Class Teacher
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3DE20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time or Part time (4 days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Class Teacher
Person Specification
1. Education and Training
Essential:
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Degree or Equivalent.
Desirable:
- Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies.
- A commitment to further professional development.
2. Experience
Essential:
- Evidence of being an excellent classroom practitioner
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a Catholic School.
- Experience of leading or assisting beyond the individual classroom.
3. Faith Commitment
Essential:
- Practising Catholic or demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the ethos and distinctive nature of a Catholic school.
Desirable:
- Commitment to participate in the faith life of the community.
4. Knowledge and Understanding
Essential:
The class teacher should have working knowledge and understanding of:
- Current practices and strategic developments in primary education.
- A working knowledge of the requirements of the National Curriculum.
- Strategies to promote effective Learning and Teaching.
- Strategies to develop children’s phonic and reading skills.
- Understand and use assessment and record keeping as a means of planning for differentiated Teaching and Learning.
- The statutory requirements of legislation concerning Child Protection/Safeguarding requirements and the Teacher Standards.
Desirable:
- A working knowledge and understanding of how Religious Education is taught in a Catholic School.
- A broad range of interests and a commitment to providing a rich curriculum experience for the children.
5. Skills and Abilities
Essential :
The class teacher will:
- Have high expectations of attainment and behaviour.
- Be an excellent communicator with good organisational and interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
- Be confident in the use of ICT to support learning.
6. Personal Attributes
Essential:
The successful candidate will be:
- Willing to share ideas, energy and initiative.
- Enthusiastic and excited about teaching children.
- Committed to school improvement and raising pupil achievement.
- Committed to an inclusive education.
- A team player, keen to engage in all aspects of the life of our school.
- Committed to working with parents and the wider community.
What the school offers its staff
St Aidan’s is a one form entry academy in the London Borough of Croydon that offers:
- Well mannered children with excellent capacity to learn
- Skilled and stable staffing
- Fantastic physical environment both buildings and grounds
- Positive and engaged parental body
- Easy access to the M25
- Walking distance to train station- Coulsdon South
- Supportive and professional Governing Body
- Warm and close knit school community, closely bound to the Parish.
You will work as part of a strong and welcoming staff team to deliver a great education to all our polite and hard working children.
You will be articulate and positive, able to work in an atmosphere characterised by our mission of living and growing in Christ.
You can apply for this position by completing an application form that you can download from our website: https://www.staidansschool.co.uk/vacancies/ or if you would like an initial confidential conversation with the Head of School, Caterina Hughes, please email: cbaum@st-aidans.croydon.sch.uk
Part-time (four days) applications are also welcome.
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 cbaum@st-aidans.croydon.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 221 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- cbaum@st-aidans.croydon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01737556036
Arranging a visit to St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cbaum@st-aidans.croydon.sch.uk.
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