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How many Primary Teacher jobs are available on Pertemps?

There are 96 Primary Teacher jobs available on Pertemps right now.

What does a Primary Teacher do?

Primary education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction to children at all levels up to the age of entry into secondary education.

Tasks required include:

• Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
• Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
• Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
• Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects.
• Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
• Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
• Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
• Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
• Undertakes pastoral duties.

What are the entry requirements for a Primary Teacher?

Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Further and higher professional qualifications are required for some teaching posts. A DBS check is mandatory.