EYFS Lead Teacher

St James' CofE Primary School Gorton, Manchester, M18 8LW

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 37101.00 - 51048.00

EYFS Lead Teacher job summary

St James CE School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley.

St James’ CE Primary School is situated in the local community of Gorton. We are a two-from entry Church of England school. Christian values are at the heart of what we do, and we actively promote generosity, compassion, courage, forgiveness, friendship, respect, thankfulness, trust, perseverance, justice, service and truthfulness. We are proud to serve a diverse community and we believe that our differences make us stronger. Learning from each other, our traditions and our shared history.

Join us now on our journey to make a difference.

The Governors and Principal of St James’ CE Primary School are seeking a motivated and passionate EYFS Lead Teacher to join their team in providing exceptional opportunities for learning and promoting positive outcomes for children. This post comes with a TLR2c £3,527 per annum.

Are you looking for a career where you can motivate and inspire?

 … a role where you can use your skills to make a positive impact in children’s lives?

 … a role where no day is the same and you can indulge your subject interests as part of your work?

 The value of teachers in our society has never been higher. We are very proud to be part of this vital profession and are offering the chance for adaptable and driven professionals to join us in our mission.

 

What Can Vantage Offer You?

• A secure and reliable public sector career, in diverse and inclusive schools with opportunities for progression across our three regional hubs. 
• A strong focus on staff well-being, through our employee package, with a full complement of health-related services to support you in your role.
• Access to comprehensive Vantage Plus employee benefits, designed by staff, for staff, including an annual flexi wellbeing day and medical cash plans.
• A robust, tailored CPD programme, further enhanced by our trust training bursary which all staff can apply to.
• Opportunities for career progression and secondment across Vantage Academy Trust’s nine primary schools, one secondary school and local partners.
• Friendly, committed and highly skilled colleagues and leadership, dedicated to our mission, vision and values.
• The opportunity to share views and feedback with leadership through our extensive governance framework and staff voice surveys.

At Vantage CE Academies Trust, we are very proud of our values-led ethos:

• Fostering a culture of professional development
• Developing centres of excellence
• Encouraging our individual spiritual journeys
• Developing future and aspirational thinking
• Celebrating individual distinctiveness and our particular vocation to the least advantaged
• Encouraging curiosity
• Refusing to set a limit on what is possible for ourselves, for one another, and for our community of schools.

 

What do I need to bring to the role?

• Will hold Qualified Teacher Status
• Will be an excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of children's achievements, attainment and

behaviour.

• A creative and innovative approach to leading EYFS
• Will be able to motivate, inspire and co-operate with their colleagues and children.
• Will support the Leadership Team in implementing the vision of the school
• Is reflective, willing to embrace new ideas and take risks in the pursuit of excellence.
• Is an adaptable and resilient professional
• Have bags of personality and enthusiasm
• Be highly motivated, with a can-do-attitude
• Love working with and helping children to achieve their goals

 

If you think this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

We warmly encourage visits to our school. Please contact us on 0161 223 2423, visit our website https://stjames-gorton.manchester.sch.uk/  or email stjoffice@vantageacademies.co.uk.

 

Appointments made are subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable references being received and social media checks being carried out. References will be requested prior to interview.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St James' CofE Primary School Gorton

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 457 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St James' CofE Primary School Gorton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-james-cofe-primary-school-gorton

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