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MPR/UPR + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (TPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Full Time, Fixed term until 31st August 2027
September 2026 Start
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and high performing Primary Teacher to join Lift Clacton as a Transition Teacher. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape a role that sits at the heart of our inclusive vision, ensuring every child is supported to make a successful transition from primary to secondary education.
At Lift Clacton, we recognise that for some pupils, the move to secondary school can be both exciting and challenging. Many arrive with a wide range of academic, social and emotional needs, and this role has been created to provide targeted support at a crucial stage in their educational journey. Working closely with the Principal, SENDCo and wider pastoral team, you will play a key role in helping pupils build confidence, develop resilience and establish the foundations for long term success.
Working primarily with Year 7 pupils, you will deliver engaging teaching and targeted interventions that strengthen literacy, numeracy and learning behaviours, while supporting pupils to develop independence, self-belief and a strong sense of belonging within the school community. You will help identify and remove barriers to learning, ensuring that every pupil is able to access the curriculum and achieve their full potential.
For the right candidate, this is an opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of young people within a community where high quality support, strong relationships and inclusion can have a transformative impact. Bringing the strengths of primary practice into a secondary setting, you will work collaboratively with colleagues, families and feeder primary schools to create a seamless transition experience, ensuring every pupil receives the support they need to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
About Lift Clacton
Lift Clacton is a rapidly improving school at the heart of the community and recently achieved 'Good' (June 2024). The school has experienced significant growth and improvement with student numbers now over 1,500. We are committed to providing every child with an excellent education not as a privilege, but as a right. We maintain high expectations, foster a positive school culture, and offer clear teaching and learning practices coupled with a supportive senior leadership team.
To arrange a school visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Saran Vijay, our School Operations Manager on svijay@liftclacton.org
Closing date : 29th June 2026 at 12pm
We offer you:
- Career development and training: Access a wide range of statutory and developmental training to boost your career.
- Our partnership withOne World powers our innovative Instructional Excellence Program. We also offer a comprehensive range of CPD programs, includingAmbition Institute'sEarly Career andNPQofferings, tailored to both individual and network needs.
- Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
- Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Information about the School
At the Lift Clacton we aim to ensure that every child ends up in successful employment. To that end we ensure that our curriculum creates opportunities for students to become independent and self-motivated with the ability to be responsible, determined and aspirational. All students are individuals who develop in different ways and at different rates and the curriculum is designed to meet those individual’s needs and provide appropriate technology, qualifications and experiences to support students into their chosen career pathways.
The curriculum is centred around core concepts which are sequenced in order to support students in every subject. Core concepts form the bones of the subject. These pieces of knowledge or skills unlock further learning. Core concepts are sequenced in such a way that students are supported to secure each essential concept before moving onto the next. These concepts are focused around a knowledge rich curriculum where students learn topics to a high level of depth to help them to tackle mastery of each subject discipline.
We prioritise the development of reading, writing and communication to support students to access new challenges in the curriculum as this is an essential element for success in our local context. Students have dedicated reading lessons, to enhance their reading skills and build a culture of reading. Students read for twenty minutes a day every day. Subject leaders work hard to build vocabulary and increase the number of opportunities for students to read in lessons, with at least one reading focused lesson per half term.
We recognise our young people as individuals, offering support and challenges to empower them to achieve their aspirations with a high standard of lesson content. Where students need further support they are provided with opportunities within our Remarkable Futures programme (which provides intensive support to students at risk of disengaging with education) or our Transition Curriculum (which provides an enhanced curriculum to accelerate the progress of students who join Lift Clacton with significant gaps in their learning).
Additionally, there are a variety of enrichment activities to enhance our curriculum. Year 11 and the Sixth form have allocated intervention times and a study hub to support their revision as they build up to their public examinations.
Lift Clacton is committed to providing all of our students with a broad and balanced curriculum. It is our belief that this large discipline of all subjects helps our students to receive a strong traditional academic education, while also having time to find expression in the creative subject areas.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
-We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
-With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
-We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.