Class Teacher KS2
Shortstown Primary School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 0GSThis job expired on 20 March 2019
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
20 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
4 March 2019
Job details
Job role
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Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £23,719 to £35,008
Additional allowances
There are significant opportunities for your professional development through the HEART Academies Trust Family of Schools and we will support your professional journey.
Class Teacher KS2 job summary
Common Roles of All Trust Members and of the School
Main duties and responsibilities
• To create and manage a caring, supportive, purposeful and stimulating environment which is conducive to children’s learning.
• To plan and prepare lessons in order to deliver the National Curriculum ensuring breadth and balance in all subjects.
• To deliver outstanding lessons where every child makes measureable progress.
• To identify clear teaching objectives and learning outcomes, with appropriate challenge and high expectations.
• To maintain good order and discipline among the pupils, safeguarding their health and safety.
• To organise and manage groups or individual pupils ensuring differentiation of learning needs, reflecting all abilities.
• To plan opportunities to develop the social, emotional and cultural aspects of pupils’ learning.
• To maintain a regular system of monitoring, assessment, record-keeping and reporting of children’s progress.
• To prepare appropriate records for the transfer of pupils.
• To ensure effective use of support staff within the classroom, including parent helpers.
• To participate in staff meetings.
• Contribute to the development and co-ordination of a particular area of the curriculum.
• To be part of a whole school team, actively involved in decision-making on the preparation and development of policies and programmes of study, teaching materials, resources, methods of teaching and pastoral arrangements.
• To ensure that school policies are reflected in daily practice.
• To communicate and consult with parents over all aspects of their children’s education – academic, social and emotional.
• To liaise with outside agencies when appropriate eg. Educational Psychologist.
• To continue professional development, maintaining a portfolio of training undertaken.
• To participate in the schools appraisals procedures.
• To meet with parents and appropriate agencies, to contribute positively to the education of the children concerned.
• To support the Head Teacher in promoting the ethos of the school.
• To promote the welfare of children and to support the school in safeguarding children though relevant policies and procedures.
• To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.
• To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the Schools Health and Safety policy and any school-specific procedures / rules that apply to this role.
Commitment to safeguarding
HEART Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and therefore operates no restrictive policies in relation to age, sex or creed.
Our Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children/young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks, where applicable. All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated as per statutory guidance.
About Shortstown Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 475 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Shortstown Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@shortstownprimaryschool.co.uk
Shortstown Primary opened in September 2013 and boosts fantastic new, state-of-the-art facilities. Through the benefit of its excellent Pre-school provision it is able to take children from the age of 2 through to 11 years.
Shortstown Primary is an inclusive school which has a positive impact on children’s learning and achievement through high expectations in a creative and motivating environment. The school believes that every child truly does matter and as a result has an unrelenting focus on raising standards in all aspects of school life so that each student can develop their talents and be the best they can be.
Shortstown was rated as a Good school following an Ofsted visit in 2013; its Pre-school received an Outstanding grading. Curriculum is planned around creative activities which promote learning, personal growth and development. It includes not only the formal requirements of the National Curriculum but also a range of extra-curricular activities to enrich the experiences of the children. It also includes the ‘hidden curriculum’, or what students learn from the way they are treated and expected to behave.
Shortstown Primary aims to teach children how to grow into positive, responsible people who can work and cooperate with others while developing knowledge and skills so that they achieve their true potential.
As a Lead Literacy School, Peter Pan Teaching school partner and an Excellence Partner with Bedford University and Bedford College, Shortstown Primary supports a number of individuals through their training programmes. It also supports Hertford University and the Develop Group for school based work placements.
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