Class teacher with TLR

Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time
Number of Positions: 1
Qualifications Required: QTS
Start Date: 1^st September 2025
Salary: £35,674 - £49,084 per annum

St James CE School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley.

St James’ CE Primary School is situated in the local community of Gorton.

We are a two-from entry Church of England school. Christian values are at the heart of what we do, and we actively promote generosity, compassion, courage, forgiveness, friendship, respect, thankfulness, trust, perseverance, justice, service and truthfulness. 

We are proud to serve a diverse community and we believe that our differences make us stronger. Learning from each other, our traditions and our shared history.

Join us now on our journey to make a difference.

The Governors and Principal of St James’ CE Primary School are seeking a motivated and passionate Teacher to join their team in providing exceptional opportunities for learning and promoting positive outcomes for children.

Are you looking for a career where you can motivate and inspire?

• a role where you can use your skills to make a positive impact in children’s lives?
• a role where no day is the same and you can indulge your subject interests as part of your work?

 The value of teachers in our society has never been higher.

We are very proud to be part of this vital profession and are offering the chance for adaptable and driven professionals to join us in our mission.

At Vantage CE Academies Trust, we are very proud of our values-led ethos:

• Fostering a culture of professional development
• Developing centres of excellence
• Encouraging our individual spiritual journeys
• Developing future and aspirational thinking
• Celebrating individual distinctiveness and our particular vocation to the least advantaged
• Encouraging curiosity
•  Refusing to set a limit on what is possible for ourselves, for one another, and for our community of schools.

What do I need to bring to the role?

• Will hold Qualified Teacher Status
• Will be an excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of children's achievements, attainment and behaviour.
• Will have a teaching and learning responsibility.
• Will be able to motivate, inspire and co-operate with their colleagues and children.
• Will support the Leadership Team in implementing the vision of the school
• Is reflective, willing to embrace new ideas and take risks in the pursuit of excellence.
• Is an adaptable and resilient professional
• Have bags of personality and enthusiasm
• Be highly motivated, with a can-do-attitude
• Love working with and helping children to achieve their goals

If you think this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!