Athro, Athrawes/ Secondment Opportunity, Class Teacher, Pantysgallog Primary School

Salary: £32,433.00 - To: £49,944.00

MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

PANTYSGALLOG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Pantysgallog, Merthyr Tydfil
Tel: 01685 351813
E-Mail darren.thomas@merthyr.gov.uk

N.O.R. 220

Secondment Opportunity

CLASS TEACHER (main pay scale) _ TLR 2
5 days per week - Fixed Term Secondment

Are you a teacher looking to gain experience with TLR status?
OR = are you an existing TLR holder looking to gain experience in another school?
Worried about committing?

Maybe a SECONDMENT is your answer
You will get the opportunity to gain valuable, leadership experience and be able to return to your existing role.

Required for September 2025 to JULY 2026

We are looking for an outstanding primary practitioner to join our leadership team. This is a great opportunity for an experienced teacher to gain leadership experience with an excellent team. If you want challenge and to help progress your career this may be the opportunity you are looking for.

This post will be a fixed term secondment to cover an existing TLR holder progressing to the role of Acting Assistant Headteacher. You will be a TLR2 holder with full-time teaching role.

Your responsibilities will be:
• Lead and manage Assessment and Progression.
• Support and Lead with ongoing curriculum development

What experience will you need?
• First and foremost you will need to be a consistently excellent teacher.
• You will need a minimum of three years teaching experience
• You will need to be energetic, committed and passionate about education.
• You will need experience leading and managing an area of learning.

What can we offer?
• Excellent training and support as a classroom practitioner
• Excellent training and experience with an experienced and highly effective leadership team
• Excellent experience to add to your CV and support your career progression.
• Excellent opportunities to develop and extend partnerships and networks with other organisations.

Closing date: Friday 2nd May 2025
Shortlisting: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Lesson Observations Week Commencing: Week commencing Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 21st May 2025

Permissions: As this is a secondment, please ensure you have written agreement from your Headteacher and Governing Body that they will release you if successful.

For further information please contact Darren Thomas on 01685 351813 or email darren.thomas@merthyr.gov.uk

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than Friday 2nd May 2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.