Maternity Cover _Teacher MPS1-MPS6

Wistaston Church Lane Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8EZ

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  1 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 - £46,940.00 Annually (FTE)

Maternity Cover _Teacher MPS1-MPS6 job summary

The Learning Partnership along with the Headteacher at Wistaston Church Lane Academy are excited to be able to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective teacher to join our hardworking and enthusiastic team as Maternity cover for up to 12 months. The successful candidate should have experience of teaching within Key stage 1. A knowledge of the teaching of Phonics.

The successful candidate is expected to be well organised and flexible with high expectations and have a drive to make a difference to the education of all pupils. They will have excellent communication skills and evidence of continued professional development.

For more detailed information of the expectations, roles and responsibilities of this role, please refer to the job description and person specification.

You are welcome to visit the school for look around and an informal chat. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit on either Monday 19th October at 9am or Tuesday 20th October at 4pm.

In return we will offer the successful candidate:

A welcoming school with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff

Inquisitive and self-motivated children to inspire

Staff benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Closing Date: Sunday 1st November 2026

Interviews: Thursday 5th November times to be confirmed

Start Date: 4th January 2026

About the Trust

Formed of two local trusts on 1 September 2023, The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership, The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.

At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission -people, passion, and performance. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets

Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme

Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral

Free parking

The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application or interview process should contact Jackie Hulme officemanager@wistaston.cheshire.sch.uk Interviews will be arranged at a mutually convenient time with candidates.

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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 Wistaston Church Lane Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 416 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wistaston Church Lane Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wistaston-church-lane-academy

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