KS2 Teacher (ECT)

King's Meadow Academy, Pontefract, WF9 5BP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS1 (31,650)

KS2 Teacher (ECT) job summary

Waterton Academy Trust is looking to appoint an inspiring and dynamic Teacher to join the team in KS2 at King’s Meadow Academy a one and a half form entry school, located in Kinsley, Pontefract.

If you are an ambitious, talented and highly motivated teacher with a passion for ensuring children learn and achieve, and if you work hard and have the drive and energy to make a difference to children’s lives and their learning, then Kings Meadow Academy could be the school for you!

King’s Meadow Academy is an average sized school and joined Waterton Academy Trust in 2018. The Trust consists of 13 primary phase schools, 2 Assessment Resource Units and 4 Pre Schools in the Wakefield and Barnsley area. As part of this Trust both staff and children enjoy varied opportunities for collaboration in all areas of the curriculum.

The school is committed to providing a stimulating, creative environment so that all children enjoy learning, make outstanding progress and reach their potential. By offering an engaging and language rich curriculum, the school is constantly striving to provide high-quality learning opportunities which challenge and inspire all our pupils.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and talented individual to take a key role in our team. We are looking for someone with a genuine passion for education – someone who is driven to make a difference to the lives of the children they work with.

We are looking for someone who:

Is committed to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils

Is innovative and is able to offer high-quality learning experiences

Has high expectations of pupils as well as themselves

Is able to contribute fully to school life

Is committed to on-going professional development

Has great interpersonal skills and is able to work well as part of a team

Has good communication skills with children, colleagues, parents and visitors

Is not afraid to roll their sleeves up and work hard

Will be an excellent classroom practitioner who is inspirational in their teaching and involves the children as active learners

In return, we can offer:

The support and expertise of the academy's outstanding leadership team and governing body with a clear vision of raising standards of teaching and learning

Pupils with outstanding behaviour and a willingness to learn within a learning environment where excellence is our goal

An opportunity to work with a passionate and dedicated team of staff

A happy and caring school community

A commitment to support your continued professional development through a network of experienced professionals across the primary academies within Waterton Academy Trust

A health and wellbeing package

A cycle to work scheme

An excellent pension package

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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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About King's Meadow Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 245 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Meadow Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-meadow-academy

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