Job description

Year 2/3 Teacher – Full-time, long-term temporary role with potential to become permanent from April 2026

This school offers a calm, well‑organised, and nurturing learning environment where pupils benefit from supportive staff, engaging teaching, and clear routines. Leaders work collaboratively with teachers to uphold high expectations, ensuring pupils feel safe, motivated, and able to make steady academic and personal progress. Pupils respond well to purposeful lessons that encourage curiosity, confidence, and resilience.

Duties as Year 2/3 Teacher:

Plan and deliver engaging lessons for a mixed Year 2/3 class
Support pupils in developing key literacy and numeracy skills
Use phonics knowledge to support early reading development
Maintain consistent classroom routines and positive behaviour
Adapt teaching to meet varied learning needs
Assess pupil progress and provide constructive feedback
Work collaboratively with colleagues to support curriculum planning
Uphold safeguarding expectations and prioritise pupil welfare

Ideal Year 2/3 Teacher:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with experience teaching KS1 or KS2
Confident delivering phonics‑based learning
Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
Ability to motivate and inspire pupils of differing abilities
Good organisational and communication abilities
Proactive, reflective, and committed to pupil progress
Dedicated to safeguarding and promoting pupil well‑being

Why Step Teachers?

With a rich history spanning over two decades, our teacher recruitment agency proudly serves North London, East London, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Devon and Greater Manchester. We foster exclusive relationships with schools and academies in these regions. Our dedicated team, stationed in branches across Barnet, Havering, Norwich, Cambridge, Abingdon, and Plymouth, is committed to supporting and nurturing teachers. Explore rewarding opportunities with our trusted education recruitment services.

We are an approved Crown Commercial Service supplier, proud members of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), and REC Audited in Education, which means we have undergone rigorous external auditing to ensure we consistently meet the highest safeguarding and compliance standing in education recruitment.

Step Teachers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All candidates registering with Step Teachers are subject to safeguarding checks in line with the DfE’s statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education, including reference checks and an Enhanced DBS check either registered on the Update Service or willingness to obtain one.

Your salary – dependent on experience – is paid weekly through PAYE – that means no self‑employed or umbrella companies. Additionally, you gain access to a range of exclusive deals, including discounted high‑street shopping, travel offers, gym memberships, and more. Moreover, our pay portal offers comprehensive physical and emotional well‑being services as standard, ensuring your overall wellness is taken care of.

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