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Class Teacher

Orchard Meadow Primary School, Oxford, OX4 6BG

This 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:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

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About Orchard Meadow Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 217 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Orchard Meadow Primary School website
• Email address: hr@orchardmeadow.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/orchard-meadow-primary-school-ox4-6bg

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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