Early Career Teacher

Early Career Teacher

Pay Scale: -140 - -180

Start Date: September 2025

Location: Wakefield

Daily and long-term placements

Career Teachers are currently recruiting Early Career Teachers (ECTs) for exciting teaching opportunities in schools across Wakefield

This is an excellent opportunity for final-year students to continue gaining experience and earn valuable teaching time, before transitioning into an ECT role in September.

Why Work with Career Teachers?

• Competitive Pay: Long-term placements will be paid at the equivalent ECT scale rate, meaning you''ll earn the same as if you were working in a permanent role at a school

• Flexible Working: Gain exposure to different teaching environments, curricula, and classroom management styles

• Exclusive Training: Receive exclusive training courses designed to help you develop essential skills

• Career Progression: Secure your place in a school for September through Career Teachers, on a long-term placement or continue with flexible working opportunities with us

• Supportive Environment: Work with dedicated consultants who will support you throughout your journey, helping you develop professionally

Our benefits:

• A Refer a Friend Scheme giving you a bonus of up to -125
• Exclusive vacancies within local Schools and Multi Academy Trusts
• Competitive weekly pay
• Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
• Online time sheets
• Your own dedicated consultant
• Guaranteed pay schemes
• Genuine refer a friend scheme
• Affinity Extra - Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.

*These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.

If the above role is just what you''re looking for, then please send across your CV by clicking the apply button. If not, check out our website for a range of opportunities that might excite you!

Career Teachers are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Career Teachers operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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