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  • Job start date

    17 April 2023

  • Closing date

    24 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 February 2023

Job details

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Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Full time: FTE 1.0 (37.5 hours)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Between £30,000-£45,200 (dependant on experience)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Class Teacher (based in EYFS)

Orchard Meadow Primary School

Permanent

Grade: PT Scale 1-6 and EPT 1-3 (salary will reflect experience)

Start Date: 17th April 2023

Orchard Meadow School is a vibrant and inclusive city school that has a positive, diverse community and a determination that all children will succeed. Our children are energetic, keen to learn and enjoy being challenged.

We are looking for someone with energy, enthusiasm and a hard-working ethos to join our happy school. We can offer a very positive working environment and excellent professional development and support.

Orchard Meadow Primary school is growing, and this is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our fantastic staff team.

We are looking for candidates who:

  • Are an excellent Early Years practitioner.
  • Are confident in the classroom and understand how children learn.
  • Have high expectations of what can be achieved.
  • Are passionate about making sure all children have access to a quality education despite any apparent disadvantage.
  • Seek to build positive relationships with children.
  • Are flexible with a good sense of humour and an understanding of the ‘bigger picture’.
  • Are able to work to their own initiative as well as part of a team.
  • Hold Qualified Teacher Status.
  • Are confident and excited about using and embracing IT in their practice.
  • Are flexible, hardworking and have a passion to make a difference in the lives of our young learners.

If you feel you would be suitable to work within our supportive and friendly team, we would like to hear from you!

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

  • Plenty of opportunities for professional development, within our school and our Trust.
  • An individual CPD pathway, to develop practice, and help you reach the next stage in your career.
  • An opportunity to work in a charitable organisation that is focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged children.
  • A competitive salary, a popular benefits and rewards programme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Orchard Meadow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

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About Orchard Meadow Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
242 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

Orchard Meadow is located in Blackbird Leys on the outskirts of Oxford. We proud to be a diverse school with high ambitions and expectations, which is reflected in our school values and curriculum.

Everything we do is values driven and linked to PRIDE – our school motto. Learn more about our ‘PRIDE’ values here and see some examples of our students’ many achievements on the pages of this site. Every day we want pupils to feel proud of themselves and what they can offer their community as active, enquiring, compassionate citizens.

Above all, we want our learners to be happy and feel inspired by the joy of learning. Being a pupil at Orchard Meadow is an opportunity to find out something new, be creative, be challenged and, most importantly, feel valued.

We are a school family and this ethos is supported by daily ‘family meetings’, which help pupils to feel calm, safe and ready to learn. Our commitment to pupil well-being is supplemented by a bespoke curriculum and a broad offer which includes enrichment activities for all, mentoring and therapeutic interventions.

Arranging a visit to Orchard Meadow Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@orchardmeadow.org.

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