Class teacher
Kenilworth Primary School, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1QL14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
23 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33.00 - £47.00 Annually (Actual)
Class teacher job summary
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, creative and skilled teacher who wants to join our great team and who shares in our determination to enable every child to succeed.
As a community, we all work very well together, from staff to parents and Governors, in order to ensure that we provide the best for the children and families in our schools. If you would like to visit us, please either phone the school office to make an appointment or email: admin@kenilworth.herts.sch.uk or
call on 0208 9533459
We can offer you:
An opportunity to develop and learn.
A school that is ‘all about the children’.
A strong and supportive leadership team.
A supportive and positive working environment with happy and friendly children who love coming to school and enjoy learning.
Excellent CPD opportunities.
Supportive and welcoming governors, staff and parents. This is an exciting opportunity to join us – come and visit!
Application are available online
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by phone and email and invited to an interview.
The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Kenilworth Primary School – Person Specification Short listing is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the requirements of the person specification. You should mention any experience you have had that shows how you meet these requirements when you fill in your application form and prepare your supporting statement.
Qualifications and Training Essential Education
1.Qualified teacher status
2.Evidence of continual professional development Experience Essential Teaching 3. Current experience of teaching within the Primary Range 3 - 11years (placement schools accepted)
4. Be graded at least as a good teacher by your current setting/mentor
5. Have strong ICT skills and use ICT to enable learning Skills and qualities Essential Relationships
6. Ability to establish and develop positive relationships with all those involved in the school
7. Ability to develop parental support, and to involve parents and the wider community in the day-to day life of the school
8. Ability to work effectively and productively with the school’s partners e.g. Health and other visiting professionals Personal, Interpersonal and communication skills
9. Ability to relate well to children, to know & treat each child as an individual
10. Ability to prioritise & manage own time effectively & be resilient under pressure
11. Ability to communicate to staff, parents/carers and governors and the wider community effectively in writing and orally
12. Ability to deal sensitively with people
13. Highly competent in the use of information technologies
14. Enthusiastic, flexible and approachable Attitudes Essential Education philosophy
15. Committed to always putting the child first
16. Committed to raising achievement through partnerships with parents and Education Services Equal opportunities
17. A strong knowledge of, and commitment to, inclusion and equality of opportunity Safeguarding
18. Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expecting all staff to share this commitment.
Kenilworth Primary School
Class Teacher Job Description Main Purposes :
To carry out the professional duties of a main grade teacher as defined in the School Teachers Pay & Conditions Document and Teachers Standards September 2012.
To apply high professional standards in whole school responsibility and contribute to improvement initiatives and school development planning as required.
To discharge other duties as required by the Headteacher within the scope and status of the post. Policy and Legal Framework The teacher will work within the framework of:
School Teachers Pay & Conditions Document and Teacher Standards
The latest national legislation of the National Curriculum.
School Policies, schemes on the curriculum and school organisation.
County policies, in particular those relating to curricular aims and principles and to the equality of opportunity. MAIN GRADE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CORE TEACHING SKILLS
1. Curriculum Knowledge and Planning
a) Plan using knowledge of school policies, National Curriculum / EYFS areas of learning.
b) Plan differentiated work to meet the needs of individuals and groups, providing progression and continuity.
c) Communicate learning objectives supported by appropriate learning activities. d) Take account of the personal, social and emotional needs of pupils and those deemed to be vulnerable.
e) Plan to manage pupil behaviour.
f) Work as a member of a team, planning co-operatively, sharing information, ideas and expertise.
g) Consult and plan with teaching support staff, non-teaching staff and outside agencies, as appropriate.
h) Liaise with the Inclusion Leader to ensure that the Code of Practice is implemented fully.
