Required from 1st September 2025
Full-Time Permanent Early Careers Teacher (ECT)

Heron Hill Primary School is committed to the principles and practice of safer recruitment, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check and excellent professional references.

The Governors of Heron Hill Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational ECT to join our dedicated and supportive staff team.  The position will initially be in our Key Stage 2 team (likely lower KS2). 

Heron Hill Primary School is a two-form entry primary school that holds our school values of respect, responsibility and relationships at the heart of all we do. We are proud to support our pupils in learning to be kind, respectful, responsible citizens who can go on to make a positive mark on the world in which they live.

We are seeking an adaptable, flexible, keen practitioner who is ready to begin their teaching career with us. The successful candidate will:
•    Have QTS and a proven success of teaching children in KS2.
•    Have a secure understanding of the primary national curriculum. 
•    Be a reflective practitioner who can build positive relationships with pupils they serve and meet the needs of pupils with a wide range of abilities. 
•    Communicate effectively with children, parents and colleagues. 
•    Adopt our school values, ethos and policies to ensure a safe, purposeful school experience for all. 

Heron Hill is a school with a huge heart and a solid community ethos; the successful candidate will therefore need to demonstrate a willingness to be fully involved in the life of the school.

We welcome visits to school so that you are able to see our school in action and experience our school culture in person. Please see dates below and contact our friendly school office team (01539 721276) who will be happy to book you on to one of these tours. 
•    Thursday 8th May at 9am and 4:30pm
•    Monday 12th May at 4:30pm

Closing date for applications:     Wednesday 14th May 2025
Shortlisting:                 Thursday 15th May 2025
Interview:                                       Tuesday 20th May 2025

An application pack can be found on the school website  www.heronhill.cumbria.sch.uk  or contact the school office, admin@heronhill.cumbria.sch.uk

We are aware of some compatibility problems with Westmorland and Furness Council’s application form.  Please check your completed form can successfully be sent to a third party.

School Administrator
Permanent - Part-time: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday.
BS6 – SCP7 - £25,584 (A) - £25,992 (B)  pro-rata (£13.26 hourly rate)*
*New increased support staff pay scales from 01/04/2025 yet to be applied.
Term time plus 2 weeks (1 week of INSET & 1 week of school holiday working).
Required to start on 1st July 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Due to the retirement of our existing School Administrator at the end of the Summer term, the Governors of Barrow Island Community Primary School are seeking to appoint a permanent School Administrator to join the school office team.

We are looking to recruit an organised, confident and approachable member of staff with excellent communication and administrative skills.

The role of the successful candidate will include:
•    Meeting and greeting pupils and all visitors at the main school office and dealing with queries.
•    Various forms of communication with parents/carers, other schools and numerous professionals from outside agencies who support pupils and school. 
•    Maintaining confidentiality at all times, ensuring data and records are held securely.
•    Providing organisational and administrative support to other staff.
•    Supporting the School Business Manager with finance and procurement tasks.

Application packs including a full job profile and person specification are available via the school website. Only applications completed on a Westmorland and Furness Application form will be considered. Please return completed applications to admin@barrowisland.cumbria.sch.uk by 12 noon on the closing date.

Barrow Island Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. 

This will include the following checks (where relevant): 
•    Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
•    Satisfactory references
•    Online & social media
•    Suitability to work with children
•    Right to work
•    Medical

Visits to the school are welcome by appointment – please email admin@barrowisland.cumbria.sch.uk to arrange.

Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 16th May 2025 
Shortlisting: Monday 19th May 2025 
Interviews: Afternoon of Thursday 22nd May 2025

The Governors of St Bernard’s Catholic High School in Barrow in Furness are looking to appoint a 
Second in Department for Religious Education 

This is a permanent post

Contract: Permanent Full time, FTE  1 

To Teach Key Stage: 3 & 4
Required start: September 2025 

St Bernard’s Catholic School is a high performing Secondary school in a  beautiful corner of Cumbria, at stone’s throw from the Lake District National Park.– an incredible place to live and work. We are a school were all are ‘known and loved’. We are proud to be part of the Mater Christi Trust comprising 15 schools (and growing) across Cumbria and Lancaster, providing incredible 
opportunities for growth and development for our staff. 

