Early Career Teacher EDV/2026/WCEPS/63469 Full Time NEW

Contract Type: Permanent

Pay Grade: Grade M1 to M3.

Full Time Salary: £32,916 to £37,101.

Starting: 1 September 2026

Kickstart your career by joining Weldon in September 2026!

Whether you are embarking on your first steps into teaching, or are an experienced teacher, looking for a new and rewarding challenge, it is vital to find the best match and school environment for you.

At Weldon, we are proud to offer an environment that allows all staff to develop professionally and personally, throughout their careers. We pride ourselves on creating a school that is friendly, safe, and supportive, with good working conditions, wellbeing, and workload at the forefront of our minds in all decision making.

We seek to nurture the infinite worth of every unique individual through love, respect and forgiveness, fostering an enduring passion for learning and an ability to live life in all its fullness. Our inclusive school community aims to enable our students to fulfil their true potential, developing people who make a positive impact on the world.

We Are Looking To Appoint Someone Who

• Is enthusiastic, approachable, and friendly.
• Ensures all children feel safe, happy, and able to learn.
• Someone who is reflective and continually seeks to improve their practice.
• Is confident in using a range of behaviour management strategies.
• Is committed to supporting, motivating, and challenging the learning of children of all abilities within the classroom.
• Can make special contribution to our school community, as a Teacher and a Team Member.
• Is supportive of the ethos of a Church and Trust school.
• Understands the importance of Child Protection and is committed to the safeguarding of children’s welfare – both at home and in school.

In Return, We Will Offer

• A supportive environment where contributions and ideas are encouraged, valued and supported.
• Guaranteed ECT time
• High quality CPD alongside bespoke training at all levels
• Curriculum enrichment opportunities
• Happy and motivated children who are eager to learn
• A collaborative and supportive school community that is underpinned by the Christian ethos, driven by a shared passion of children’s welfare and education
• Including a network with other ECTs across the PDET trust
• A rewarding and exciting working environment, that inspires and challenges within a supportive and welcoming atmosphere
• Access to a vast array of employee benefits and recognition systems, via our brand-new partnership with Vivup
• Employment within one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the Peterborough Diocese, with wider development, training and career opportunities

…as a minimum, to help you flourish. Alongside 35 other primary schools across the Peterborough Diocese, we drive pupil and staff achievement; by encouraging one another and building each other up.

Whilst support is focused during the initial stages of your career, PDET recognise that continuous professional development is essential to maintain standards and achievements for our pupils and maintain confidence and challenge in our staff. Consequently, continual opportunities are sustained throughout your career with PDET, whereby access to leadership secondments, transfers and training can be provided, alongside the opportunity to work across more than one school, of which we have a great variety, ranging from small village schools to large urban schools.

It is important for you to find a school that will support you throughout your teaching career, and we believe we can offer this support at within Weldon, a PDET school.

Are you ready to seize a wonderful opportunity at a wonderful village school? Then please get in touch with us, we would love to hear from you!

Visits during the school day are welcome and encouraged. Please contact the school office by phone or by email:

office@weldon.pdet.org.uk

01536 265288

Weldon CE Primary is a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust. We are a family of schools across the Peterborough Diocese, and these strong links make special contribution to our children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and learning. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing finances and other central services for the academies within the Trust.

More information about the school and the Trust can be found on the following websites:

https://www.weldonceprimary.co.uk/Contact-Us/

https://www.pdet.org.uk/

For more information see our Job Description and Personal Specifications.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications, so please do not delay in applying!

PDET, and all of our schools, are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, and references will be sought prior to interview for all shortlisted candidates. We are an equal opportunities employer.