Primary Teacher
Job description
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Location: Blackburn
Start Date: September 2026
Contract Type: Temp to Perm
Pay Rate: Main Pay Scale
Setting: Mainstream Primary School
We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Primary Teacher to join a welcoming and well-resourced mainstream primary school in Blackburn from September 2026. This is a temp-to-perm opportunity, perfect for teachers looking to secure a long-term role with progression into a permanent position.
Key Responsibilities- Plan and deliver engaging, creative lessons in line with the KS1 or KS2 curriculum
- Assess, monitor and track pupil progress effectively
- Create a positive, inclusive learning environment
- Work collaboratively with colleagues, support staff, and leadership
- Maintain high expectations for behaviour and achievement
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Experience teaching in a UK primary school
- Strong classroom management skills
- Passion for raising attainment and supporting pupil development
- Ability to quickly integrate into a new school environment
- Competitive pay in line with the Main Pay Scale
- Opportunity to secure a permanent teaching role
- Supportive leadership team and collaborative staff culture
- Access to professional development opportunities
Apply today to secure your Primary Teacher role in Blackburn for September 2026 and take the next step in your teaching career.
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.
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Application advice
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⭐ Place your QTS qualification prominently at the top of your CV under your Personal Statement, as the advert lists it as the first and non-negotiable requirement.
📊 Quantify your classroom impact: e.g. "Raised reading attainment for 28 KS2 pupils by 1.5 sub-levels in one academic year" to demonstrate measurable pupil progress tracking.
🎯 Explicitly reference both KS1 and KS2 experience in your skills section, as the advert is open to either phase — covering both broadens your suitability.
🛡️ Confirm your enhanced DBS status is current and note it clearly in your CV or cover letter, as Teaching Personnel requires this before placement.
🤝 Highlight any experience joining a new school mid-year or at short notice, as the advert specifically values the ability to "quickly integrate into a new school environment".
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- •Planned and delivered differentiated KS2 English and Maths lessons for a mixed-ability class of 30 pupils, contributing to a 12% improvement in end-of-year SATs outcomes.
- •Implemented a structured behaviour management framework across Year 4, reducing low-level disruption incidents by 35% over one term as recorded in class behaviour logs.
- •Tracked and assessed pupil progress for 28 KS1 learners using formative and summative data, identifying 6 pupils for early intervention that closed attainment gaps within two terms.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Teaching Personnel's Primary Teacher vacancy in Blackburn for September 2026 is precisely the long-term opportunity I have been seeking. With Qualified Teacher Status and proven experience delivering engaging lessons across the KS1 and KS2 curricula, I am confident in my ability to contribute to your partner school from day one, maintaining high expectations for both behaviour and attainment.
My background in UK primary education has equipped me with strong pupil progress tracking and assessment skills, alongside the classroom management strategies needed to create a positive, inclusive learning environment. I have experience integrating into new school communities quickly and working collaboratively with support staff and leadership teams to raise standards across the year group.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you plan a sequence of lessons to ensure progression across a KS2 unit of work?
- ›What assessment strategies do you use to track pupil progress and inform your planning?
- ›How do you differentiate lessons to meet the needs of pupils with varying abilities within a mainstream primary classroom?
- ›Describe your approach to behaviour management and maintaining high expectations in the classroom.
- ›How do you ensure your teaching aligns with the statutory requirements of the KS1 or KS2 national curriculum?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you joined a new school or team and had to integrate quickly — how did you approach it?
- ›Describe a situation where a pupil was significantly underperforming. What steps did you take and what was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of when you collaborated with support staff or colleagues to improve outcomes for a pupil.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage a particularly challenging behaviour in the classroom and how you resolved it.
- ›Describe a lesson that did not go as planned. What did you do in the moment and what did you change afterwards?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you joined a new school or team and had to integrate quickly — how did you approach it?
Describe a situation where a pupil was significantly underperforming. What steps did you take and what was the outcome?