Class Teacher and EYFS Lead

Staynor Hall Primary Academy, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8GE

12 days remaining to apply

Closing date
13 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 August 2024

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £38,330.00 - £43,266.00 Annually (FTE) up to UPS1 plus TLR2a (£3,213.00)

Class Teacher and EYFS Lead job summary

Class Teacher and EYFS Lead

Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy

Monday to Friday

M5 to UPS1 +TLR2a

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the roles

Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy are looking to welcome a Class Teacher into their supportive and friendly team, this is to teach in Reception and lead across EYFS. This position is a full-time, permanent contract.

We are looking for an aspirational EYFS Lead and Reception class teacher who strives for the best outcome for every child within their class, who makes learning fun and engaging and who places a large emphasis on the wellbeing of our children.

As an EYFS Lead and Class Teacher at Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy, you will be passionate about Early Years and understand the importance of them and how they shape and form the children's experiences throughout their time within our school.

You will have a friendly, warm, and approachable disposition, you will be a good role model and have the ability to lead our Early Years team by example.

A sound knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and experience within Early Years is essential to this role.

Job requirements

QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)

As the EYFS Lead, you will take the overall responsibility over Tiny Steps, Nursery, and Reception classes. This will include ensuring there are high standards of teaching and learning within Early Years.

You will lead our EYFS Team to ensure we provide excellent learning opportunities through a varied, stimulating, and exciting curriculum.

You will ensure that all children are able to learn and achieve their best, and you will support staff in ensuring that activities are accessible and differentiated for all children within our care.

You will actively develop strong relationships with parents, carers, and the wider community opening up opportunities for our Early Years children within their community and experience a variety of life experiences.

As the Lead you will act as a Line Manager for all Foundation Stage staff, this will include encouraging them to develop their own knowledge of EYFS, handling performance management and the day to day running of the EYFS.

You will work closely with and will be well supported within this role by our Senior Leadership Team.

The successful applicant will have:

A track record of raising both pupil attainment and standards of teaching and learning.

A strong vision and ethos that supports our values and culture.

A colleague who sees themselves as a teaching professional with future leader aspirations.

We can offer you:

Happy, well behaved, enthusiastic children who are thriving and have a thirst for learning

An opportunity to work with an experienced and committed team and be part of a Trust which is diverse and puts the community at the heart of its agenda

Join us and build a wonderful career in a school you are passionate about.

Working with us

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including NPQs.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.

Closing date: Friday 13th September 2024 at 12.00noon

Interviews: Monday 23rd September 2024

For enquiries, please contact, Clare Danks, School Business Manager - c.danks@ebor.academy

Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed, please contact us to arrange this.

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.