Job Ref No. ECC5235-78S Position Type: Teacher Pay Range: 3,000
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 31/03/2025 Midnight Date of Interviews: Ad-hoc  

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About this Role
Join our Teacher Training Programme to become a much-needed teacher and pass on your passion for learning.


Classroom-based Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme based in one of our 57 schools. Lift Schools is one of the largest trusts nationwide and we are partnered with Ark Teacher Training to deliver our programme.

You'll gain a PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate of Education) and your Qualified Teacher Status whilst working hands-on in the classroom as a trainee Teacher.Immediately having impact, your tutor and coach will support you to build up your independent teaching time during the year.

The Programme Includes

  • School Orientation Experience- a 5-day introductory placement before Summer term ends where you get to know the school, pupils, colleagues, the community and where you'll be working so you can hit the ground running in September.
  • Summer School: Highly-rated by our trainees as the perfect start to their training and a great way to prepare for their first few weeks in school, our Summer School brings trainees together for two weeks in August (5th - 16th) to learn about the programme, educational theory, and practice.
  • Weekly Coaching and Planning Sessions: Your in-school coach will observe your progress every week, supporting you by providing constructive feedback and helping you set achievable improvement goals.
  • An allocated mentor,a trained lead planner who will help you create effective lessons, developing your planning skills and giving you the opportunity to ask detailed subject - knowledge questions.
  • Weekly Training Sessions: Participate in-person/ virtual training sessions with your tutors and peers. These sessions provide valuable learning experiences and encourage a collaborative environment for professional growth.

The training programme itself is school-based and you will spend half a day every week in a session with your Ark tutor and other trainees from the network.

We will support you to become brilliant educators and in time, leaders within our network - we offer unrivalled career opportunities for professional growth. We're looking for talented people who will have successful careers within the Trust.

This is a Tuition Fee-Paying Training Route. PGCE Tuition fees are £9,250 usually funded through Student Finance

**Lift Schools offers a unique £3,000 bursary for Primary trainees to help with training costs *subject to eligibility


N.B - We are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK (full-time) from July 2025 until September 2026.

Information about the School

Lift Ashingdon is a primary school with 209 pupils, offering places from Reception through to Year 6. Children join us mainly from the villages of Ashingdon and South Fambridge, as well as from parts of Canewdon, Hockley, Rochford and Hullbridge.

Our school is set on a large, attractive site in open, green-belt countryside. We are fortunate to have a quiet wildlife and sensory garden, a spacious playground and a large playing field. Inside, we offer welcoming and engaging classrooms, a well-stocked library, and dedicated learning support areas for small group work. We also provide daily breakfast and after-school care in The Hive.

For our youngest pupils, we have an inviting outdoor learning space where Reception children learn through play in their first year at school. This complements our engaging and nurturing indoor Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provision.

We deliver learning across the three key stages:

Foundation Stage – Reception

Key Stage 1 (KS1) – Years 1 and 2

Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Years 3 to 6

Our committed and friendly staff aim to:

Provide an environment where children feel safe, secure and happy, enabling them to become confident, independent learners.

  • Build on each child’s success by delivering an engaging and stimulating curriculum.

  • Encourage and support the development of the whole child.

  • Value the partnership with parents and strengthen links with the local community.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

Charlotte Leasure
Fambridge Road
Ashingdon, Rochford
Essex, SS4 3LN
Telephone: 01702 202857
Email: sbrown@liftashingdon.org

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