Class Teacher
Copperfield Academy, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RB5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 April 2024
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours/week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Welcome to Copperfield Academy.
You have discovered a wonderful opportunity to join a great school known for its innovation, energy, and community spirit.
We are looking to appoint an inspirational, ambitious and talented Class Teacher for Key Stage 1 to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team in September 2024 on a permanent, full-time contract. We will happily consider ECTs as well as more experienced staff.
Class Teachers are responsible for the day-to-day teaching and learning provision for all children in their class, including those with Special Educational Needs, English as an Additional Language, those more-able learners and those eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant. You will receive coaching and mentoring from experienced leaders in the academy to ensure that you are supported in all aspects of what you do.
At Copperfield Primary Academy, we strive to ensure that all our pupils are happy, confident, ambitious individuals with a passion for learning; who possess the skills, knowledge, learning attitudes and behaviours to enable them to be successful in the world today, and in the future. We achieve this through creating a strong sense of community and by providing high quality teaching and learning opportunities through an inspiring curriculum.
We wish to appoint an excellent teacher for KS1 who will:
- Make learning irresistible, effective and inclusive.
- Be committed to raising the standard of learning for all pupils
- Embrace and develop the reflective pedagogy necessary to implement consistently good or outstanding teaching and learning ensuring all pupils make good progress;
- Be committed to on-going professional development;
- Contribute to the wider life of the school;
- Contribute to a dynamic and inspiring school environment;
- Have experience with phonics,
- Have experience and knowledge of teaching EAL, SEN and PP pupils.
What the school offers its staff
Are you looking for a school that offers exceptional education and opportunities? Look no further!
- Our school provides a class-leading Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) program that surpasses national expectations. With qualified teachers and leaders in every Nursery and Reception class, every child is sure to receive the best start to their education.
- At our school, we believe that a healthy and happy school environment is key to success. That’s why we offer an extensive pastoral and well-being system that supports not only our students but also our staff, parents, and the wider community. From mental and emotional well-being support to parenting courses, coffee mornings, networking events, staff wellbeing committees, and wellbeing days for staff, we have a range of services that are designed to help everyone thrive.
- We take pride in our highly regarded SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) provision. Our SEND specialists provide personalized training for every adult at Copperfield Academy to ensure that every child with SEND receives the best support possible.
- We have observed a positive trend in our statutory testing outcomes, thanks to our excellent CPD (Continuous Professional Development) programme. Our Teaching and Learning Assistant Headteacher carefully reviews the whole school CPD plan every week, considering teacher feedback and measuring its impact, to ensure our CPD programme continues to meet our school's needs. As per the EEF's (Education Endowment Foundation) advice, we focus on a limited number of key areas for the whole school CPD, which is planned to take place over multiple terms, allowing staff to learn, experiment and refine new practices over time. This CPD schedule is led by teachers and designed to encourage teachers to take risks when developing their pedagogy.
- We also provide each teacher with an individual CPD programme, led by the teachers themselves. Our Assistant Headteacher meets with each teacher once a term to discuss their individual CPD plan and provide guidance and coaching where necessary to ensure that all staff continue to grow and develop. We believe that learning is a lifelong process, and we encourage everyone in our school community to embrace this philosophy. (Even I am always seeking to learn something new!)
The above reasons might explain why our school attendance consistently exceeds the national average, why we are oversubscribed, and why our staff and parent satisfaction surveys and reviews are always so positive. There are many more reasons to be excited about joining Copperfield Academy, which makes it a great opportunity that you wouldn't want to miss. If you're keen to learn more about us, please get in touch with us today.
Best of luck,
Ben Clark
Headteacher
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS with Child Barred List check
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About Copperfield Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Copperfield Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@copperfieldacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01474352488
Copperfield is an old and long-established Northfleet School, having opened as Dover Road School in 1904.
Increasing success in recent months has meant we are fast becoming a very popular school with local families and we currently have the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren here of former pupils. We are known for extending a warm welcome to families that are new to Gravesend and to many families new to the UK.
As part of the nationwide REAch2 Academy Trust, leaders and staff at Copperfield are committed to working hard to ensure it is a happy school where pupils of all ages thoroughly enjoy their learning and being at school. We consider ourselves to be a supportive extended family of, and for, all our families that is able to meet the needs of the most-able and the most-challenged.
Copperfield has faced many challenges over its history, but a dedicated team of experienced leaders and highly effective staff have successfully transformed the school from its lowest point to a position of strength, vitality, creativity and excellence.
Arranging a visit to Copperfield Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@copperfieldacademy.org.
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