Griffin Park Primary School
Cavendish Place
Blackburn
BB2 2PN
Job Title: Teacher
Grade/Salary: MPS
Contract Type: Fixed Term until July 2027
Contract Terms: 32.45 hpw, Full Time
Closing Date: Wednesday, 11th June 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday, 17th June 2026
Required From: Tuesday, 1st September 2026
TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
Griffin Park Primary School are keen to appoint a positive, innovative, dynamic and highly motivated teacher to join our team. This a fixed term position for a Maternity Leave cover and would be for Nursery. The post would be suitable for an ECT.
Griffin Park offers a wonderful school setting with well-behaved children who want to learn, a supportive governing body, excellent opportunities for CPD, well-resourced classrooms and a fantastic team spirit.
We are looking for a teacher who is looking to become invested in the life of our school. The successful candidate will have a great understanding of what effective teaching and learning looks like and will add to the energy and hard-working ethic at school. They will care deeply about the children in our school, embrace challenges and will appreciate the important part that everyone must play in making their school a happy place to be.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a strong, reflective practitioner
- Have high expectations of behaviour, progress and achievement
- Want to be part of the wider life of school
- Be nurturing, have a great work-ethic and a positive outlook
- Have great communication skills, a good sense of humour and will want to contribute to being part of a happy and supportive team
At Griffin Park we have:
- Friendly, well-behaved children, who enjoy coming to school
- Opportunities for everyone to contribute their ideas and have a voice
- A long-term commitment to team work in a supportive environment
- A highly structured and well developed curriculum
- A commitment to all our children to enable them to reach their potential;
- The scope to develop within our school
This post is a fixed term contract until July 2027 or when the postholder returns from maternity leave.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment with the Headteacher on Wednesday, 3rd June at 11:00am and 1:30pm. Please telephone the school office on 01254 57724 to arrange.
Application packs are available to download above. Completed applications should be returned to the school via [email protected].
This school is 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 exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as conviction.
