Vacancy Summary

Early Years Practitioner

Location: Beckfoot Allerton, Bradford

Salary: Band 6 SCP 6-11 (£20,239 - £21,915)

Contract Type: Permanent

33.5 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 3.45pm and Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm, term time only plus 5 days 

Vacancy Information

We are seeking to appoint an Early Years Practitioner Role. The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Early Years team within Team Beckfoot Allerton. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more.

We understand that choosing an employer and changing roles is a big decision. We will always invest time in talking to anyone who is seeking more details about any role.

About Us

  • Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. 

  • Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission. 

  • We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another. 

  • We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this. 

  • We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed. 

  • We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all. 

  • We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity. 

  • This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words. 

  • All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable. 

  • We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School.

Please see the candidate pack for more details about our Trust  

Why Choose Beckfoot Allerton? 

  • We are a local 2-form entry primary school with a popular nursery on a rapid journey to remarkable.
  • We are a team; we value and invest in our staff through high quality CPD, coaching and feedback.
  • Our staff survey results indicate that our team enjoy belonging to Beckfoot Allerton
  • We know that if we invest in our staff, they will enjoy belonging to Beckfoot Allerton and in turn, create remarkable learners
  • We are highly inclusive as well as ambitious for our children and our work is increasingly attracting attention.
  • We care about our community, and we are determined that all our children will have access to a well-planned academically rigorous curriculum and high-quality inclusive lessons every day so that they have the firm foundations for a successful secondary education
  • Our sentence sums us up and is how we want to be remembered Beckfoot Allerton ensured that all pupils gained powerful knowledge, behaved brilliantly and became confident community communicators.  

If you have any questions, please contact centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org or 01274 881082.

To apply, go to https://candidates.every.education/Vacancies/Details?advertKey=5fc83f15-c9cc-4a42-b158-6942154f5f3d

Closing Date: 20th November 2025 (Midnight)

Interview Date: 2nd December 2025

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.  The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide 

This post is also relevant to the Disqualification from Childcare Regulations, and you have a duty to inform the Trust if you are automatically disqualified from providing childcare by having committed a disqualifiable offence or disqualifying event – see Appendix 2 in the Recruitment Policy for more details.

Beckfoot Trust collects and processes personal data in accordance with UK Data Protection Laws. For more information on the personal data we collect and why, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice: Beckfoot Trust - Privacy Notices  

Click on the useful links below for further information:  

Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents 

Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  

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