Your First Primary Teaching Job in Derby

Getting your first primary teaching job in Derby

Primary teachers looking to obtain their first job in Derby are invited to apply to this Derby ECT ‘pool’. It is organised by primary schools in the city and the details of those who successfully get into the pool are circulated to all Derby headteachers. They can select candidates from the pool and fast-track their recruitment directly to the final stage interviews at school.

The interviews to join the pool are held virtually on 5th March with headteachers and senior leaders from across the city. They are looking for high quality new teachers who they would recommend to their headteacher colleagues in Derby. Being on the pool list is not a guarantee of a job, but your information is sent to all local headteachers recruiting in 2026. Being on the pool list will not be the only way of getting a job in a Derby school. The Derby Primary Strategy Group (PSG) is coordinating this ECT Pool on behalf of all schools in the city of Derby.