Early Careers Teacher - Primary Education
Job description
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Primary ECT Opportunities – EYFS, KS1 & KS2 (September Start)
Finishing your primary teacher training and looking for your first role in September? We’re working with welcoming schools in Teesside offering opportunities across EYFS, KS1, and KS2—ideal for ECTs wanting to gain experience in different year groups and school settings.
Location: Stockton
Pay: £650–£750 per WEEK
Start: September
Why it’s ideal for Primary ECTs:
- Experience across EYFS, KS1 & KS2
- Build confidence in different year groups
- Develop your teaching style and classroom management
- Supportive school environments
The Role:
- Deliver engaging lessons across the primary curriculum
- Create a positive, inclusive classroom
- Support pupil progress and wellbeing
What you’ll need:
- PGCE and/or QTS in Primary Education
- Strong curriculum knowledge from placements
- Enthusiastic, adaptable approach
A great way to start your teaching career with flexibility, variety, and support.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your PGCE and QTS prominently at the top of your CV under a 'Qualifications' section, as these are explicitly required by the advert.
📊 Quantify your placement experience: e.g. 'Delivered 60+ lessons across KS1 and KS2 during a 10-week placement at a 300-pupil primary school in Durham'.
🎯 Tailor your personal statement to reference all three key stages — EYFS, KS1, and KS2 — as the advert specifically seeks ECTs with cross-phase experience.
🌐 Include a dedicated safeguarding section or line confirming your valid enhanced DBS check, as Teaching Personnel explicitly requires this for all candidates.
🤝 Reference your classroom management approach with a concrete example from placement, as the advert lists this as a key development area for the role.
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- •Delivered 80+ primary curriculum lessons across KS1 and KS2 during a 12-week placement at a 420-pupil school in Teesside, achieving positive mentor assessments in all 8 Teachers' Standards.
- •Designed and implemented differentiated EYFS activities for a class of 28 pupils, supporting 5 children with additional learning needs and contributing to a 15% improvement in early reading assessments.
- •Applied behaviour management strategies across 3 year groups during placements, reducing low-level disruption incidents by 20% within 4 weeks through consistent routine-setting and positive reinforcement.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Teaching Personnel's primary ECT opportunities across EYFS, KS1, and KS2 in Stockton-on-Tees align precisely with where I want to begin my teaching career. Having completed my PGCE in Primary Education and gained QTS, I am eager to apply my curriculum delivery skills and classroom management experience across different year groups from September.
My background in primary teacher training includes placements in both KS1 and KS2 settings, where I planned and delivered lessons for mixed-ability classes, tracked pupil progress, and contributed to inclusive classroom environments. I hold a valid enhanced DBS certificate and have completed child protection training, ensuring I meet Teaching Personnel's safeguarding requirements from day one.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you structure a phonics lesson for a mixed-ability KS1 class?
- ›What strategies would you use to differentiate your teaching across EYFS and KS2 in the same week?
- ›How do you plan lessons that meet the requirements of the primary national curriculum?
- ›Can you describe how you would track and evidence pupil progress during a temporary placement?
- ›What approaches to behaviour management have you used or observed during your training placements?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time during your training when you had to adapt a lesson plan at short notice.
- ›Describe a situation where you supported a pupil who was struggling with their wellbeing as well as their learning.
- ›Give an example of how you created an inclusive classroom environment during a placement.
- ›Tell me about a time you received critical feedback from a mentor teacher and how you responded.
- ›Describe a moment when you had to build confidence quickly in an unfamiliar school setting.
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Tell me about a time during your training when you had to adapt a lesson plan at short notice.
Describe a situation where you supported a pupil who was struggling with their wellbeing as well as their learning.