Class Teacher
Shotton Primary School, Shotton Colliery, County Durham, DH6 2JP3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
16 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
7 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000 - £41,333
Pay scale
- M1 – M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
The current post holder has responsibility for a mixed age Year 3 and 4 class. This is a permanent post.
The successful candidate will ideally have highly effective lower KS2 experience and should be a good to outstanding classroom practitioner, able to plan clear progressive sequences of learning ensuring good attainment and progress over time.
We require for a class teacher to join our dedicated, hardworking staff, who put the needs of our children at the forefront of their practice.
The successful candidates will become part of a supportive team and dedicated staff who have high expectations and demonstrate a caring attitude towards our children’s academic, social and personal development
The successful candidate will:
- Be a consistently good to outstanding teacher across the curriculum able to motivate and engage children.
- Meet all teaching standards.
- Have effective, successful and comprehensive experience of teaching primary aged children.
- Have a clear understanding of the needs of primary aged pupils, including special needs and all other vulnerable pupil groups.
- Have high standards of behaviour and the ability to effectively use positive behaviour strategies and clear expectations.
- Have high expectations of learning and achievement for all children.
- Have a well organised and managed classroom.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Have patience and enthusiasm.
- Be non-judgemental.
- Work well with others.
What the school offers its staff
Visits prior to application are welcomed and there will be an opportunity to visit our school on either Thursday 10th October at 3:45pm or Friday 11th October at 8:30am or 2pm.
Please contact the school office either by telephone (0191 526 2006) or by email Shotton.primary@durhamlearning.net to book your visit.
As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.
Flexible working opportunities
We offer remote working for planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to shotton.primary@durhamlearning.net
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shotton Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 298 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Shotton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- shotton.primar@durhamlearning.net
- Phone number
- 01915262006
Shotton Primary School is a happy, safe environment for all children and staff, where everyone is respected and valued.
We treat each other with consideration, honesty, fairness and compassion, through effective communication and positive, trusting relationships with all of our community.
Arranging a visit to Shotton Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email shotton.primar@durhamlearning.net.
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