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Class Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Leigh Academy Langley Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3FX

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• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  7 October 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - One year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Main Pay Scale based on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Leigh Academy Langley Park has an opportunity for an enthusiastic Class Teacher to join our vibrant team, starting from January2025. We work together to achieve excellence for all, creating confident, resilient children who will benefit hugely from an energetic, highly motivated, solution-driven and forward-thinking teacher. We are looking for a teacher who places children at the centre of school life, with high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour, ensuring every child achieves their full potential.

If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and dedicated to being the best version of yourself, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who:

• is enthusiastic and committed with the ability to inspire, motivate and engage children to achieve and succeed

• has high expectations of all pupils

• has knowledge of the PYP (preferable, but not essential)

• is creative and willing to step outside their comfort zone

• is a graduate with QTS and/or PGCE, or working towards

• is able to form positive relationships with children, staff, parents and governors

What the school offers its staff

Our committed and supportive staff work collaboratively to deliver an engaging and nurturing curriculum, with clear and consistent boundaries. We maintain high expectations for all pupils and strive to provide stimulating learning opportunities. Staff wellbeing is a core priority, and we believe in looking after each other while fostering a culture of excellence.

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to help shape our future by joining a LAT academy

• A school community committed to raising achievement and attainment

• An exciting working environment with excellent resources and facilities

• A strong commitment to supporting professional development opportunities

Further details about the role

This is a fixed term opportunity which offers MPS based on experience. Note that whilst the position is offered on a 1 year maternity cover basis initially, every effort will be made to offer a substantive position within the wider family of academies across Leigh Academies Trust. The central Recruitment Team will keep in touch with you throughout your contract to discuss options available to you.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

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 Leigh Academy Langley Park

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 450 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Leigh Academy Langley Park website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: joinus@latrust.org.uk
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