General Teacher - KS3
The Stephen Longfellow Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 8PGThis job expired on 17 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.
Closing date
17 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of General Teacher(KS3). This role is of great importance to our work as an academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching and inspiring students across Key Stage 3 and 4 to achieve their potential across a range of exciting and evolving subjects. This opportunity is open to both ECTs and Experienced Teachers. We also welcome applications from those with a primary phase background.
Potential applicants should:
be either:
- A trainee teacher who is successfully completing placement(s) teaching at KS3 & KS4 (applicants currently in training).
or:
- A colleague with a successful record of teaching with strong examination results at one or more of KS3 & KS4 (applicants who have already gained Qualified Teacher Status).
Applicants should also have:
- A detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the effective use of the Pupil Premium.
- The ability to put vision into practice.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you:
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 of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- 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.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
About us:
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Stephen Longfellow Academy offers both exceptional education and therapy. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and have access to a range of therapeutic services such as counselling. Therapy is delivered as both an integrated part of our timetable but also within discrete groups or on a 1:1 basis. We believe a therapeutic and nurturing approach allows our students to grow in confidence and increase their self-esteem so that they can successfully integrate into their learning environment and the wider community.
By developing personalised learning programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, we want all of our students to have the opportunities similar to those found in large mainstream schools, so that they can leave as confident young adults, ready to seize the opportunities of further education, training or work.
If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website atThe Stephen Longfellow Academy
How to Apply:
If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the Job Description, Person Specification, and Application Form from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), request them by email at recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk or call us on 0113 4685999.
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: 17 October 2025
Interviews will take place: Week commencing 20 October 2025
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Stephen Longfellow Academy
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 5 to 16
- Size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk
As the Principal of Stephen Longfellow Academy, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our TES recruitment page. Here, prospective applicants can learn more about our academy, our ethos and values, and what makes Stephen Longfellow Academy such a rewarding place to work.
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is part of GORSE, a nationally renowned, not-for-profit charity whose drive is to create exceptional schools. The Chief Executive Officer and founder of The Stephen Longfellow Academy, Sir John Townsley, is passionate about providing the highest standard of educational experience for all children, regardless of background, across the age range. Sir John inspires professionals with his vision, a vision that all colleagues at the Stephen Longfellow Academy wholeheartedly share.
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is named in honour of a man who died tragically in a climbing accident in 2015 and who made an enormous contribution to the lives of hundreds of vulnerable and disadvantaged children across the city. Our commitment to carrying on this legacy is evident in the work that we do with children from across our district.
We are exceptionally proud of what has been achieved since the academy’s inception and I am honoured to have the opportunity to continue the brilliant progress as the Academy moves into its eighth year.
At the academy we offer both exceptional education and therapy. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and have access to a range of therapeutic services such as counselling. Therapy is delivered as both an integrated part of our timetable but also within discrete groups or on a one-to-one basis. We believe that a therapeutic and nurturing approach allows our students to grow in confidence and increase their self-esteem, so they can successfully integrate into their learning environment and the wider community. We pride ourselves on our global therapeutic and pastoral offer which supports all students and their families. The academy has been recently recognised for our work in this area as it was awarded the Gold Mental Health Award from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence, along with a variety of nationally recognised achievements.
By developing personalised learning programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, we aspire for all our students to have opportunities similar to those found in mainstream schools. This will allow students to leave as confident young adults, ready to seize the opportunities of further education, training, or work through the “Gift of choice” that a solid portfolio of qualifications provides. As an academy, we place a strong emphasis on extra-curricular activities and offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities as we recognise the importance of the learning that goes on outside of the classroom in supporting our student’s personal development.
The academy works in close partnership with our families and mainstream schools and the length of time that a student is with us is dictated entirely by the personal need of that student. For a small number, these will be shorter placements. For many a much longer placement is required because of the profound need of the student concerned. Where possible, and if appropriate, our students will transition back to the mainstream setting as we work collaboratively with our commissioning partners with the child at the centre of this partnership.
Our aim is to do all that we can to support students and their families to get back on track to achieving their goals and ambitions. To, ultimately, make a difference, that otherwise would not have happened. We put kindness at the heart of everything that we do and instil this ethos within our school community, alongside our core values – aspiration, inclusion and resilience. We are relentless in our pursuit for excellence and our desire for a continuous cycle of 1% improvement every day.
We walk together.
Mr Neil Poskitt Principal
If you would like to know more about The Stephen Longfellow Academy, please visit; The Stephen Longfellow Academy
Arranging a visit to The Stephen Longfellow Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk.
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