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Class Teacher

Ryecroft Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5AW

This job expired on 15 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  15 April 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 March 2024

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or Lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (133)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Part time hours are considered (3 days or more)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR/UPR

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Have high expectations of themselves, the people they work with and the children they teach.
• Be committed to driving forward pupil progress and achievement.
• Be an effective and reflective classroom practitioner who is willing to learn and develop whilst sharing expertise to develop others.
• Demonstrate effective behaviour for learning techniques.
• Demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and curriculum expertise.
• Be well organised and able to work well both as part of a team and independently.
• Be cheerful with a positive, 'can-do' attitude.
• Be able to demonstrate very good interpersonal and communication skills.

What the school offers its staff

• Delightful, lively, and engaged children.
• A commitment to your continued professional development and opportunities for responsibility and promotion.
• A vibrant, creative school committed to consistently improving outcomes.
• Small class sizes which enable you to ensure your pupils prosper and flourish in their learning.
• A welcoming and friendly community of committed staff and governors.
• A supportive and caring environment.

• As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

  • Membership to a local government pension scheme.
  • A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
  • Specsavers scheme.
  • £2k Cycle to work scheme.
  
  

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

The GORSE Academies Trust use ‘OnlineSCR’ for the processing of safeguarding checks – their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/.

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Additional documents

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Application Form.docx - 143 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description & Person Specification.docx - 394 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ryecroft Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 350 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ryecroft Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@ryecroft.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ryecroft-academy

Ryecroft Academy is a one and a half entry primary school situated in Farnley, Leeds.


A thriving, dynamic and happy school, the staff team are wholeheartedly committed to doing the very best they can for the children in their care.  It is because of the team’s effort, expertise and strong moral purpose that families can be confident that the children at Ryecroft Academy are safe, cherished, encouraged and brilliantly taught. 


The Ofsted report from our March 2025 inspection confirms that the academy is Outstanding in all areas. Inspectors praised our ‘inspiring, broad and ambitious curriculum’ in which ‘pupils make exceptional progress.’  They noted a ‘culture of continuous reflection and improvement’ among leaders and staff, and highlighted that ‘parents and carers, alongside the local community, hold the school in high regard.


Ryecroft Academy benefits extensively from being part of The GORSE Academies Trust which is passionately committed to providing an exceptional education to pupils in the Leeds city region.  The trust has established a reputation for setting standards of excellence and achieving rates of improvements which have received national attention. If you would like to find out more about the remarkable things that are taking place at the academy, then please do contact us.  We would love for you to visit to see the impact of our exceptional work first-hand.

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