Job title and organisation: Maternity Cover Y5 Teacher - Woodlesford Primary School
Hours: 32.5
Contract: Fixed Term - 1 year
Location: Woodlesford Primary School, LS26 8RD
Closing Date and Time: Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 12:30pm

Are you passionate about making a difference to children’s lives? Are you an excellent teacher with children at the heart of your practice? Are you committed to continuous improvement, working with colleagues in school and beyond to secure success for all learners? Then Woodlesford primary is the school for you!

Our school is set in the beautiful village of Woodlesford on the outskirts of Rothwell, benefitting from excellent transport links. Our Victorian building is set amidst beautiful grounds with fields and forest and well-resourced outdoor provision for all children. 

We are looking for teachers who are committed to relational behaviour practice, are passionate about inclusion and believe that all children deserve excellent quality first teaching. At Woodlesford we put kindness, respect and perseverance at the heart of all we do: our children and our staff live these values.

We believe that a child’s educational journey extends beyond the classroom and we are dedicated to providing a rich extra curricular offer, with 3 residentials and a variety of extra curricular clubs. Our teachers offer a host of sporting and creative opportunities, and we are looking for teachers who will add to this. Our Y5 children attend an amazing local residential overnight and we are looking for a teacher who is excited to attend this with their class.

Our curriculum is always developing as we constantly seek to provide the best opportunities for our learners. We are looking for teachers who will help us develop a diverse and rich curriculum, which is delivered using the most up to date research on teaching and learning.

What we can offer you:

• Well behaved and engaged pupils who have a passion for learning.
• Parents who are interested in their child’s education and will work with you to secure excellent outcomes for their children.
• A supportive leadership and staff team.
• Dedicated time for ppa with colleagues and timetabled subject leadership time.
• An outward facing school, that works with schools locally and beyond to secure excellence.
• A strong commitment to professional development with high quality CPD opportunities.
• Access to the LCC employee benefit programme.
• Should it be relevant to the applicant, we have a comprehensive ECT programme with experienced mentors.

We are looking for

• Dedicated teachers who understand the importance of working with families and colleagues to secure the best outcomes.
• Inspiring and excellent teachers who can make learning engaging, whilst maintaining high standards and ensuring outstanding progress for all learners.
• Teachers with high expectations of themselves and their teaching, and of the children they teach.
• Teachers who are committed to children’s welfare and safeguarding and who fully understand that safeguarding is the role of every member of staff in school.
• Staff who understand relational behaviour practice.
• Inclusive practitioners who are dedicated to providing the right scaffolds so that all learners can feel success.
• Outward facing individuals who are excited about internal and external collaboration.
• Teachers who can evidence working well as part of a team.
• Teachers who fully meet the teacher standards.
• Teachers who will lead a curriculum subject with passion and enthusiasm, extending learning opportunities beyond the national curriculum.
• Someone fully engaged with the wider life of the school and happy to take part in our extra curricular offer, running clubs and attending events.
• Teachers who take ownership of their development, are dedicated to self improvement and can strongly evidence putting research and training into practice.

Safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

Equal Opportunities

We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the people of Leeds.

Visits to school are encouraged and you are invited to book a tour on one of the following dates: Monday 13th at 4pm, Wednesday 16th October at 2pm. Should you not be able to visit at one of these times, please contact the school office and we will endeavour to accommodate you.

Closing: 21st October 12.30pm

Shortlisting: 21st  October

Interviews: Tuesday 4th November

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people. 

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa  route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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