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.
Teaching Assistant
Are you looking for a role that enables you to take a lead in the classroom? A role where you can deliver a high quality of education to young people?
At St Mary’s CE Primary School, we live, work and learn through a shared dedication of striving to be ‘the best versions of ourselves’.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented, and motivated Teaching Assistant to join our teaching and learning team.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with the following skillset:
• An ability to work under pressure, in an environment that demands the best from you to enable young people to be successful.
• A commitment to the school community, one where you will be present and able to impart the knowledge and skills pupils need to thrive!
• A passion for learning that will inspire and motivate pupils.
• Be confident at both one to one and group level.
This academic year will be one of excitement, change and development. You will be joining our school at a pivotal moment.
Information about our school:
We are a large (three-form-entry) primary school situated in the city centre of Southampton rated Outstanding by OFSTED. We serve a diverse community with almost three-quarters of our pupils speaking English as an additional language.
We are led by an Executive Headteacher and a large leadership team including staff from our partnership schools in Southampton.
Information about the role:
• Work closely with teachers to raise standards and help each pupil progress.
• Work with individuals and groups of children both inside and outside of the classroom, under the direction of a teacher or SENCO.
• Be deployed to other support roles when necessary.
• Support class teachers with classroom management issues e.g. setting up activities, clearing away materials. Preparing resources and displaying work.
• Support with start and end of day procedures as well as lunchtime supervision of pupils.
We offer:
• A happy and purposeful working environment
• Experienced and supportive colleagues
• Enthusiastic children who are happy, responsive, and keen to learn
• Professional development
Application information:
We warmly encourage you to visit our school to meet the children and staff. Please telephone the school to arrange a mutually convenient appointment. For further information on the roles and an application pack look under the vacancies section of the school website (https://www.stmaryspri.org.uk) or contact Dani Mitchell, School Business Manager at recruitment@stmaryspri.org.uk for an application pack
Closing date for applications: 17/05/2025 with the interviews to be conducted in January
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. Please return the completed application forms and pre-interview documents to the School Business Manager.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references, health checks, social media checks and an enhanced DBS clearance.
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: