Discovery Teacher MAT Cover
The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Teacher at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.
To start: September 2025 to 31st August 2026 or on the return of the postholder whichever is the soonest
Teacher Full-time Salary £31,650 - £43,607
This is a temporary contract, full-time, FTE 1.0 role, with an actual salary of £31,650 - £43,607 (Main Scale 1-6)
Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.
Discovery Academy is a mainstream Primary school in Hattersley. Our values of Discovering, Inspiring, Caring, Improving and Achieving run through everything we do.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate teacher to cover for a member of staff on maternity leave. The suitable candidate should understand the development of young children transitioning from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2. This post will be in Key Stage 2 (initially Year 4 or 5) and so a working knowledge of the KS2 curriculum and expectations is an essential part of the role.
Discovery Academy is a One Education Gold Award recipient for Wellbeing of staff. As a result, we have a welcoming, hardworking and committed team who all thrive and support each other. If you would like to work in an environment where wellbeing and thriving is key, then this could be the position for you.
For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.
The Teacher role is Full time with a Teacher Main Pay Scale
The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:
- Applications close at 09:00 Monday 23rd June 2025
- Observation will take place w/c 30th June 2025 (current school or at Discovery TBA)
- Interviews will take place on Monday 7th July 2025
- We will have a group visit session at 4pm on Wednesday 11th June if you would like a tour of the school. We also have a virtual tour on our website, and you can arrange a visit by contacting the school.
Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Discovery Academy 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.
