• Required from September 2025
• Fixed term until 12 April 2026 (initially for 2 terms with the possibility of being extended)
• Full Time, 32.5 hours per week
• Salary MPS/UPS

The Governors are looking for a talented, motivational, and inspiring teacher to join our Catholic primary school and Nursery at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery, Tadcaster.

 We are looking for a Classroom Teacher who will:

• support the Catholic ethos of our school
• be an excellent practitioner, able to motivate children
• be innovative, adaptive, creative, forward thinking and work collaboratively within our team
• have high expectations of children of all groups and abilities
• create an inclusive classroom, which fully accommodates the needs of children with SEND
• engage and motivate children to learn
• be cheerful and friendly, and build positive relationships with children, staff and families
• be committed to children’s welfare and safeguarding
• have a fair, positive and calm approach to ensure pupils meet high expectations of behaviour

We offer: 

• a strong Catholic ethos
• a recent Ofsted ‘Good’ inspection (March 2025)
• a friendly, happy school that lives by its vision statement, ‘Live, love and learn with the Lord’
• happy children with exemplary standards of behaviour
• a welcoming and caring environment where everyone is valued
• supportive families, Academy Council and parish community
• a strong commitment to continuous professional development
• the support and guidance of governors, Diocese of Leeds and the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust

For further information, please contact Claire Norman, our Office Manager on 01937 832344 or admin@stjosephstadcaster.org .  Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment through the school office.

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.

In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.