Class Teacher
Orchard Meadow Primary School, Oxford, OX4 6BGThis job expired on 19 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Start Date: September 2023 (or before)
Closing date
19 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 March 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: FTE 1.0
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade: PT Scale 1-6 and EPT 1-3 (salary will reflect experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone with energy, enthusiasm and a hard-working ethos to join our happy school.
We can offer a very positive working environment and excellent professional development and support. Orchard Meadow Primary school is growing, and this is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our fantastic staff team.
We are looking for candidates who:
- Are an excellent practitioner.
- Are confident in the classroom and understand how children learn.
- Have high expectations of what can be achieved.
- Are passionate about making sure all children have access to a quality education despite any apparent disadvantage.
- Seek to build positive relationships with children.
- Are flexible with a good sense of humour and an understanding of the ‘bigger picture’.
- Are able to work to their own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Hold Qualified Teacher Status.
- Are confident and excited about using and embracing IT in their practice.
- Are flexible, hardworking and have a passion to make a difference in the lives of our young learners.
- Are keen to explore leadership opportunities.
What the school offers its staff
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities and traininge.g.NPQS, better pay, additional benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed.
We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our schools each have at least eight INSET days per year and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It is an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’. We also haveUnited Rewards, covering lifestyle and retail benefits including childcare vouchers, car lease scheme, cycle to work etc.
Commitment to safeguarding
Orchard Meadow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Orchard Meadow Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 227 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Orchard Meadow Primary School website
- Email address
- hr@orchardmeadow.org
Orchard Meadow is located in Blackbird Leys on the outskirts of Oxford. We proud to be a diverse school with high ambitions and expectations, which is reflected in our school values and curriculum.
Everything we do is values driven and linked to PRIDE – our school motto. Learn more about our ‘PRIDE’ values here and see some examples of our students’ many achievements on the pages of this site. Every day we want pupils to feel proud of themselves and what they can offer their community as active, enquiring, compassionate citizens.
Above all, we want our learners to be happy and feel inspired by the joy of learning. Being a pupil at Orchard Meadow is an opportunity to find out something new, be creative, be challenged and, most importantly, feel valued.
We are a school family and this ethos is supported by daily ‘family meetings’, which help pupils to feel calm, safe and ready to learn. Our commitment to pupil well-being is supplemented by a bespoke curriculum and a broad offer which includes enrichment activities for all, mentoring and therapeutic interventions.
Arranging a visit to Orchard Meadow Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@orchardmeadow.org.
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