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  • Job start date

    5 January 2026

  • Closing date

    17 October 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    3 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Other leadership role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term - Initially 10 months but may become a permanent position

Pay scale

Lead Practitioner Scale L1 -5

What skills and experience we're looking for

We see this role as an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to grow, develop and demonstrate impact, progressing to senior leadership positions in a school, in 2-3 years. We will provide the CPD and this role will give you the experience to ensure your leadership quality really develops within that time span.

We would be excited to hear from you if:

  • you have extensive experience of effective teaching in Year 6 with high pupil outcomes
  • you have outstanding knowledge of the successful teaching of English and Maths in Key Stage 2
  • you have experience leading a Key Stage and are looking for a promotional opportunity that offers new challenges, greater responsibility, and the opportunity to have a wider impact on developing others teaching
  • you are anexceptional practitioner with a proven track record and are seeking to have a wider influence on other teachers practice.
  • you possess the qualities to grow into a highly effective leader, such as the ability to influence others, be highly reflective, possess an unwavering work ethic, have high levels of emotional intelligence and professional integrity;
  • be a lifelong learner, always striving to be a better teacher, who is personally ambitious and able to pick things up quickly;
  • want to work in a fully inclusive, diverse and ambitious school, providing a first-class education to our children, where you can really make a difference to young people.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

  • Excellent transport links from Manchester City Centre and on site car parking

  • You’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.

  • Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)

  • Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!

  • Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)

  • Co-op Funeralcare benefit

  • Season ticket and rental deposit loans

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

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Co-op Academy Medlock

Organisation type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
Size
357 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01612731830

It is Co-op Academy Medlock's ambition for all our children to fulfil their highest potential.

We inspire our children to become confident, independent and engaged learners. Everything we do is to provide our children with the best start in life and encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Medlock serves a vibrant and diverse community. It is a place where differences are recognised and celebrated through our curriculum as well as through pastoral channels. Our children, families and staff are caring, respectful and responsible. We work in partnership with our families and community.

At Medlock we are passionate about providing every child with the skills they need to be lifelong learners. We believe that school life should give our children the ambition to be the best they can be. Learning is fun, purposeful and challenging and at the end of their time at Medlock, our children are confident young global citizens who understand British Values and are ready for the next stage of their educational journey.

Arranging a visit to Co-op Academy Medlock

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email julie.nowell@coopacademies.co.uk.

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