Primary Teacher - Fixed Term

Youth Engagement Schools Trust, Macclesfield, SK11 8JF

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  15 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 9 months - his position is initially to cover a maternity leave post until the end of Summer Term 2026, with the possibility of an extension - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1 - M6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Description

We are recruiting a Teacher for our growing AP and School Expansion in Cheshire East. This is an opportunity to Join a growing and ambitious Trust, whose aim is to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable pupils in the region. As a Trust we are not only growing in terms of the number of schools, students, staff and parents but also in the depth and breadth of experience, knowledge and expertise we have across our schools.

Cornerstone currently has two small AP schools and we are hoping to expand from September 2026. We cater for young people in KS1, KS2 and, with our expansion into KS3 from hopefully September 2026, we will offer AP provisions and a new SEN School for KS1, KS2 & KS3 pupil with SEMH and ASD. Our teachers will have the support of therapeutic support staff and a family of support workers to support pupils and families.

We opened our doors for the first time in January 2019 in a temporary building, and have expanded into new school buildings in Crewe and Sandbach. Our specialism provides high quality teaching and therapeutic care for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. Our staff team is highly skilled and able to adapt, providing personalised education, support and care for all learners. Taking the time to understand the differences of our learners our support can be truly tailored to their specific needs.

To be successful, you will need to exemplify our core values: child centred, authentic in all our relationships and adaptive and sensitive to need. If you feel that Cornerstone Academy may be the right place for you, we hope you will consider applying for the post.

If you would like to arrange an informal visit prior to the closing date, please contact Anne Williams, Office Manager - admin@cornerstoneap.org / 01270 304094

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

Very small class sizes

• Fantastic classroom support
• Shorter teaching day
• Access to training and CPD including further professional qualifications
• Specialist training where required
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible and supportive approach to work
• Free lunch at school
• Free parking(including EV charging stations on most sites)
• Nursery benefits
• Education Mutual –private health support- access to a 24/7 GP, free face to face counselling, physiotherapy, nurse help-line, prescription service whenever you need it
• Perkbox - vouchers, discounts and wellbeing

Flexible working opportunities

• Flexible working - We recognise that attracting and retaining the highest quality candidates means offering a flexible working environment. We consider a variety of flexible arrangements, including part-time roles, job-sharing, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid opportunities where appropriate. By adopting a flexible approach, we empower our staff to bring their best selves to work every day, fostering creativity, commitment, and resilience. Our teams remain diverse, motivated, and aligned with our vision of transforming children's lives through world-changing education. We believe that by investing in the wellbeing and professional fulfilment of our staff, we are also investing in the futures of the communities we serve. Candidates are encouraged to discuss flexible working from recruitment onwards, in line with the statutory "day one right" principle, and ensuring equal opportunities for all groups of prospective employees.

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.

Qualifications/Education

• Recognised behaviour / curriculum /SEMH Qualification

Teaching Experience

• Evidence of having led whole school learning and teaching strategy.
• Success with students who are below expected levels
• Work with disconnected students

Additional Professional Skills

• Evidence of coaching and/or mentoring
• Able to effectively resolve personnel issues
• Training in and understanding of child protection
• Training and experience of working with students with a variety of mental health needs

• Proven ability in leading a staffCPDsession on a subject area
• Experience of supporting staff
• Effective liaison with Governors and a good understanding of their role

Knowledge and understanding

• Knowledge and experience of current good practice and development in special education provision
• Knowledge of successful practice in teaching hard to reach students
• Knowledge of how to promote independence for young people with complex needs
• Behaviour Management training
• Mental Health training
• Knowledge and experience of supportingdifferent aspectsofSEND, including ASD, ADHD,SLCN
• Knowledge of OFSTED Framework

Shaping the Future /Philosophy

Developing Self and Working with Others

• Evidence of delivering staff training for staff,Governorsand Parents
• Evidence of work in the wider community

Essential Criteria

Qualifications/

Education

• Qualified Teacher Status
• A degree or equivalent
• Evidence of further professional development

Teaching Experience

Proven ability to:

• Demonstrate the ability to deliver at least good classroom practice
• Sethigh expectationswhich inspire, motivate and challenge students
• Promotegood progressand outcomes by students
• Demonstrate full subject and curriculum knowledge
• Plan and teach well-structured lessons
• Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students
• Use assessment effectively to inform student’s progress and to analyse data to help the target setting process.
• Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
• Fulfil wider professional responsibilities
• Communicate and work effectively in a multi-disciplinary school team including parents/guardians and other external agencies
• Commitment to school-wide focus on student attainment

Additional Professional Skills

Proven ability to:

• Communicate effectively to groups and individuals, orally and in writing
• Resolve conflict through active listening and negotiation
• Demonstrate a flexible approach and a willingness to listen to others
• Provide advice and guidance to parents and carers in a positive and clear manner
• Remain calm when working under pressure
• Ability to show patience and empathy
• Ability to analyse situations, prioritise and help to implement realistic solutions
• Ability to establish and develop good relationships with all involved in the school
• Commitment to the school’s wider community
• Willingness to deliver and support extra-curricular activities
• Ability to inspire all in a love of learning for your subject

Knowledge and understanding

• Demonstratea good leveland understanding of ICT
• Knowledge of how to deal with safeguarding issues in school
• Awareness of current developments in education and the implications of these.
• Understand how to plan appropriate interventions
• Behaviour management techniques for groups and individuals
• Know how to develop effective rapport with students, this being based onhigh expectationsand establishing a purposeful learning environment

Shaping the Future /Philosophy

• Demonstrate and communicate clear ideas to promote the schools' vision and ethos
• Expectation of high achievement of all students
• Evidence of understanding and commitment to equality of opportunity
• Respect for students’ individual difference
• Commitment to parental partnership in education and developing links between school,homeand the community
• Awareness of the need to develop a school culture responsive to the nature of the school’s communities

Developing Self and Working with Others

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Commitment to one’s own continuing professional development
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to make and take decisions and set priorities
• Able to gain and maintain the confidence and respect of colleagues, students,parentsand multi-disciplinary professionals
• Able to delegate responsibility with accountability for area of responsibility
• An ability to work in partnership with those agencies that work with the school.
• Have perseverance and the ability to self-reflect.
• Be confident and enthusiastic
• Be reliable and have integrity

Other Requirements

• Positive recommendation from present employer
• Safer recruitment completed
• Good attendance record

Commitment to safeguarding

The safe recruitment of staff in the Trust is the first step in the effective safeguarding and promotion of welfare for our children. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers in the Trust to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good inter-agency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.

A copy of the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy is available on request.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Youth Engagement Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Youth Engagement Schools Trust website
• Email address: admin@cornerstoneap.org
• Phone number: 01270 304094
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/youth-engagement-schools-trust

The Youth Engagement Schools (YES) Trust is a multi-academy trust based broadly in the North West of England. Together, we have developed a growing family of schools which makes a difference for children and young people. As we continue to set and raise the bar in all the work we undertake, we are keen to maintain our national recognition as one of the highest achieving alternative and SEN multi-academy trusts in the country.

We unashamedly use words like “kindness” and “compassion” in our values. Our ability to make that difference rests on our vision and our core values which include an absolute belief in the importance of collaboration and mutual support, and on our recognition of the trust as a family of schools in which colleagues are equally valued. We want to continue this further, and to become the employer of choice for teaching and support staff across the region.

We are:
• Child centred
• Adaptive and sensitive to need
• Authentic in our relationships

We strive for:
• Solution-focused mindsets
• A climate of reflection and feedback
• Intrinsic motivation *
• Continual improvement
• A culture of collaboration

Our minimum expectations of our staff are:
• Belief in our core values
• Professional conduct at all times
• Appropriate communication
• Ability to follow direction
• Kindness and compassion
• Flexibility and adaptability

Arranging a visit to Youth Engagement Schools Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@cornerstoneap.org.

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