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Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Lift Feversham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 9EG

This job expired on 6 October 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 1:05pm

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (161)
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £32916 - £45352 per annum

Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Lift Feversham

Harewood Street
Bradford, BD3 9EG

Salary: M1-6 + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Benefits

Contract: Fixed term (Maternity Cover)
Start date: November 2025 (January start is negotiable)
Closing date: 10th October
Interview date: 17th October

Be part of our team alongside our award winning Principal

At Lift Feversham we're proud of our strong roots in the community and our drive to provide every child with the highest quality education, we are looking to appoint a Primary Teacher to join our team and help us to continue to deliver outstanding results. We are open to applicants with experience across any key stage.

We are looking for a teacher who:

* Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and has recent or relevant experience teaching and a PGCE.
* Has a strong understanding of the primary curriculum, including the teaching of phonics (preferably using a systematic synthetic phonics scheme).
* Demonstrates excellent classroom practice, with a nurturing approach that supports young learners' academic and personal growth.
* Is skilled at planning creative, engaging and developmentally appropriate lessons that build foundational skills and spark curiosity.
* Uses formative assessment effectively to track progress and adapt teaching to meet individual needs.
* Is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment, with high expectations for all children, including those with SEND or EAL.
* Works well as part of a team, communicates effectively with colleagues and parents, and contributes to the wider school community.
* Is reflective, committed to continuous improvement, and keen to engage in professional development.
* Creative hobbies, skills or specialisms are advantageous.

About Lift Feversham

At Lift Feversham, we believe in the power of education to ignite creativity and curiosity, unleashing a passion for life that lasts a lifetime. Academic excellence combined with character development is at the core of our educational philosophy. We champion a holistic approach that celebrates the whole child.

Our school is an "oasis of joy and hope" (Ofsted 2025) for children, families and the staff. The headteacher is an award-winning educator, recognized as TES Headteacher of the Year, and the school is a strong advocate of music and arts in the curriculum, having featured in national and local media outlets

Who is Lift Schools?

We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.

We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.

We offer you:

* Career development and training: Access a wide range of statutory and developmental training to boost your career.
* Our partnership with One World powers our innovative Instructional Excellence Program. We also offer a comprehensive range of CPD programs, including Ambition Institute's Early Career and NPQ offerings, tailored to both individual and network needs.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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About Lift Feversham

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 478 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Feversham website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/feversham-primary-academy

Here at Lift Feversham, we are a proud member of the Lift Schools Trust and are judged as an outstanding school by Ofsted (2019).

Our very creative staff have a real love of teaching and we are looking for a future member of our team who can develop that sense of awe and wonder in children. The children at our school are happy, confident, fun-loving and energetic. They are passionate about their learning, be it in the traditional classroom or through drama, music, dance and painting. We are looking for education professionals who can embrace these aspects of the curriculum as well as literacy and numeracy.

We welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself the exceptional work that we do at Lift Feversham which make us the school of choice in our local area.

Thank you for your interest in our school and we look forward to meeting you.

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