Jobs in London - Year 5 Teacher • South East London

Company: Philosophy Education

South East London

Year 5 classFull-timeSouthwarkMaternity contract to start April 2026MPS2 – MPS4A large, welcoming primary school in East Dulwich, Southwark are looking for an experienced primary teacher to teach a year 5 class. This is cover a maternity absence to start after Easter for the rest of the academic year.The RoleIn this Primary Teacher role you will take on full class teacher responsibilities. You will work alongside the other teacher in year 5 to share planning and year group responsibilities. There is an experienced team of support staff in place across the year group to support pupils within class and provide administrative support.The school are looking for an experienced primary teacher with QTS and as least 1 years teaching experience in KS2 as the appointment is mid-year and the class is slightly larger than average. You will need to be able to quickly establish a settled and calm classroom and continue the progress that has been achieved in the first termThis role is paid to scale (MPS2 – MPS4) and is offered on a full-time contract basis with a start in April until at least July 2026.The SchoolThis is a happy, creative and high performing school where all children belong and all achieve. Visitors always comment on the calm, purposeful atmosphere where children are eager to learn and their behaviour and attitudes reflect this. The team of experienced and stable staff inspire children with a life-long love of learning. Situated in the heart of East Dulwich in a beautiful Victorian building, the school is easily accessible and close to transport links.We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients