Vacancies
Recruitment Information
To ensure that St Mary's meets its commitment to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and young people, the following recruitment practices and procedures are used in compliance with all statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024) and Disclosure and Barring Service code of practice.
Short-listing of candidates will be against the person specification of the post.
Prior to interview, the school will:
- Seek two references, one of which must be the current/ most recent employer, for all shortlisted candidates.
- Undertake an 'online presence' check for all shortlisted candidates (KCSIE 2024 p55) - including social media and wider google searches. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for social media handles to support us in narrowing these searches. Any concerns will be addressed with candidates.
All offers of employment are conditional until the satisfactory completion of the following mandatory pre-employment checks (KCSIE 2024, p57):
- Identity check and verification
- Enhanced DBS Check
- Overseas Criminal Checks (where the candidate has lived or worked in another country for more than 3 months, since the age of 18)
- Right to Work in UK verification
- Verify candidate's mental and physical fitness to carry out their work duties.
Current Vacancies:
St Mary's Partnership Teacher
We are looking to appoint exceptional candidates to our dedicated school team in one of our 4 Southampton primary schools (St Mary’s CE Primary, Mason Moor Primary, Bitterne CE Primary and Valentine Primary)
The successful candidates will be presented with the opportunity to progress within the school if demonstrating the right impact.
We are keen to receive applications from experienced as well as early career teachers – we know that both add a dynamic to our team that will support our continued growth and development.
Our offer to every teacher:
• Bespoke professional development opportunities.
• Cutting-edge technology for the planning and delivery of lessons. Use of multi-collaboration platforms to simplify the process of lesson planning.
• A device to help your planning, preparation, and assessment.
• A ‘Staff wellbeing charter’ with perks including, a paid days leave throughout the year for personal wellbeing. A commitment to reduce planning.
• The introduction of a new curriculum for non-core subjects that includes the sequential planning, learning resources and visuals.
Application information:
Your interview day is a mutual process aligned to helping you to decide if this is the school to advance your career in. We aim to make the day as supportive as possible. Any questions pre or post application can be sent to Kevin Brown, our Partnership Operations Manager.
(Kevin.brown@valentineprimary.co.uk) We warmly encourage you to visit our school to meet the children and staff. Please telephone the school to arrange a mutually convenient appointment.
Initial Teacher Training (PGCE)
Are you interested in training to become a qualified teacher? We regularly offer training places through our partnership with the University of Southampton Education School.
Find out more by contacting the university:
visiting their webpages:
www.southampton.ac.uk/learntoteach
or coming to an Open Evening at the university: