Teacher

Discovery Academy, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3LE

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650 - £43,607 (Main Scale 1-6)

Teacher job summary

Discovery Teacher MAT Cover

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Teacher at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.

To start: September 2025 to 31st August 2026 or on the return of the postholder whichever is the soonest

Teacher Full-time Salary £31,650 - £43,607

This is a temporary contract, full-time, FTE 1.0 role, with an actual salary of £31,650 - £43,607 (Main Scale 1-6)

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Discovery Academy is a mainstream Primary school in Hattersley. Our values of Discovering, Inspiring, Caring, Improving and Achieving run through everything we do.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate teacher to cover for a member of staff on maternity leave. The suitable candidate should understand the development of young children transitioning from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2. This post will be in Key Stage 2 (initially Year 4 or 5) and so a working knowledge of the KS2 curriculum and expectations is an essential part of the role.

Discovery Academy is a One Education Gold Award recipient for Wellbeing of staff. As a result, we have a welcoming, hardworking and committed team who all thrive and support each other. If you would like to work in an environment where wellbeing and thriving is key, then this could be the position for you.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The Teacher role is Full time with a Teacher Main Pay Scale

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

• Applications close at 09:00 Monday 23rd June 2025
• Observation will take place w/c 30th June 2025 (current school or at Discovery TBA)
• Interviews will take place on Monday 7th July 2025
• We will have a group visit session at 4pm on Wednesday 11th June if you would like a tour of the school. We also have a virtual tour on our website, and you can arrange a visit by contacting the school.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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

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About Discovery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/discovery-academy-hyde

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