Class Teacher (Maternity cover 0.5 FTE)
The Dolphin School, Bristol, Avon, BS6 5PTThis job expired on 26 April 2021
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
26 April 2021 at 9am
Date listed
25 March 2021
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Maternity cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS (£25,714- £36,961) per annum, pro rata + Health Cash Plan and Benefits package
Class Teacher (Maternity cover 0.5 FTE) job summary
Part time (0.5 FTE- working Monday, Tuesday and half day on Wednesday) fixed term to cover Maternity leave starting in September 2021
MPS (£25,714- £36,961) per annum, pro rata + Health Cash Plan and Benefits package
An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Dolphin School. We are looking for a fantastic teacher to work in our team. Applications are invited from high quality candidates to join an exciting and committed team at The Dolphin School.
We are looking to appoint a positive, hardworking, skilled and ambitious practitioner who wants to make a real difference to children’s lives and is ready and able to take on a role teaching our children and working in harmony with staff, families and other key stakeholders.
Candidates for this post should be:
• Passionate about how children learn best with a genuine belief that all children can succeed.
• An innovative practitioner who wants to be given the opportunity to develop ideas to drive forward learning.
• A confident professional, keen to share their knowledge and understanding with others.
• Able to demonstrate their resilience to cope with the daily challenges that working in a busy, successful inner city school can bring.
• Flexible, with a good sense of humour.
In addition the successful candidate will have a deep pedagogical knowledge of teaching and learning to help children realise their academic potential as well as an interest in the wider community that the school serves.
We can offer you:
• A genuine opportunity to make a difference where it is needed.
• A fantastic community of children, parents and carers who deserve the best.
• An ethos in the school where creativity and innovation are valued
• An amazing enquiry led curriculum ‘Curiouscity’ which uses Bristol and the community as the basis for learning.
• Well-resourced classrooms, necessary IT equipment and structured administrative support.
• A new purpose build building right in the city centre with excellent transport links (opened 24th April 2017).
• To join a wonderful happy team and have every opportunity to further your professional development and career with an excellent benefit package including; Wellbeing Health Cash Plan, Retail Discounts, ICT Loans, Professional Induction Incentive plus others.
If you are hardworking, reflective, resilient, and looking to further develop your talents and skills at The Dolphin School then we would love to receive an application from you.
Closing date: Monday 26th April 2021 at 9:00. Interviews: 5th – 7th May 2021 (this will include in-school teaching and an interview via Microsoft Teams)
Please note due to the expected volume of applications it may not be possible to acknowledge and respond to all applicants.
The Dolphin School is part of Venturers Trust and is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all staff
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.
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About The Dolphin School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 223 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Dolphin School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@venturerstrust.org
The Dolphin School is a vibrant city centre school which sits firmly at the heart of its diverse community. With an amazing brand new purpose built building which provides our children with an excellent place to learn and grow. Our rich and challenging curriculum focuses on using the local community to support our learning and our children regularly go into the community to find out more about the place they live in.
I am proud to lead a team who are committed to achieving high standards and providing the best opportunities for our children. We prepare children for lifelong learning giving them the skills and enthusiasm needed to pursue learning for the rest of their lives.
As a school we work closely with families, children, staff, governors, Trust and the local community to ensure that the values on which the school is founded on drive our development forward so that The Dolphin School offers children the strongest foundations for learning.
Shelley Flanagan
Principal
Arranging a visit to The Dolphin School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@venturerstrust.org.
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