Class Teacher
Beaver Green Primary School, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DADeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
April 2025 - Term 5
Closing date
25 February 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
12 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Beaver Green Primary School
- MPS/UPS
- Permanent; All Year Round
We are seeking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic and committed teacher. The successful candidate will be part of a strong community team, who strive for the very best for all of our children. This is an exciting opportunity to join a strong Key Stage 2 team.
The successful candidate will:
- Value all pupils as individuals and put them at the heart of everything you do.
- Make learning fun and challenging.
- Be enthusiastic and creative.
- Be able to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Be ambitious, innovative and inspirational.
- Work in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure the best possible outcomes for pupils.
- Have excellent subject knowledge.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- Inspirational children, who enjoy being at school and have a real thirst for learning.
- A team of friendly, welcoming people to work collaboratively with.
- A large SEND team with a full-time SENDCO to ensure all children are well supported regardless of their needs.
- An incredible welfare team, who ensure that all welfare needs of both children and parents are supported.
- Consistent, clear, school-wide approaches to teaching and assessing all subjects.
- A commitment to reducing the overall workload of our teachers, having recently introduced new procedures, aimed at eliminating unnecessary tasks, related to planning, marking and data tracking.
- A range of support from a strong leadership team that will help to develop your practice.
- An induction programme, with excellent support for your transition into your role.
- An exciting, well-planned, ambitious and engaging curriculum that is tailored to meet the needs of our children.
- Our recent Ofsted inspections (March 2023) says we are a ‘Good School’.
Additional Benefits include:
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme – with a generous employer contribution;
- Employee Referral Recruitment Incentive;
- Enhanced Maternity Pay;
- Discounts with local and national retailers, cinemas and restaurants;
- Access to training and development – high quality CPD opportunities;
- Employee Assistance Programme – Wellbeing and advice;
- Cycle to Work scheme;
- On-site Parking.
Further details about the role
Full details of the requirements of the post can be found in the accompanying recruitment pack.
Interested applicants are welcome to contact Tina Oakley – Headteacher, for an informal discussion regarding the post by emailing bgpoffice@swale.at or calling 01233 621989.
Applications should be made via Kent Teach or by submitting an Application Form directly to bgpoffice@swale.at for the attention of Tina Oakley. Please note, we cannot accept CVs.
Please send in your application as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed as soon as we receive them even if this is prior to the application close date. We may interview early for the right candidate.
If you experience any difficulty in completing the application form, please contact recruitment@swale.at or 01795 426091 (option 2).
In accordance with current GDPR compliance we will not keep any details/application forms on file once the position is filled.
Interview Date: w/c 27th February 2025
Swale Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from ROA and will require an enhanced DBS disclosure
Swale Academies Trust schools will conduct an online check of shortlisted candidates in line with the Keeping Children Safe In Education guidelines.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bgpoffice@swale.at
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Beaver Green Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 472 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Beaver Green Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- bgpoffice@swale.at
- Phone number
- 01233 621989
Arranging a visit to Beaver Green Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bgpoffice@swale.at.
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