Co-op Academy Beckfield is a welcoming and ambitious primary school serving a vibrant community on the Leeds and Bradford border. From the moment you arrive, you’ll be treated as part of the team and supported within a culture shaped by our motto, ‘Aspire, Aim, Achieve’, and the Co-op Ways of Being.

High expectations and strong teaching sit alongside a rich wider curriculum. Pupils benefit from careers learning, World of Work opportunities, trips, workshops and a growing arts offer, giving trainee teachers plenty of opportunities to see how learning can extend beyond individual lessons. You’ll gain experience across the primary age range, from Nursery to Year 6, in a school committed to helping every child succeed.

Our Initial Teacher Training offer includes mentoring, bespoke development, evidence-informed professional learning and peer coaching. You’ll work alongside experienced practitioners who are committed to improvement and who understand that trainees need both challenge and encouragement. Beckfield is a place where you can learn, contribute, grow in confidence and become part of a school community that genuinely cares.

Co-op Academies Trust believes in changing the lives of young people through empowering teachers and young people to work together for a better education and a better community.

The Trust brings together expertise from across Primary, Secondary, Special and Further Education in an aim to promote excellence in all aspects of education.

Our provision is a combination of practical training, both within and outside of the classroom; a proactive and evidence-informed curriculum to build your pedagogical and subject knowledge with a further academic focus provided by university professionals. Our courses offer Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) accredited by Bright Futures SCITT, part of the Bright Futures Teaching School Hub as well as a Masters Level Qualification through the Postgraduate Certificate in Education awarded by The University of Derby (PGCE with 60 Masters Credits).

As a Trainee Teacher with Co-op Academies, you can immerse yourself in school life from day one and join a team of staff committed to delivering the highest quality learning and teaching to children across our Trust. 

If you are keen to learn from a range of professionals currently in a full time role within our placement schools, then our school-led training is the route for you. Your mentors, teachers and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLEs) will support you fully, using innovative training to enable you to become a resilient, successful teacher. 

• A curriculum that grows with you, through three phases: Introductory, Developmental and Consolidation

• Weekly Learn, Explore, Apply reflection tasks – linking theory to practice

• Professional studies to boost your confidence in behaviour, planning, assessment, and SEND

• Intensive training weeks focused on things like questioning, clarity and scaffolding

• Experience across mainstream, alternative and SEND settings – plus out-of-phase experience (e.g. primary trainees spend time in secondary)