Primary Teacher
Deeplish Primary Academy, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 1LT29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
1 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main duties
Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
• Establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect
• Set goals that stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions
• Lead by example and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils
Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
• Be accountable for pupils’ attainment, progress and outcomes.
• Plan teaching to build on pupils' capabilities and prior knowledge.
• Guide pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts on teaching.
• Encourage pupils to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.
Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
• Have a secure knowledge of all curriculum areas, foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in curriculum areas, and promote the value of learning and scholarship.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of Standard English, whatever the teacher’s specialist subject.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics, reading and the teaching and application of basic skills.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the teaching of mathematics and the application of basic skills.
Plan and teach well-structured lessons
• Impart knowledge and develop skills and understanding through effective use of lesson time.
• Promote a love of learning and children’s intellectual curiosity.
• Set and assess homework and plan other out-of-class and enrichment activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired.
• Reflect systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching.
• Contribute to the review, design and provision of an engaging curriculum.
Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
• Know when and how to differentiate appropriately, using approaches which enable pupils to be taught effectively.
• Have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupils’ ability to learn, and how best to overcome these.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children, and know how to adapt teaching to support pupils’ education at different stages of development.
• Make effective use of resources (including other adults) to impact on pupil learning and progress.
• Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; those of high ability; those with English as an additional language; those with disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.
Make accurate and productive use of assessment
• Undertake formative, summative and statutory assessments in line with the Academy’s policy and assessment calendar.
• Make use of formative and summative assessment to plan for and secure pupils’ progress.
• Use data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons.
• Give pupils regular and timely feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback.
• Prepare and present written and verbal reports for parents and carers.
Manage behaviour and resources effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
• Have clear rules and routines for behaviour in classrooms, and take responsibility for promoting good and courteous behaviour both in classrooms, around the academy and when learning off-site, in accordance with the Academy’s behaviour policy.
• Have high expectations of behaviour, and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly.
• Manage classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to involve and motivate them.
• Maintain good relationships with pupils, exercise appropriate authority, and act decisively when necessary.
• Ensure the learning environment is kept well ordered, tidy and free from hazards.
Fulfil wider professional responsibilities
• Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the Academy and the Trust.
• Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues, knowing how and when to draw on advice and specialist support.
• Deploy support staff and other adults in a support role effectively.
• Liaise with external agencies with regard to pupil progress, safety and welfare.
• Take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues and external advisers.
• Work with other staff across the Trust and in other maintained schools.
• Communicate effectively with parents with regard to pupils’ achievements and well-being.
• Lead an area or strand of school improvement (excl. NQT).
What the school offers its staff
Health & Wellbeing - access to 24 hours Employee assistance helpline
Access to counselling & Physio appointments
Cycle to work scheme
High quality training
Career development opportunities
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Deeplish Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 451 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Deeplish Primary Academy website
- Email address
- r.minton@focus-trust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01706392480
Deeplish is an academy right at the heart of the Deeplish community and we work really hard to do everything that we can to support our children and families. We joined Focus Trust in December 2014 and have not stopped improving.
Our pupil admission number is 60 and there are two classes for each year group, from Reception to Year 6. In addition to class teachers, learning is supported in classes by teaching assistants – the number of these depends on needs within classes and year groups.
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum which gives the children a wide range of experiences to develop the whole child. Our curriculum is geared to giving children a firm grounding in the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in an ever-changing world as well as providing them with the solid foundations of reading, writing and maths.
A range of extra-curricular activities usually operates in the autumn and summer terms, during which staff generally run an after-school club once a week. Examples of clubs offered include basketball, choir and debating.
We value highly the partnership between home and school and encourage all parents to take an active part in the education of their children. The partnership between school staff, parents, governors and other stakeholders is an essential one. Children are at the heart of all we do and their social and emotional well-being, as well as their academic achievements are very important.
Whatever the needs of our children we aim to ensure they thrive at Deeplish, feeling safe, having fun and enjoying success. We want our pupils’ time in our school to be memorable, build on what they know and can do and help them become lifelong learners.
Arranging a visit to Deeplish Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email r.minton@focus-trust.co.uk.
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