Lecturer - Primary Education

Initial teacher training (ITT) at Plymouth Marjon University has a considerable history, stretching back over 180 years. Plymouth Marjon University holds TEF Gold for Teaching excellence and is rated 4^th in the Guardian Best University ratings for Education courses (2025). In the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) 89% of our research was internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour, including a submission to the Education Unit of Assessment. We have recently launched a new university strategy Marjon 2030: The Case for Inconvenient Excellence which outlines our mission to end social inequity through life changing teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange. In the School of Education our ambition is to continue to enhance our position as a leading provider of innovative education, impactful research and be a central supply chain for our local and regional schools.

We would welcome applications from candidates who wish to make a substantive contribution to primary PGCE programmes with the following experience and credentials:

Essential

• Holds UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Holds a Master’s degree or has equivalent professional experience
• Has recent school experience teaching the national curriculum (England)
• Has a specialism in primary professional studies and one or more of the following subjects: geography, science or maths
• Has a track record of keeping up to date with evidence informed practice
• Has experience supporting trainee teachers and/or early career teachers

Desirable

• Has experience of contributing to the delivery of ITT primary QTS provision
• Has experience of ITT curriculum and programme design
• Has a doctorate or is enrolled currently in a doctoral degree programme

At Plymouth Marjon University, we provide our learners with the best learning and teaching opportunities to help them develop both professionally and personally.

Main responsibilities

• Preparing trainee teachers: drawing on your knowledge and teaching expertise to ensure trainees are evidence informed and ‘school-ready’.
• Teaching: designing and delivering innovative teaching sessions, fostering an inclusive environment for all and marking assignments.
• Quality Assurance of placement experiences: visiting trainees on placement, supporting school mentors and tracking trainee progress.
• Recruitment: interviewing and selecting appropriate trainees for the PGCE course and supporting recruitment events.
• Pastoral support continuing our unprecedented success in student satisfaction by providing pastoral and academic support to our trainees.

What we can offer:

Plymouth Marjon University is a small University with our students at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be based in the School of Education on our green campus in the north of Plymouth with:

• Opportunities for flexible working
• 35 days holiday (plus bank holidays and Christmas closures)
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) enrolment

To view the full range of benefits we offer, please click here. 

This appointment is subject to enhanced DBS and right to work checks. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jodie Greaves (Head of Initial Teacher Training) jgreaves@marjon.ac.uk

Closing date: Thursday 15 May 2025 (at 11:59pm)

Interview date: Tuesday 27 May 2025

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