Salary: Teachers' pay scales
Contract term: Full time, 1.0 FTE, fixed term until 31 August 2027
Start date: As soon as possible
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 15 November 2026
Mercia Learning Trust
Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and four secondary schools located in Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 6100 pupils, with over 800 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 warm, nurturing and ambitious primary school serving the Gleadless and Norton community in south Sheffield.
The school is driven by a simple but powerful belief that education changes lives, with high expectations for every child and a commitment to ensuring all pupils can achieve their full potential.
The role
Woodlands Primary School has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, talented and caring individual to join our team in as a year 3 teacher. The role is fixed term until the end of the academic year. 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 early years foundation stage framework 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 mathematics, 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.
Woodlands Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
