25 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st September 2026

  • Closing date

    15 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 May 2026

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher job summary

Who we are:

We are a vibrant and inclusive learning community committed to nurturing the potential of every child. Our Trust promotes high standards of education and holistic development across all our schools. As part of a growing and supportive MAT, you will benefit from shared resources, professional development opportunities, and a collaborative ethos.

About the role

As a class Teacher, you will:

  • Deliver high-quality, personalised teaching that ensures all pupils make strong progress
  • Lead and support a class team in planning and delivering an engaging, skills-based curriculum
  • Promote inclusion, safety, and emotional well-being across the school
  • Contribute to the development of teaching practice and curriculum innovation

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has Qualified Teacher Status and a commitment to ongoing professional development
  • Is an excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for inclusive education
  • Has experience of teaching children with diverse learning needs
  • Is committed to safeguarding, teamwork, and reflective practice
  • Can lead, inspire, and motivate both pupils and colleagues

What we can offer:

Opportunities for career progression and continuous learning (including a whole Trust ECT programme where applicable)

Opportunities for flexible working

Automatic pay progression

A motivated, talented and compassionate staff team

An environment where staff feel their voice is valued, including staff engagement in decision making

Visits to school are more than welcome and one of the co-headteachers would be delighted to show you around.

Please contact us via info@medlockvalley.oldham.sch.uk or on 0161 770 8199

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 fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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.

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About Medlock Valley Primary School

School type
Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
322 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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Kingfisher Leaming Trust was established in September 2016 with much thought and based on strong beliefs. The Trust's Intent is founded on respect for everyone within the Trust family by encouraging and celebrating diversity. Excellence is at the heart of all of Kingfisher's work, and the Trust's Vision is for 'Endless Possibilities', working creatively to find the best possible approaches in all aspects of its provision. A design principle of the Trust is to develop a continuum of provision across the Trust - bringing together the best practice from both special and mainstream schools, ensuring that every child and young person within Kingfisher Learning Trust receives an aspirational, engaging and appropriate curriculum offer, enabling all learners to grow as individuals and have the knowledge and skills to contribute to society.
Schools within the Trust include:
• Kingfisher Special School - an Oldham school for primary aged children with complex and severe learning needs
• Medlock Valley Primary School - a mainstream primary school in Oldham (sponsored from 1stSeptember 2019). This school has now been judged by Ofsted to be good overall (March 2024)
• Halcyon Way School - a new free school which opened in January 2022 for primary aged children with less severe to moderate learning needs
• Littlemoor Primary School - a mainstream primary school in Oldham that joined the Trust in January 2022
• Blackshaw Lane Primary School - a mainstream primary school in Oldham that joined the Trust in September 2023.
• Cromwell High School - a special school in Tameside for pupils of secondary and Sixth Form age with severe
or profound learning difficulties and pupils with intensive autism and complex learning difficulties. Joined the Trust in 2024

As a values-led organisation and with an intent underpinned by integrity, the Trust is looking to work in partnership with like-minded schools with a similar culture, within Oldham and across neighbouring Local Authorities. As such, the Trust is not an expansionist Trust but one built upon meaningful and respectful relationships with high aspirations for all of the children, young people and staff.To this end, the Trust is planning to grow in three ways:
• with mainstream Primary Schools, reaching out to enhance practice and inclusive provision
• establishing new innovative Free Schools
• welcoming Special Schools from beyond Oldham to further develop and enrich specialist provision.
The Trust remains resolute in ensuring that growth is not too rapid and as such, ensures that the necessary capacity, personnel and processes are in place to support any development. Schools within Kingfisher Leaming Trust need to be within a coherent geographical cluster, with a shared sense of community, ethos and values to ensure they are all well supported.

Medlock Valley Primary School is an Ofsted rated good one-and-a-half form entry primary school in Oldham. We are described by inspectors as having attentive and hard working pupils who achieve well. We believe that every child in our school matters and we pride ourselves in delivering an ambitious and relevant curriculum that challenges, motivates and inspires all children to strive for excellence and develop a love of learning. We work hard to educate our children to become thinking, confident and compassionate citizens of the 21st Century who have a healthy respect for others. The values we strive to inculcate in our pupils and whole school are, Respect, Equality, Aspiration, Compassion, and Honesty.

Our staff make our school the great place to learn it is and we are proud to have been praised for how well our school leaders take staff workload into consideration.

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