Class Teacher - Maternity Cover
Bickley Primary School, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2SQ26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
16 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until the current postholder returns - max 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Main payscale (Outer London)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Bickley Primary School are recruiting a Class Teacher for Maternity Cover to provide for the educational, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for each individual child in their class and to support the overall development of the school. This post will initially be for a Year 1 class.
The successful candidate will be:-
- Degree educated
- Have QTS and have relevant primary experience
- Self-motivated and an excellent communicator
- Ready to continue learning
Planning and Teaching
- To be responsible for the classes and groups assigned to you by the Headteacher.
- To teach effectively with skill and sensitivity.
- To ensure that a high standard of education is maintained at all times and pupils engage with their learning.
- To plan, prepare and deliver learning experiences appropriate to the needs of the learners in line with the school curriculum.
- To ensure teaching is clear, effectively communicated and lessons are appropriately structured.
- To develop independent learners with positive learning attitudes and behaviours.
- To ensure that all groups of pupils have their learning needs met.
- To ensure the effective and efficient deployment of classroom support.
Classroom Management
- To ensure the classroom is a stimulating learning environment with well-presented displays and working walls linked to relevant class work.
- To promote good order and discipline in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
- To promote the general well-being of pupils and ensure that social and emotional aspects of learning are effective.
- To develop strong pastoral support for pupils.
Monitoring, Assessment and Recording
- To record, assess and evaluate each pupil’s progress in accordance with statutory requirements and school policy.
- To use data effectively to track children’s progress.
- To contribute to the annual programme of school self-evaluation.
- Moderation of learning and achievements.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- Positive schools that are open to new ideas and keen to develop further
- Happy, friendly and motivated children
- Inclusive schools where achievement is celebrated
- Supportive staff, parents and governors
- A commitment to staff development
- Opportunities to work closely alongside other schools in the Trust
- Appropriate resources, environment and support
- Opportunities for continuing professional development
- Strong school partnerships within NEST
- Employee benefits including BHN Extras and Blue Light Card
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin.office@bickley.bromley.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bickley Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 417 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Bickley Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin.office@bickley.bromley.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8460 6790
Bickley Primary School are a two-form entry school where children are happy and confident. High quality learning and teaching leads to consistently high levels of attainment. We have a wide range of extra-curricular activities and participate in many external events.
High quality teaching and learning enables children to achieve well and develop skills that they will be able to transfer across a wide range of contents long after they leave us, into higher education and beyond. We teach our pupils how to learn so that they are able to become highly motivated, resilient and ready to tackle challenges – academic and personal.
Our children benefit from extensive grounds and facilities. We have a supportive community and welcome and encourage all to become involved.
Arranging a visit to Bickley Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin.office@bickley.bromley.sch.uk.
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