Primary School Teacher

Location: Radcliffe and surrounding areas (Bury, Whitefield, Prestwich, Ainsworth, 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 a change of scene?

Half term is a natural moment to think about what you want from the new term. Maybe that's a different school, a change of pace with supply, a permanent role, a way back into the classroom, or a brand-new teaching role. Whatever you're looking for, we'll help you find the right fit.

About Empowering Learning

We're an education recruitment agency matching qualified, committed teachers and support staff with schools across Greater Manchester. We get to know every teacher individually, so schools fit your experience, teaching style and availability. As your employment business, we deal with your registration, compliance, placements and pay.

The opportunity

We're building our Manchester teaching pool and want to meet primary teachers with QTS who'd like to work in Radcliffe, Bury and the towns nearby. Our schools include small village primaries and large academies with multiple classes per year group. You choose how you work:

• Daily supply: pick the days you want to work and fit teaching around your life
• Long-term supply: block bookings, including maternity and absence cover, so you can settle with a class
• Permanent roles: we'll help you find the right school and guide you through the process

Your named consultant will learn what you're looking for and work to match you with the right schools.

Day to day

• Prepare and deliver structured, engaging lessons in line with the national curriculum and the school's planning, where it's provided
• Teach EYFS, KS1 and/or KS2, depending on your experience and preference
• Maintain high standards of behaviour in line with each school's behaviour policy
• Create a safe, inclusive and supportive classroom for all pupils
• Monitor progress, mark work and give feedback as the booking requires
• Support pupils with SEND and EAL, working with the SENCo and teaching assistants
• Follow school procedures, including safeguarding, health and safety and the code of conduct
• Report any safeguarding concerns immediately to the school's Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
• Communicate professionally with school staff, leadership teams and, where required, parents and carers

About you

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a UK-recognised equivalent
• Recent primary teaching experience in the UK, or your ECT induction completed
• Confident behaviour management and strong communication
• A genuine commitment to safeguarding children
• 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 supporting pupils with SEND or EAL
• Experience of phonics programmes (e.g. Read Write Inc, Little Wandle) or primary maths mastery
• A clean, enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service
• Flexibility to take both short-notice and long-term bookings

ECTs welcome: we'll explain how supply and long-term placements can sit alongside your induction.

Why this role?

• Local roles in and around Radcliffe
• Daily supply for flexibility or long-term and permanent roles for stability, with full control over which bookings you take
• Competitive daily rates, paid weekly
• A route into long-term and permanent roles when you're ready

Why join Empowering Learning?

• A dedicated consultant who understands your availability and goals
• 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 guide 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 Radcliffe teaching network. We'll be in touch to get you started.

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