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  • Job start date

    24 February 2025

  • Closing date

    26 January 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    10 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of success and raising pupil outcomes. As a Star teacher, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best teachers in education.

The successful candidate will have the ability to deliver quality teaching that drives achievement and inspires a love of learning. You will be able to demonstrate experience of achieving positive outcomes for pupils, as well as being passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the natural ability to motivate both pupils and peers.

You will have:

  • A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
  • A good understanding of statutory requirements at primary schools.
  • Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
  • Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.

What the school offers its staff

Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy is a primary school, with a nursery, for 3 to 11 year olds in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

The school was rated ‘good’ overall, with ‘outstanding’ judgements in two of the five areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in September 2022.

We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

Commitment to 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.

Applying for the job

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About Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
516 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Phone number
01274 665812

Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 630 place, 4-11 primary school. Thornbury joined the Trust on 1 April 2018. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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