EYFS/KS1 Class Teacher

ABBEY ACADEMIES TRUST

‘Striving For Excellence, Caring For All

Within a Loving & Caring Christian Environment’

Colsterworth C of E Primary School

NOR 155 at June 2026

REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2026

EYFS/KS1 CLASS TEACHER

(PERMANENT POSITION MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE)

Colsterworth C of E Primary School, part of Abbey Academies Trust, is a one-form entry (PAN 25) Church school situated in South Lincolnshire.  The other schools in our Trust are Bourne Abbey C of E Primary Academy and Bourne Elsea Park C of E Primary Academy. The school was judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted in January 2023 and was awarded an ‘Excellent’ SIAMS judgement in February 2020.

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 within our caring Church school community.

The children, staff, trustees and governors wish to appoint 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 Thursday 2^nd July 2026

Interviews: w/c 6^th July 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”.

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

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.

All applications should be submitted using the Trust’s application form. Application packs can be downloaded from our website www.colsterworth.lincs.sch.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

PE10 9EP