Class Teacher - Maternity Cover
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Closing date
11 November 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
31 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 5 months in the first instance - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS3 to UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
Qualifications
Qualified Teacher status
Experience
The teacher should have experience of teaching at EYFS Key Stage 1 or 2.
Knowledge and understanding
The teacher should have knowledge and understanding of:
- the theory and practice of providing effectively for the individual needs of all children (e.g. classroom organisation and learning strategies)
- the monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ progress
- the statutory requirements of legislation concerning Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, SEN and Child Protection
- the positive links necessary within school and with all its stakeholders
- effective teaching and learning styles
Skills
The class teacher will be able to
- promote the school’s aims positively and use effective strategies to monitor and motivate
- develop good personal relationships within a team
- establish and develop close relationships with parents, and the community
- communicate effectively to a variety of audiences
- create a happy, challenging and effective learning environment
Personal characteristics
- Good attendance record
- Approachable
- Flexible
- Empathetic
- Enthusiastic
- Organised
- Patient
- Kind
- Resourceful
- Integrity
- Excellent sense of Humour
Desirable
Qualifications
Evidence of commitment to further professional development
Experience
In addition, the teacher might have experience of:
- teaching across the whole Primary age range
- working in partnership with parents
- leading a subject area
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of:
- Synthetic phonics
- The new primary curriculum
What the school offers its staff
Desford is a happy, friendly and hard-working school with a dedicated team of staff. Our pupils behave well, are keen to learn and they take great pride in respecting our school and wider village community. This is an exciting time to be joining our school. We have joined the LIFE Multi-Academy Trust and have a recently established leadership structure with an energy for driving change and improvement. We are in the process of embedding our curriculum that is bespoke to our children at Desford using our four main curriculum drivers: community and diversity, relationships and well-being, planet and sustainability, and safety and risk. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our school, if you have the desire to make a positive difference by confidently teaching high quality lessons, demonstrating excellent classroom practice to raise standards and achieve good outcomes and a commitment to promoting equality and diversity, then this could be the job for you!
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 Desford Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 384 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@desford.leics.sch.uk
Desford Primary School is a vibrant and flourishing school at the heart of the village community. We have around 400 pupils in fourteen classes and are in the midst of significant growth due to large-scale house building in the village. We were awarded "Good" school grading in the Ofsted Inspection of July 2017. The report describes very high standards in all aspects of the school's activities. All school staff are dedicated and capable practitioners and the quality of teaching is at a consistently high level. Outcomes for pupils are consistently good throughout the school. Our children are nurtured, kept safe and are well cared for (Ofsted 2017).
Our school building is modern, attractive and well-maintained and includes an exceptional purpose-built 60-place Foundation Stage unit for Reception children, opened in September 2015 and a two classroom Upper Junior unit opened in May 2018 . All classrooms are spacious and well-equipped and the school prides itself on the quality of the classroom displays.
Our school is one of ten schools in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. This collaborative school network currently comprises of 4 primary and 6 secondary schools and enables us to keep abreast of current developments in education and continually to develop and improve all aspects of our practice. We work within a group of local schools to the same end.
Arranging a visit to Desford Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@desford.leics.sch.uk.
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