Primary School Teacher

Location: Farnworth and surrounding areas (Kearsley, Bolton, Little Hulton, Walkden, Little Lever and nearby)

Sector: Primary (EYFS, KS1 and KS2)

Pay: 140- 180 per day, depending on experience and pay scale, paid weekly via PAYE / umbrella company

Contract: Daily supply, long-term supply (including maternity cover) and permanent placements

Start date: After half term / Immediate starts available

Looking for the right school for you?

Whether you're after a fresh start, more flexibility or a permanent post for the new term, half term is a great time to explore your options. Tell us what you're looking for, and we'll do the legwork of finding the right school.

About Empowering Learning

We place qualified, committed teachers and support staff in schools across Greater Manchester. Getting to know you comes first: your experience, teaching style and availability all shape the schools we suggest. We act as your employment business, so registration, compliance, placements and pay are all handled for you and you can get on with teaching.

The opportunity

We're recruiting primary teachers with QTS to join our Manchester teaching pool, with access to schools in Farnworth, Kearsley and the wider Bolton area. Choose from small village schools through to large multi-form entry academies, and pick the working pattern that fits:

• Daily supply: flexible work around your life, with the freedom to choose your days
• Long-term supply: block bookings, including maternity and absence cover, giving you continuity with one class
• Permanent roles: we'll help you find the right school and support you through the process

You'll have a named consultant who knows what you want and works to match you with the right schools.

What the role involves

• Deliver well-planned, engaging lessons that follow the national curriculum and any planning the school provides
• Work across EYFS, KS1 and/or KS2, in the key stages that suit your experience
• Promote positive behaviour and apply each school's behaviour policy consistently
• Keep your classroom safe, inclusive and welcoming for every child
• Track pupil progress, mark work and give feedback in line with the booking
• Work with the SENCo and teaching assistants to support pupils with SEND and EAL
• Follow school procedures on safeguarding, health and safety and conduct
• Pass any safeguarding concern straight to the school's Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
• Build good working relationships with staff, school leaders and, where needed, parents and carers

About you

Essential

• QTS or an equivalent UK-recognised teaching qualification
• Recent experience teaching in a UK primary school, or a completed ECT induction
• Confident classroom management and clear communication
• A real commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's welfare
• The right to work in the UK
• Willingness to complete our full registration and compliance process

Desirable

• Experience in EYFS, KS1 and/or KS2
• Experience of supporting pupils with SEND or EAL
• Phonics experience (e.g. Read Write Inc, Little Wandle) or primary maths mastery approaches
• A clean, enhanced DBS on the Update Service
• Flexibility for both short-notice and long-term bookings

Early Career Teachers: we welcome ECTs and will talk you through how supply and long-term roles fit alongside your induction.

Why this role?

• Roles close to home in Farnworth, Kearsley and nearby, with a shorter journey to work
• Daily supply for flexibility or long-term and permanent roles for stability, and you choose what you accept
• Competitive daily rates, paid weekly
• A clear route into long-term and permanent roles if that's what you want

Why join Empowering Learning?

• A named consultant who gets to know your availability and the role you're looking for
• Team Teach training: frequent Level 1 & 2 courses from our dedicated staff training office
• Free CPD, including safeguarding and behaviour management
• A compliance team who walk you through registration step by step
• 250 when you refer a qualified teacher who joins us and starts work

Pension auto-enrolment where eligible, holiday pay in line with the Working Time Regulations, and equal treatment on pay and basic working conditions after the qualifying period under the Agency Workers Regulations.

Our registration and safer recruitment process

We follow safer recruitment practices in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and our obligations under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. All teachers who register with Empowering Learning go through a full set of pre-placement checks before working in any school. These include:

• An interview (in person or by video) to discuss your experience, motivation and suitability for working with children
• Proof of identity, including photographic ID and proof of address
• Right to work verification (including online share code checks where applicable)
• An enhanced DBS check with barred list check, plus Update Service registration where possible
• Verification of your qualifications, including QTS
• A Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) check to confirm you are not prohibited from teaching
• Two satisfactory references, covering at least the last five years of employment or study, including your most recent employer
• Overseas criminal record checks (or equivalent) if you have lived or worked outside the UK
• A full employment history, with any gaps explained
• Medical fitness confirmation for the role
• Completion of safeguarding training, including up-to-date knowledge of KCSIE Part One

We'll support you through each stage and keep you updated, so you know exactly what's needed and when you can start work. Please note that all placements are subject to these checks being completed to our and the school's satisfaction.

Safeguarding statement

Empowering Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all candidates to share this commitment. Our recruitment process is designed to deter, reject or identify people who may pose a risk of harm to children. We are an equal opportunities employment business and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Empowering Learning acts as an employment business when supplying temporary workers and as an employment agency for permanent placements.

Register your interest today and join our network of teachers in Farnworth. We'll be in touch to talk through your options.

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