Class Teacher (Primary SEMH)
The Harbour School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RR32 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
16 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Subjects
- Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE) SEN 1 Allowance
Class Teacher (Primary SEMH) job summary
VACANCY FOR A KEY STAGE 1/2 CLASS TEACHER AT - The Harbour School, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Job overview
Salary: MPS/UPS &SEN 1
Hours of work: Core school hours.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and forward-thinking Key Stage One/Two Class Teacher at The Harbour School . You will be part of a fantastic group of teachers and teaching assistants working closely together to create exciting and creative learning opportunities for our children.
The opportunity:
A fulfilling and rewarding role where you will be making a difference to children’s learning
An opportunity to work in a high-attaining school
Outstanding professional development opportunities for all our staff
Highly collaborative approach to teaching where planning is jointly shared across year groups to enable the sharing of excellent practice
The ideal candidate:
QTS teaching qualification
Experience of teaching Key Stage One/Two
Possesses outstanding communication skills and can work well in a team
An understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues
A team member who is able to show a flexible approach
A positive role model
A teacher who is able to meet a range of complex needs
We are looking for:
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed teacher who has a range of skills and experience to call upon.
Do you want to work in a school where the well-being of the pupils is at the heart of everything you do? Are you a creative thinker; resilient and want to make a difference every day to the students you work with?
The successful candidate will be a talented, enthusiastic and dedicated individual with high expectations to teach in our multi key stage setting.
The successful candidate will play a significant role in improving the quality of teaching and pupils’ learning, together with promoting the vision, values and aspirations of the school and its wider community.
Our learners have complex needs, and so the successful candidate will be able to ensure that the curriculum fully engages their learning and delivers a high quality curriculum which enables them to facilitate their individual needs and facilitates sustained progress.
The Harbour School currently caters for boys from 5-16 years who have an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) for social, emotional and mental health needs. We currently have 101 pupils on roll who attend from all over the Cambridgeshire area and sometimes from outside the county. Our school is situated in rural Cambridgeshire. The generous grounds, including the wooded area and pond, are fully utilised through enrichment activities throughout the school day.
About Meridian Trust
Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust was formed in 2011 and is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
Why work for us?
We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all our staff. As a large multi-academy trust, Meridian Trust provides a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. We offer all our staff a wide range of professional learning activities delivered through Meridian Learning including:
School and Trust-led CPD and Trust-led professional networks
A broad range of online, face-to-face and blended learning opportunities developed and delivered by Trust specialists
Access to Teaching WalkThrus; a platform providing evidence-based teaching strategies broken down into granular steps
Professional qualifications via Apprenticeships
Curriculum Hubs and NPQs via Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Teaching School Hub
Opportunities for coaching & professional supervision
Opportunities to get into teaching through our outstanding ITT
We promote and support employee wellbeing through regular wellbeing events, access to an online mindfulness programme and we provide free emotional and practical support 24/7 via our Employee Assistance Programme which delivers online health & wellbeing resources, counselling, mindfulness, skills coaching for line managers and financial, legal & practical support on a range of personal issues.
Other benefits of working for us include:
Defined benefit pension schemes, providing a secure and guaranteed income on retirement.
Tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
Childcare Account providing eligible employees with free or tax-free childcare
Free eye tests via Eyecare vouchers and free flu vaccinations
Free tea and coffee
Free on-site parking
Discounts and special deals on holidays, breakdown cover, everyday essentials, mobile phones, utilities and gym memberships
Dell Advantage giving up to 20% discount on laptops, desktops and accessories.
Discounted membership rates for Academy Leisure, Sawtry
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Closing date for applications: 16.12.2024 - midday
Interviews will be held on: to be confirmed *Please note- we reserve the right to end this advert earlier than the specified time frame of dates and amend closing date and interview dates.
Meridian Trust reserves the right to close the applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is sourced. Applications will be reviewed as received so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for school based jobs must, therefore, disclose all spent and unspent convictions when prompted to do so.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Harbour School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Harbour School website (opens in new tab)
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