Salary: Teachers’ main pay scale MPS1 to UPS3

Contract term: Full time, 1.0FTE, fixed term until 31 August 2026

Start date: September 2025

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 8 June 2025

Mercia Learning Trust

Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.

Why do we exist?

• To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.

How do we behave?

• We are kind - showing care and supporting each other.
• We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first.
• We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses.

What do we do?

• We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character.

How will we succeed?

• A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control.
• Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum.
• Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success.

Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.

Woodlands Primary School

Woodlands Primary School is a 2-form entry primary and nursery for children aged 2-11 in a vibrant South Sheffield community. This popular and over-subscribed school has around 500 pupils. In February 2022, Ofsted graded our school as strongly Good.

The role

Woodlands Primary School has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, talented and caring individual to join our team as a classroom teacher. This role is fixed term form 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026 in the first instance. You will be responsible for the implementation and impact of our curriculum through the delivery of exceptional teaching and learning to all pupils. This will ensure they achieve the very best that they can.

Teaching responsibilities include:

• delivering engaging and effective lessons that meet the needs of all students in the class
• developing and implementing a curriculum that is aligned with the National Curriculum and school policies
• providing regular feedback and assessments to students and their parents/carers on progress and achievement
• working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure consistency of practice and high standards across the school
• supporting and encouraging student well-being, ensuring that all students are able to achieve their full potential

The candidate

Candidates must have the ability to engage, inspire and motivate both pupils and colleagues and have the strategic vision to be part of the team moving our vibrant school forward.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent classroom skills, including a sound understanding of how children learn. They will also have the ability to forge excellent relationships with colleagues, parents and most importantly, our children. They must be team players who are exceptional teachers of English and maths, as well as having the knowledge and skills to inspire children’s learning in all wider areas of the curriculum.

If you are a dedicated and passionate teacher with a desire to make a real difference in the lives of children, then we want to hear from you.