment

Abbey Academies Trust

Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy

Abbey Road

Bourne

Lincs

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