Class Teacher - Nursery
St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 6JS21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
18 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 September 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months until 31/12/2025 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS01 to MPS06
What skills and experience we're looking for
St James' CE Primary School is looking for a full time class teacher to join our friendly, nurturing Nursery provision, starting January 2025.
For our children, we're a happy and healthy place to achieve and believe. For our staff, we're a happy and healthy place to work.
'My children are thriving at St James’ and we couldn’t be happier with the support and guidance they get from their teachers.' (Parent / carer survey comment).
This is a 12 month maternity cover position.
We're looking for a teacher who shares our
commitment to being a happy and healthy place to achieve and believe.
We're committed to raising attainment and accelerating progress through effective pedagogy, a comprehensive curriculum and rigour in everything we do.The successful candidate will need to demonstrate motivation and enthusiasm.
What the school offers its staff
For children and staff alike, our school has:
- a perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
- a leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment friendly, welcoming staff
- a great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
- a commitment to diversity and a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds
- a commitment to avoiding unnecessary workload and to supporting teachers' wellbeing
- a commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare and safety (thorough checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks)
Further details about the role
We welcome applications from both experienced teachers and early career teachers (ECTs). We have a strong track record of supporting ECTs. The post involves working closely with other teachers within our school, across the phase and across Sphere Federation (Moortown Primary; Scholes (Elmet) Primary; St James' CE Primary). This position is based at St James'.
Closing date for applications is 18 October, 12 noon. Interviews will take place on 24 October. For further information and an insight into our federation please check out our website, or contact us with any questions.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Sphere Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found on our website.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.Guidance and criteria from the Ministry of Justice on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found here. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that are not filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guidance.
We may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, that might compromise your professional role.
Please note, under Section 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006 (Legislation.gov.uk), it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred in engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 144 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- stjamesfinance@spherefederation.org
- Phone number
- 01937 583 379
We’re a well-loved little school in the heart of Wetherby. Ofsted (2019) judge us to be a good school: ‘The quality of teaching is good across all year groups, including the early years. Teachers have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. Pupils work hard, concentrate well and enjoy learning. There are good relationships between staff and pupils.’
Arranging a visit to St James' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email stjamesfinance@spherefederation.org.
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