Class Teacher Education Learning Trust Posted yesterday - F

Location: Education Learning Trust

Job Title: Class Teacher

Contract type: Fixed term (Maternity Cover for 12 months or until the post holder returns whichever comes first)
Hours: 32.50 hours

Required from: April 2026

Salary: Main Scale
(Applications welcome from ECTs)

Closing date: Wednesday 4th February pm
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 4th February 2026 pm
Interview date: Wednesday 11th February 2026

The ELT is seeking to appoint highly motivated Class Teachers across its three primary schools:
Gatley Primary, Meadowbank Primary and Bredbury Green Primary. Applications are welcome from ECTs.

Are you an inspirational teacher, ambitious about delivering a rich and engaging curriculum that offers a wide range of learning experiences both within and beyond the classroom? Are you driven by research and eager to implement innovative initiatives that continually enhance your practice? Do you want to work in a school where staff wellbeing is a genuine priority?

The successful candidates will be exceptional teachers with skills to enhance school life by bringing their skills and talents to enrich our team in order to maximise opportunities for pupils. They will have high expectations of themselves and others, and this will reflect the Trust’s approach of collaboration and empowerment in order to achieve. The successful candidates will also demonstrate a real commitment to safeguarding and safe working practices which is fundamental to the Trust’s ethos and values.

Within each of our schools, we can offer the successful candidates:

• An opportunity to learn and develop together and from each other.
• An aspirational working environment with a strong focus on professional development and empowerment
• Opportunities to implement initiatives based upon educational research
• A well-structured curriculum with creative opportunities for all
• A high functioning, friendly staff team who are committed to the school

If you do have a preference of school, you may specify this within your application letter.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place, which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school. This is in line with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002 and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Application forms are available to download here.

Completed applications should be emailed to:  Please note, we cannot accept CVs.

For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the job description and person specification.

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

• exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
• school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
• opportunities for professional development and leadership
• a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
• Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.

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