2. Assessing, Recording and Reporting
a) Monitor and assess pupils' work effectively using positive formative methods. b) Ensure pupils’ work is marked in a way that will help the pupil to understand how to further improve and actively involve pupils in the assessment process, following the school’s marking and feedback policy.
c) Use a variety of methods to assess pupils' learning and development according to National Curriculum requirements and school policy.
d) Use assessment to identify individual needs and to inform planning.
f) Keep records of pupils' progress in line with school policy and statutory requirements.
g) Establish good relationships with parents to promote pupils' learning and
development.
h) Report achievement in line with school policy and statutory requirements.
3. Classroom Management
a) Ensure the classroom is prepared and resourced for an active programme of learning before the start of each school session.
b) Maintain a stimulating, informative environment displaying pupils' work appropriately.
c) Organise an efficient and effective learning environment that enables children to be self-reliant and independent.
d) Teach pupils to take responsibility for resources and the environment.
e) Use a variety of suitable teaching and learning styles.
f) Gain and hold pupil attention through verbal and non-verbal strategies.
g) Ensure that the beginnings and endings of sessions and transitions from one activity to another are smooth.
h) Communicate clear expectations to pupils giving unambiguous instructions and explanations.
i) Communicate personal enthusiasm and stimulate and maintain interest in learning.
j) Manage appropriate and inappropriate behaviour to sustain a purposeful working atmosphere.
k) Encourage the children to strive for excellence in work and behaviour. LEADERSHIP SKILLS
4. Leading People
a) Be responsible for the management of any Teaching Assistant or Support Staff who may be working with the class, promoting a positive working relationship and reporting any difficulties to the Leadership Team promptly.
b) Co-operate with all members of staff, parents and outside agencies in addressing the needs of children.
c) Communicate with parents/carers of pupils in the class in order to discuss children's work or any other matters that arise. Document such information for the school official records, where appropriate.
d) Work with all members of staff and parents and children to ensure that the school's behaviour policy is implemented and to work at all times towards the happy, self-disciplined child.
e) Attend and take a constructive part in staff meetings, Inset days and any other school Inset sessions.
f) Attend meetings and Parent Consultation Evenings as required and agreed.
g) Take and lead year group, Key Stage, and whole school assemblies when required (not applicable to ECTs).
5. Leading a Subject Area (not applicable to ECTs) a) Take a lead in a subject area as agreed with the Leadership Team, by supporting staff in policy development and practice in this area.
b) Monitor this area through work scrutiny, pupil voice, discussion with staff, and any other ways.
c) Advise other members of staff on the resources available and to monitor their use.
d) Contribute to the formulation of the School Improvement Plan.
7. Managing Information
a) Note all messages left on the staffroom white board. Note and respond to all communications sent via the class register and/or email.
b) Ensure that accidents, behavioural incidents, racist incidents are properly reported and recorded and any issues of Health & Safety are reported to the Leadership Team or named Health & Safety Leader.
c) Demonstrate an awareness of the school’s policies.
d) Ensure that the Leadership Team is kept informed of significant positive and negative issues related to the class.
GENERAL
8. Personal Effectiveness
a) Evaluate and review one's own teaching methods, having regard for current educational practice and a whole school approach which supports the children's learning at all times.
b) Set high standards of punctuality. Be on time for the teaching sessions and be in class to greet the pupils at the start of teaching sessions
c) Keep up to date with current educational thinking and practice, by studying, reading and by attendance at appropriate courses, workshops and meetings as school duties permit.
d) Be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in written form on a specified area of responsibility.
e) Use PPA and any other classroom release time profitably for the improvement of the children’s education and be able to account for this time as requested.
9. Whole School Commitment
a) Demonstrate a commitment to the full life of the school and work with all other members of staff to ensure the success of whole school initiatives and assemblies, displays, open evenings and other activities as they occur in the school year.
b) Undertake, with all other members of staff, general responsibilities concerned with the day to day running of the school.
c) Be supportive of the school's extra-curricular activities.
d) Take an active part in the school's involvement with the wider community.
e) Ensure the children’s safety.
Kenilworth Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kenilworth Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 207 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kenilworth Primary School website
School location
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