Key Role Information

Salary
32,916 - 45,352
Job type
Permanent
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
04/12/2025 09:20
Interview
9 December 2025
Start
1 January 2026
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
Main Pay Range | M1 - M6
Department
Teaching
Key stage
Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Hours per week
27.50
Weeks per year
52.143
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

St Hilda's CE Primary School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley.


St Hilda's is a diverse and inclusive school that views every pupil and staff member as part of the school family. The school is striving for excellence to enable every child to reach their full potential in a nurturing environment with a range of enriching activities to develop the whole child. We are focused on nurturing and developing staff and treat them each as valued members. Our staff our friendly, motivated and committed to providing excellent learning opportunities. A Christian family: learning through love, excelling through faith.

Join us now on our journey to make a difference.


The Governors and Principal of St Hilda’s CE Primary School are seeking a motivated and passionate Teacher to join their team in providing exceptional opportunities for learning and promoting positive outcomes for children.


Are you looking for a career where you can motivate and inspire?

 … a role where you can use your skills to make a positive impact in children’s lives?

 … a role where no day is the same and you can indulge your subject interests as part of your work?

 The value of teachers in our society has never been higher. We are very proud to be part of this vital profession and are offering the chance for adaptable and driven professionals to join us in our mission.

 

What Can Vantage Offer You?

  • A secure and reliable public sector career, in diverse and inclusive schools with opportunities for progression across our three regional hubs. 
  • A strong focus on staff well-being, through our employee package, with a full complement of health-related services to support you in your role.
  • Access to comprehensive Vantage Plus employee benefits, designed by staff, for staff, including an annual flexi wellbeing day and medical cash plans.
  • A robust, tailored CPD programme, further enhanced by our trust training bursary which all staff can apply to.
  • Opportunities for career progression and secondment across Vantage Academy Trust’s nine primary schools, one secondary school and local partners.
  • Friendly, committed and highly skilled colleagues and leadership, dedicated to our mission, vision and values.
  • The opportunity to share views and feedback with leadership through our extensive governance framework and staff voice surveys.


At Vantage CE Academies Trust, we are very proud of our values-led ethos:

·        Fostering a culture of professional development

·        Developing centres of excellence

·        Encouraging our individual spiritual journeys

·        Developing future and aspirational thinking

·        Celebrating individual distinctiveness and our particular vocation to the least advantaged

·        Encouraging curiosity

·        Refusing to set a limit on what is possible for ourselves, for one another, and for our community of schools.

 

What do I need to bring to the role?

·     Will hold Qualified Teacher Status

·        Will be an excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of children's achievements, attainment and

behaviour.

·        Will be able to motivate, inspire and co-operate with their colleagues and children.

·        Will support the Leadership Team in implementing the vision of the school

·        Is reflective, willing to embrace new ideas and take risks in the pursuit of excellence.

·        Is an adaptable and resilient professional

·         Have bags of personality and enthusiasm

·         Be highly motivated, with a can-do-attitude

·         Love working with and helping children to achieve their goals

 

If you think this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

We warmly encourage visits to our school. Please contact us on 0161 881 5466 visit our website at:  http://www.sthildasprimary.co.uk/ or email sthoffice@vantageacademies.co.uk

 

Applications welcome from ECT's and experienced teachers.

 

Appointments made are subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable references being received and social media checks being carried out. References will be requested prior to interview.


Qualifications

QTSessential

Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Knowledge of a creative range of pedagogic approaches to delivering your subjectessential
Enjoy working with young people and have enthusiasm for teaching and learningessential
Able to communicate effectively with children, staff, parents and the wider communityessential
A commitment to participating in training and development as requiredessential
Adaptable, with a willingness to embrace changeessential
Organised, methodical and displaying high motivation and high expectations of childrenessential
Aligned with the school's mission and valuesessential
Capacity to work hard under pressure and to possess a sense of humouressential
Willingness to run an extra-curricular club

Experience

Experience of using a range of technologies to support student learningessential
Experience teaching within a primary school settingessential
Experience of tracking pupil progressessential

Leadership

Adaptable - ability to adapt style to a variery of situations and peopleessential
Focused on standards and positive outcomesessential
Ability to instill a strong sense of belief and accountablility in both staff and studentsessential

Personal Attributes

Committedessential
Dedicatedessential
Focusedessential
Integrityessential
Great teamworkingessential

Personal Qualities

A proven track record of good attendanceessential

Qualifications and Training

Qualified teacher status (or pending). Potential NQTs welcome.essential

Relevant Skills

Ability to work under supervision, as a member of a team and individuallyessential
A strong commitment supporting children’s learning and good behaviouressential

St Hilda’s CE Primary School

Human Resources

hr@vantageacademies.co.uk

Warwick Road South
Firswood
Manchester
M16 0SH

Safeguarding Information

Vantage Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. Vantage Academies Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.