13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    10 October 2024 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    20 September 2024

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual)

Class Teacher - Maternity Cover job summary

Our students come from all walks of life, and we want our staffing body to be reflective of the communities we work within. Brooke Weston Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, culture, age, disability, marital status or socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage and welcome applications from minority groups and foster a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where people can be themselves.

This is a great opportunity for a talented teacher to join our very effective teaching team in our popular, high performing village school. The successful candidate will be an excellent practitioner with consistently high standards for the children. If you are creative and passionate about delivering an exciting EYFS curriculum to inspire our children then we would love to hear from you.

You will be working with the supportive, innovative and high-performing Brooke Weston Trust, who are committed to ensuring that children at Gretton Primary Academy receive an outstanding education.

We are looking for a teacher who will have:

A record of excellent classroom practice with high expectations of children’s achievement and behaviour.

A commitment to providing creative and inspirational learning opportunities for pupils.

A caring and responsive attitude to children’s needs.

A commitment to working as part of a mutually supportive team.

A commitment to school improvement with a passion for securing the highest quality learning for all.

A desire to develop professionally and a willingness to share best practice with colleagues.

A good sense of humour and lots of energy!

In return, we can offer:

  • A vibrant and successful school with the drive and determination to ensure that all our pupils reach their full potential.
  • Enthusiastic and well-behaved children who are keen and ready to learn.
  • An outstanding staff team who are friendly, supportive and dedicated to their jobs.
  • Experienced Teaching Assistants across the school.
  • Protected PPA time and consideration for staff well-being.
  • A real sense of school community, with supportive parents and experienced and motivated governors.
  • Access to professional development opportunities in school and through the Brooke Weston Primary Training Hub and the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub.
  • A free school lunch every day.
  • Access to a school laptop and the latest technology throughout the school.
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes such as Child care vouchers, CPC Drive New car scheme.

ECTs would also receive the following:

  • An experienced mentor to work alongside you in school.
  • Dedicated non-contact time.
  • Opportunities to observe good and outstanding practice at Gretton Primary and across other primary schools in the Brooke Weston Trust.
  • Early Career framework training at the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub.

Gretton Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and safer recruitment practice. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates and references will be requested. Any offers of employment will be pending appropriate references and DBS clearance.

About Brooke Weston Trust

Our Trust was formed more than 25 years ago with a simple and clear mission – to transform educational performance in all of our communities. Working in some of the most challenging contexts, we improve our students’ achievements by making long term commitments to the community and championing new approaches to improve the life chances for young people.

Our members of staff are essential to realising this vision, and a happy, motivated and supported team will deliver the best possible experiences for our young people.

We place great emphasis on creating a supportive and collaborative working environment in all our schools, where all staff can share best practice through our colleague networks. Brooke Weston staff get access to first class professional development through our Ambition Hub, which is also home to the Northamptonshire Teaching School.

To find out more about working for our Trust and the benefits available to staff please check out the BWT Join Us Guide.

How to Apply

If you think you can contribute in this role and to our organisation we welcome your application!

To apply for the job straight away, please complete a copy of the application form included below and return to office@grettonprimary.org.

If you would like a tour of the school prior to applying, please contact the school office on 01536 770 366 to arrange a mutually convenient date and time.

Safer Recruitment

Care and respect for others are the values that lie at the heart of our Trust. The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. It expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require proof of identity and as the role is working with children and young people this will also be subject to an enhanced disclosures barring service check. In line with safer recruitment requirements, individuals shortlisted for a role in school will have online checks conducted on their name across social media platforms and google.

A copy of the Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here -Safeguarding and Child Protection

The Trusts position on the recruitment of Ex-Offenders can be found under section 7 of the Trust SCR, Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy - Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Commitment to safeguarding

Care and respect for others are the values that lie at the heart of our Trust. The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. It expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require proof of identity and as the role is working with children and young people this will also be subject to an enhanced disclosures barring service check. In line with safer recruitment requirements, individuals shortlisted for a role in school will have online checks conducted on their name across social media platforms and google.

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About Gretton Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
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School size
140 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

Gretton Primary Academy is a small village school, which has a strong family feel. We currently have 147 pupils on roll, split into 6 classes. We are fortunate to have fantastic children and wonderfully supportive parents who enjoy getting involved with the life of the school. The school elected to become an academy and has joined the Brooke Weston Trust in September 2012. As such it now benefits from being part of a larger, extremely successful academic organisation and has access to facilities and opportunities beyond its normal scope, without losing its village identity.

The school works closely with other groups in the village, to make sure that we are at the heart of the community. We have good links with other primary schools in the area and work with them to ensure that our small schools benefit from some of the advantages of larger schools whilst maintaining their unique family nature.

The school has a creative curriculum which aims to inspire a love of learning and to develop children as self motivated, independent learners. We actively promote engaging, hands-on learning across the curriculum and also promote scientific enquiry and investigation.

Children at Gretton benefit from the outstanding teaching practice of our team alongside a welcoming open door policy in which parents are encouraged to discuss any concerns with their child's teacher on an informal basis. We believe that all children are individuals and every single child has their own strengths which we help them to develop. All children are valued in the school and all efforts are celebrated with the result that our children grow into confident individuals who value their own worth and are confident to go out into the world.

We are a high achieving school with results consistently above national averages in all statutory assessments. This is down to the hard work of the pupils and the dedication of the staff and their commitment to high standards.

Gretton Primary Academy is committed to serving its community. We promote British Values whilst recognising the multi-cultural, multi faith and ever-changing nature of the United Kingdom.

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