Job title and organisation: Year 3 and 4 Class Teacher - Lower Wortley Primary School
Salary: MPS / UPS
Hours: Full time
Contract: Temporary, Maternity cover until July 2027 or until the postholder returns
Location: Lower Wortlet Primary School, LS12 4PX
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 31st May 2026 at midnight
Lower Wortley Primary School wishes to appoint a committed, caring and highly effective teacher to work in our Lower Key Stage 2 team. This post will involve working closely alongside the other teachers in the year group. We are a friendly and welcoming school that works hard to ensure that children fulfil their potential and prepare for the next stage of learning and life.
Tours of the school are highly encouraged. Please contact the school office on 0113 3230152 to arrange a time to visit.
The successful candidate will:
- Be an exemplary classroom practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning and a clear understanding of the National Curriculum
- Actively contribute to the LKS2 team and play a full role in the whole life of the school including our extra-curricular provision
- Be committed to ensuring that learning is effective for all children, including those with SEND
- Have a clear understanding of how to use different forms of assessment to identify learning needs in order to support the development of all children
- Be hardworking, organised and able to meet deadlines
- Form good relationships within the team and manage non-teaching staff effectively
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and their families
- Show dedication to our curriculum drivers of citizenship, ambition and resilience.
Our school can offer a professional culture that includes:
- Respect and Understanding – politeness, consideration and care for all
- Equity – everyone treated fairly according to their needs
- Promotion of Welfare – ensuring physical and mental health, and positive wellbeing
- Collective Responsibility – shared aims and accountability
- Everyone a learner – thoughtful and reflective improvement
If you would like the opportunity to work as part of our teaching team, we look forward to receiving your application.
Any questions about the application process, please contact Mrs C. Harte – Business Manager.
Application forms and further information are available from our website https://www.lowerwortley-pri.leeds.sch.uk/our-school/vacancies
Completed applications should be sent to Mrs C. Harte at admin@lwps.org.uk by 12 midnight on Sunday 31st May 2026.
Interviews will be held on Friday 12th June 2026. If candidates have not received an invitation to interview by Friday 2nd June 2026, then please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure, a comprehensive social media/internet search and suitable references. The successful candidate will also be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service Check.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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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