If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and believe in high expectations for all, we would love you to apply for this Middle Leadership post of Second in Department for Religious Education. 

We are seeking to appoint a permanent, enthusiastic and highly motivated Second in Department to join our RE Team. The        candidate should be an exceptional teacher with a commitment to academic excellence and helping every child 
succeed.  

We would really encourage candidates to come our visit our wonderful school if interest in this post. 

Our School can offer you;
• A school where “Students describe the school as a loving environment” and “Students behave in a mature and sensible way”, 
• “They respect each other and their teachers and enjoy learning”. 
• A professional, enthusiastic and supportive team of staff with the capacity and commitment to raise student achievement. 
• Centralized behavior systems to support teaching staff.
• High quality and regular CPD
• Supportive parents, Governors, Diocese and Trust. 
• A well-resourced school with good results. 
• A strong commitment to developing staff and creating the leaders of tomorrow. 

An application pack and further details about the post are available from: www.stbernardsschool.uk

Completed applications should be returned to: angela.williams@mater-christi.com
Closing Date:  Friday 16th May 2025 
Shortlisting: Monday 19th May 2025
Interviews:  Wednesday 21st  May 2025

St Bernard’s Catholic High School is part of the Mater-Christi Trust in the Diocese of Lancaster. The Trust actively promotes diversity, unity and community cohesion and that it supports pupils to become successful, compassionate citizens. The Mater Christi Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Mater Christi Trust will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check,  two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates, and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
 

Job title: Teaching Assistant / Senior Teaching Assistant
Fixed term, part-time.

The children, staff and governors of St James’ CE Junior School are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant / Senior Teaching Assistant (grade will be dependent on experience and qualifications) to start September 2025 on a fixed term contract until 31st August 2026 with the possibility of being extended depending on funding.

This role is part-time and consist of working from 9am-3pm, term time only.

You will be working in KS2, supporting children with their learning and emotional needs providing tailored interventions, as required, enabling children to achieve their full learning potential.

The successful candidate will:
•    Maintain and ensure high expectations of learning and behaviour
•    Maintain the positive ethos and be willing to promote the Christian values of the school
•    Have the ability to engage and enthuse all children using a variety of approaches
•    Be able to develop excellent relationships with all members of our school community

St James’ CE Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check.

Further details about the school, the post and an application form are available from the school office:
office@stjamesjun-bif.cumbria.sch.uk

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, please make any enquiries via email or phone. 
A letter of application will also be required.

Closing date for applications to be returned to school by post or email: 12pm, Friday 16th May 2025.
Interviews will take place: Week commencing Monday 19th May 2025.

Job title: 2 x Teaching Assistant / Senior Teaching Assistant
Fixed term, part-time.

The children, staff and governors of St James’ CE Junior School are looking to appoint 2 x Teaching Assistants / Senior Teaching Assistants (grade will be dependent on experience and qualifications) to start September 2025 on a fixed term contract until 31st August 2026 with the possibility of being extended depending on funding.

Both roles are part-time and consist of working from 8:45am-3:15pm term time only.

You will be working in KS2, supporting children with their learning and emotional needs providing tailored interventions, as required, enabling children to achieve their full learning potential.

The successful candidate will:
•    Maintain and ensure high expectations of learning and behaviour
•    Maintain the positive ethos and be willing to promote the Christian values of the school
•    Have the ability to engage and enthuse all children using a variety of approaches
•    Be able to develop excellent relationships with all members of our school community

St James’ CE Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check.

Further details about the school, the post and an application form are available from the school office:
office@stjamesjun-bif.cumbria.sch.uk

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, please make any enquiries via email or phone. 
A letter of application will also be required.

Closing date for applications to be returned to school by post or email: 12pm, Friday 16th May 2025.
Interviews will take place: Week commencing Monday 19th May 2025.