Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (Primary)
School of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Location: Stoke Campus
Salary: £39,355 to £55,755 Per Annum – Full Time Permanent
Release Date: Monday 18 May 2026
Closing Date: Monday 01 June 2026
Reference: HEPS59-26
About The Role
Through innovative teaching, insightful research and inspired partnerships, the Education provision within the Department of Psychology and Education at University of Staffordshire is producing creative, passionate and highly skilled teachers. Join us and you will experience a progressive culture that gives everyone the freedom to achieve and the support to succeed. University of Staffordshire offers both undergraduate and post‑graduate routes into primary teaching. We were successfully inspected by OFSTED in 2024, ranked 5th place in Guardian Subject League Tables for 2025 and are fully accredited to offer teacher training. We are looking for a highly skilled and enthusiastic academic to lead teaching on our BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS (3–7) (5–11), PGCE Primary awards, Primary Teacher Apprenticeship, and Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship. We have a vacancy for a Lecturer in primary education. We are looking for someone with high quality experience of learning and teaching primary aged children. We want a candidate that is passionate about the development of the primary teaching workforce, and that will help us shape this exciting award. We are seeking someone that has experience and ability to design and create an inspiring primary curriculum. The successful candidate should possess an appropriate teaching qualification alongside their post‑graduate academic qualification. Experience in leading Initial Teacher Education (ITE), school management and training would be useful for this post.
Main Responsibilities
* play a role in the development and delivery of academic provision to undergraduate and postgraduate students, specifically in the area of primary initial teacher training and related disciplines.
* contribute to ITE Mentor Development and training
* observe ITE students in placements
* contribute to the teacher training courses, curriculum and quality assurance processes
* contribute to University‑led and/or School initiatives and developments in line with strategic business development plans
Contact For Informal Discussion
ITE Course Director: Kate Dale (K.Dale@staffs.ac.uk)
Our Commitment to Inclusion: Staffordshire University is committed to promoting and enabling a positive culture where staff, students and visitors are confident to be their authentic selves. We focus on inclusion as a way to ensure equality of opportunity for all our people and to demonstrate our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Human Rights. We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits a diverse organisation can bring for the University. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, who are currently under‑represented in the University workforce.
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