Class Teacher
Longlands Primary School, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 7JG8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - M6 (Outer London)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience:
- Qualified teacher status
- Degree
- Experience of primary teaching, ideally across more than one year group (Not necessary for NQTs)
Skills and Knowledge:
- Be aware of National Curriculum requirements at the appropriate key stage
- Knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies
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The theory and practice of effective teaching & learning for the individual needs of all children including EAL, SEN, Able & Talented (e.g classroom organisation and learning strategies)
- A good understanding of how children learn
- Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs
- Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils
- Knowledge of guidance and requirements around
safeguarding children
- Knowledge of effective behaviour management strategies
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Be able to monitor, assess, record and report on pupils’ progress
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Have a personal drive and commitment to be the best that they can be and provide the best experiences for the children in their class
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Promote the school’s vison and values positively, and use effective strategies to monitor motivation and morale
- Good ICT skills, particularly using ICT to support learning
- A commitment to getting
the best outcomes
for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
- High expectations for children’s attainment and progress
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding
- Active commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion demonstrated through classroom practice and language
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Communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences
Ability to speak with confidence and accuracy, using accurate sentence structures and vocabulary
Ability to choose the right kind of vocabulary for the situation in hand without a great deal of hesitation
Ability to listen to customers and understand their needs
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Ability to tailor your approach to each conversation to be appropriate to the customer, responding clearly
with fine shades
of meaning, even in complex
situations
Please see the attached Person Specification for more information.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- Employee support services.
- Effective CPD opportunities
- Strong leadership with a clear strategic direction
- A commitment to supporting teacher’s well-being and workload.
- Induction
- A commitment to high quality CPD
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme
- Enthusiastic children and supportive parents
Commitment to safeguarding
Longlands Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@longlands.bexley.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Longlands Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 300 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Longlands Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@longlands.bexley.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02083002368
About Our School
Longlands Primary School is a forward thinking and successful one and half form entry school in Sidcup.
We pride ourselves in providing a caring, happy and friendly atmosphere, which nurtures all children to their maximum potential in all areas of their growth and development. We encourage staff and children to thrive through our values of Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Safe. Pupils enjoy school, behave well and have positive attitudes to learning. They value teachers’ efforts to make work challenging but fun.
Arranging a visit to Longlands Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@longlands.bexley.sch.uk.
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