Primary Class Teacher with English Lead

Knowleswood Primary School, Bradford, BD4 9AE

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  11 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Main/Upper Payscale (M1 - 6/UPS1-3) plus TLR2a allowance £3,527 per annum (negotiable dependant on experience)

Primary Class Teacher with English Lead job summary

Are you the kind of teacher who believes every child deserves a brilliant story… even if they don’t believe it yet?

At Knowleswood Primary School, we’re looking for a fantastic Classroom Teacher and passionate English leader who can help our pupils find their voice, their confidence and their love of learning. We’re looking for someone who is ready to lead English across the school, inspire colleagues and transform literacy outcomes - while also delivering excellent teaching in the classroom.

If you are looking for a role where you can genuinely make a difference, this could be the role for you. Within this role, you will be wearing two very important hats:

🧑‍🏫 Outstanding Classroom Teacher

You will:

• Deliver high-quality, engaging lessons that make pupils want to learn

• Create a classroom where every child feels safe, challenged and proud

• Use assessment intelligently to help pupils move forward

• Build strong relationships with pupils and families

• Maintain high expectations - because our children deserve nothing less

📚 English Lead

You will:

• Shape and drive an ambitious whole-school English curriculum

• Champion reading, writing and vocabulary across the school

• Support colleagues to improve their teaching of English

• Analyse attainment and lead strategies to close gaps

• Report on English outcomes and improvement to leaders and governors

In short: you will help literacy thrive at Knowleswood.

Why join Knowleswood?

You will be joining:

• A supportive team who care deeply about our pupils

• A school within Exceed Academies Trust, offering collaboration and strong professional development

• A leadership team that understands the challenges and supports its staff

• A community where the right teacher can make life-changing impact

Ready for the challenge?

If you are a talented teacher who believes that great literacy can transform lives, we would love to hear from you. We would encourage any interested candidates to visit our school setting. In order to do so, please contact Rachael Hughes (Office Manager) on 01274 778177 to make the necessary arrangements.

Exceed Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to related online content checks, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check as well as successful completion of a probationary period.

Exceed Academies Trust strives to be an employer of choice. We are an inclusive and diverse multi academy trust and ultimately, our aim is to employ a workforce that reflects the communities it serves. We are committed to achieving a balanced workforce at all levels, whilst ensuring that no individual is disadvantaged or treated less favourably. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities and will ensure a fair recruitment process without discrimination, in compliance with the Equality Act 2010.

Exceed Academies Trust recognises and promotes the positive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in certain situations. We would encourage any job applicants, who choose to utilise AI when completing a vacancy application, to thoroughly check the data prior to submission, to ensure it is accurate, factual and demonstrable. Candidate suitability will be assessed at interview, however the recruitment process will reference information contained within the candidate’s application form. Any information contained within application form which is found to be factually inaccurate, may result in a conditional offer of employment being withdrawn.

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

We are committed to safeguarding children and all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, professional references and online content checks - as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

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 Knowleswood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 415 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knowleswood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knowleswood-primary-school-bradford

Knowleswood Primary School is located on the edge of the Holme Wood estate in Bradford. We are proud to be an inclusive school providing a high quality, creative and challenging education within a secure, caring and happy environment in which all members of the school community can grow in self-esteem and develop their potential.

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