Vacancies

Administrative Assistant (full-time) - permanent

We are looking to appoint an administrative assistant to work in our busy school office. Our administrative assistant is usually people’s first port of call at the school and we are looking for a friendly, welcoming person who can communicate effectively with a range of people. This role can be very busy at times and requires someone who is able to prioritise their workload and to sometimes work under pressure to meet deadlines. Some of the key duties of the post include answering the telephone, replying to emails, processing invoices for payment and keeping school records up-to-date.

If you are interested in applying, please complete an application form and return it either in-person at the school office or via email to the headteacher at: abroom@ambleside.cumbria.sch.uk 

An application form can be downloaded below along with the job description and person specification for the role. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the headteacher via the school office.

Closing date for applications for our admin vacancy: by midday on Friday 13th June, 2025

Key Stage 2 teacher (full-time) - maternity cover

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic class teacher on a maternity contract from September 2025. The role will require an excellent awareness of working as part of a team and a high level of independence. This is a position working in a mixed-age key stage 2 class, ideally years 5/6. However, we are happy to accept applications from strong candidates with a background in lower key stage 2 and we will place the successful candidate in the Key Stage 2 age group which matches their strengths and experience.  The role will involve working as part of our staff, ensuring high quality, creative planning, excellent teaching and assessment and a sound knowledge of the curriculum.

If you are interested in applying, please complete an application form, and include a covering letter addressed to Mrs Alison Broom (Headteacher), explaining why you are interested in this role, and what you can offer to the children of Ambleside CE Primary School.

An application form can be downloaded below along with the covering letter, job description and person specification for the role. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the headteacher via the school office.

Closing date for applications for our teacher vacancy: by midday on Monday 23rd June, 2025

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Would you like to volunteer at school?

We can always use help in the classrooms and our amazing team of volunteers love working with us.  We prefer a regular commitment if possible in the classrooms but we're flexible and take into account people's different holiday times etc. Maybe you could hear children read, bring your specialist skills to the classroom or simply be an invaluable extra pair of hands.

DIY SOS! Maybe you can offer skills outside the classroom?  Fancy repainting a shed or sprucing up the garden?  Maybe you're that amazing person who can rally a team together!  

Contact us for more information on how to become a volunteer.

The Good Shepherd Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of its pupils across its family of schools.

The Trust engages with young people and staff in policy and practice developments, proactively encourages feedback and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful candidate will be required to hold, or undergo a suitable enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to school prior to the date of the interview. Applicants may be asked for further information about their criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service and DfE (where relevant) before your appointment is confirmed.

The school reserves the right to carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online. 

NOTE: it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.