Welcome to Lift Shafton and thank you for your interest in our school. Shafton village is a small rural community easily reached from Wakefield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield.

Here at Lift Shafton, we are a proud member of Lift Schools and have just been judged as a good school with outstanding leadership and outstanding Early Years.

Our very creative staff have a real love of teaching and we are looking for a future member of our team who can develop that sense of awe and wonder in children. The children at our school are happy, confident, fun-loving and energetic. They are passionate about their learning, be it in the traditional classroom or through drama, music, dance and painting. We are looking for someone who can embrace these aspects of the curriculum as well as literacy and numeracy.

Leadership at our school is forward thinking - and the well-being and work-life balance of our teachers is very important. We give autonomy to teachers and will not dictate planning, marking or teaching styles. We want you to give us your best and our non-negotiables are outstanding attainment and progress for every child, coupled with kindness and warm-heartedness, not what colour pen you use to mark books!

Our school has been recently refurbished and is a modern, bright and attractive place for us all to work. We have a new Early Years classroom and outdoor learning environment.

We welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself what a happy place Lift Shafton and what makes us the school of choice in our local area.

Thank you for your interest in our school and we look forward to meeting you.

Our aims and expectations

We have a high expectations for all children and a commitment to ensuring all children achieve high standards. We will achieve this by -

Supporting the development of children who –

• Feel safe and know that if they have concerns they are listened to and are supported so that they thrive
• Who can create, reflect, persevere, are resilient and aspire
• Are able to work independently, collaboratively, as part of a team and to lead
• Are thoughtful, have the ability to listen, are responsible and supportive of each other and have a strong work ethic
• Are creative, analytical, critical and innovative
• Have high expectations of themselves and each other
• Respect themselves and others
• Have endless curiosity, enthusiasm – who want to experience as much as possible and find out all they can

Creating a staff team who –

• Are an expert workforce with shared determination to do their best for every child
• Question practice and continually try to better meet the needs of all children and are supported in this by a detailed professional development programme
• Equip children with the life skills they will need to be independent, reflective, resilient and resourceful learners as well as continuing to raise standards in literacy and numeracy
• Provide exciting opportunities for children to use and apply their learning to enquiry and problem solving so they develop their understanding of the world
• Plan, monitor and evaluate teaching, learning, the curriculum and progress in the school to ensure the development of the whole child
• Are proactive and highly skilled at identifying vulnerable children and collaborating with other agencies so that barriers to learning are removed and all children succeed
• Help children acquire a range of personal, social and emotional attributes essential to their health and well-being and to life as a responsible citizen
• Develop children so they can actively participate in and contribute to the school where they feel respected, safe and supported

In a school which –

• Provides a caring, stimulating and enjoyable learning environment in which all children feel respected, safe and supported
• Provides a flexible, challenging and purposeful curriculum that is relevant to our children and prepares them for the responsibilities and experiences of life
• Offers opportunities to engage with a wide range of cultural experiences
• Provides a broad rich curriculum that excites them about learning and the world, is rich in IT to help children participate fully in a constantly changing world
• Equips children with the life skills they will need to be independent, reflective, resilient and resourceful learners as well as continuing to raise standards in literacy and numeracy
• Values and develops a supportive partnership between home, school and the community
• Provides opportunities to engage in a wide range of activities – social, the arts, sports and cultural, that will enrich their lives and develop their confidence, social and moral skills and self-belief

So that the local community has pride and confidence in our school and trusts that their children will succeed and do well here.

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:

1. We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
2. With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
3. We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.