About this Role

About Plympton St Maurice Primary School

Welcome to Plympton St Maurice Primary School, a small, one form entry primary school where every child is noticed. Our school is a welcome, calm learning environment where our staff team recognise the importance of being an individual, with individual needs and differences.

Our school grounds are unique. The school itself comprises of one long corridor with classes stemming from this. Our grounds are special – we have a larger than average school field with our own forest school area (and outdoor classroom) as well as a purpose build foundation area (covered for all weather use) and playground with equipment to keep the most active entertained.

Our children behave incredibly well in school and follow our three key principles of being safe, being kind and being ready to learn. Our staff are dedicated to improving the life chances of all children with our shared vision of ‘Nurturing curiosity to allow happy, aspirational children to flourish’.

We offer a wide range of clubs, residentials and whole school experiences as well as a rare overseas residential to France for our oldest children. 

Are you someone who wants the best for every child?  Plympton St Maurice Primary is a good school (Ofsted April 2025) looking to appoint an enthusiastic teachers to commence in January. This is a unique position and one which is linked to secured funding for three years. The post holder will support children across the school, providing bespoke interventions and tailored support. You will be working in small groups throughout the day, varying from group sizes of one child up to five or six. This is quite a unique role, one which will likely evolve as children move through the school. It will be heavily focused on supporting children based on need, and educational background. The children will have with academic, social and SEND barriers. There will be high expectations to ensure these children receive high quality care and instruction, showing impact and progress.

All applicants should: 

• Have experience of working in a primary school setting.
• Have experience of working with children with SEND
• Be hard working and committed to school improvement 
• Enjoy working with others
• Bring new ideas to our school. 

About the Successful Candidate

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Qualified teacher status (QTS)
• The ability to work independently and use their own initiative
• A positive and nurturing manner
• Knowledge of a range of learning and behaviour strategies

We can offer you:

• The support of our experienced team in developing your classroom practice.
• Working within a friendly whole school team where the children’s needs are placed at the heart of all we do.
• A hardworking but caring environment where the children thrive.
• Working with children who have a desire to learn and do well.

This post offers great flexibility in working arrangements, with term time only working and opportunities for work/life balances. We anticipate the working pattern to be five mornings a week with planning time included totalling 0.6FTE. For the right candidate, negotiations around this working pattern are welcomed.

Visits to the school by prospective candidates are most welcome; please contact the school office on (01752) 337427 or admin@psmps.co.uk

Plympton St. Maurice Primary School and the Westcountry Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.