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Year 4 Teacher
Lift Beacon, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2NF14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st January 2027
Closing date
2 October 2026 at 11:35am
Date listed
18 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £34069 - £46940 per annum
Year 4 Teacher job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Lift Beacon as a Year 4 Class Teacher. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic teacher who is passionate about delivering high-quality teaching and helping every pupil develop the confidence, knowledge and skills to succeed.
About the role
As our Year 4 Class Teacher, you will be responsible for a Year 4 class and for delivering engaging, ambitious learning that supports pupils in making strong progress. You will join a supportive and collaborative Key Stage 2 team where colleagues work closely together, share resources and are committed to providing excellent learning experiences for every child.
You will create a positive and purposeful classroom environment where pupils feel motivated, challenged and supported. Working alongside senior leaders and colleagues, you will contribute to the continued development of teaching and learning and to the wider life of the school.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver consistently high-quality teaching and learning in Year 4
- Plan engaging and ambitious lessons that meet the needs of all pupils
- Support pupils to develop confidence, independence and a love of learning
- Assess progress effectively and adapt teaching to ensure pupils achieve well
- Build positive relationships with pupils, families and colleagues
- Contribute positively to the wider school community and the continued development of the curriculum
We are looking for someone who
- Is a qualified teacher with a strong understanding of teaching and learning in Key Stage 2
- Has experience of delivering high-quality, engaging lessons
- Has high expectations for every pupil and is committed to inclusive practice
- Can adapt teaching approaches to meet a range of needs
- Creates a supportive and stimulating classroom environment where every child can succeed
- Works collaboratively and builds strong relationships with colleagues, pupils and families
Your new school
Lift Beacon is a thriving primary academy in Loughborough, serving children aged 2-11. The school was recently inspected by Ofsted in April 2026 and was graded strong in four areas and continues to go from strength to strength.
As an Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence, Lift Beacon is deeply committed to inclusive practice and ensuring every child feels supported to succeed. We believe every pupil deserves an excellent education every day, underpinned by high expectations, a broad and enriching curriculum and a strong focus on personal development.
Led by Principal Ben Kilgannon, Lift Beacon has a collaborative culture in which teamwork is central, and staff are genuinely valued and heard. This is a welcoming school with a strong commitment to developing colleagues and ensuring every pupil can reach their full potential.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.
This is a full-time, fixed-term position from 1 January 2027 until 20 August 2027, with the potential for a permanent opportunity for the right candidate.
Further information about the job
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.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lift Beacon
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 379 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Lift Beacon website
We are a large primary school on the edge of Loughborough with an MLD Special Provision and Nursery.
Lift Beacon is a great place to be where children are at the centre of what we do. We work closely as a team to improve the life chances of our children who come from all over Loughborough, including Shelthorpe Estate. Our intake is mixed; with a high number of children with EHCPs and over half our children are entitled to free school meals. Therefore everyone who works at Beacon has a drive to make sure that our children get the best education they possibly can, this has its challenges but is incredibly rewarding.
We endeavour to work closely with other schools locally and have a number of links to Ashmount Special School through the Loughborough Learning Alliance (LLA). The LLA provide local professional development and enable us to moderate our work within the Loughborough Area. Nationally we are linked to Lift Schools where we are able to use nation research and resources to impact our teaching and learning.
The staff at Beacon are our greatest resource and we will nurture and develop you throughout your career. Being part of Lift Schools means every employee at every level is able to access tailored CPD and opportunities to work across the group as they progress.
We warmly welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself just what we are about and whether or not working here is right for you.
Thank you for your interest in our school; we can't wait to meet you!
General Information
Lift Beacon is a 2 to 11 aged community school in the Shelthorpe area of Loughborough.
The school originally opened in 1933 as an infant and junior school and was later amalgamated into a single school. The Nursery building was opened in 2005. The school also benefits from an extensive field space for outdoor activities. In December 2012 it became part of a network of schools sponsored by Lift Schools.
It is a larger than average-sized primary school with 309 pupils. Included in this figure, is a 40-place Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD) resource provision for children with an Education & Health Care Plan (EHC) or a Statement of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our popular 80-place full-time equivalent (FTE), term-time only Nursery includes a 6 FTE Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD) resource provision.
There are various clubs and activities that take place on site during the evenings and at weekends for adults and children within the community. There is a weekly Family Learning group that works alongside one of the teachers and children in Key Stage 1. The area has good transport links and the School is close to Loughborough University. Housing is a mixture of council and affordable dwellings. This is a community that is growing as can be seen from the high numbers of pupils in Key Stage 1.
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