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Class Teacher - Year 1 (0.5 FTE)

Queen's Park Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 4HA

This job expired on 4 December 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2024

• Closing date

  4 December 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,100.00 - £46,961.00 Annually (Actual) Advantage Schools Teacher Scale Points 1-12

Class Teacher - Year 1 (0.5 FTE) job summary

We are seeking to appoint a
Class Teacher on a part time basis (0.5 - Maternity leave cover) to teach
pupils in Y1. We place a strong emphasis on securing the fundamentals of
literacy and numeracy alongside the fifteen areas of learning within the EYFS
framework. Our aim is to provide our youngest pupils with the tools that
they need to establish a strong sense of identity and to feel empowered by the
knowledge they have of the world around them. Our EYFS curriculum has been
designed to spark pupils’ curiosity and to develop their oral language,
communication and comprehension. We want to enrich and widen their vocabulary,
so that they can confidently think, reason, argue, and participate in
conversations. The curriculum leads into Key Stage 1 carefully with
thoughtful sequencing.

WHY QUEEN’S PARK ACADEMY?

At Queen's Park Academy we
emphasise the importance of kindness, civility, and inclusivity in a
text-rich, teacher-led learning environment. We want our pupils to leave
our primary schools equipped for success in the next stage of their educational
journey, and to achieve this we teach an academic curriculum enhanced by an
entitlement to enrichment for all. We prioritise the teaching of powerful
knowledge in our curriculum; knowledge that is transformational, taking
children beyond learning that can be easily acquired through their everyday
experience, and providing them with the tools they need to make sense of and
navigate the world around them as educated citizens.

We prioritise providing a
transformational education for the children and young people in our care, and
we are looking for great people with the knowledge and skills to support us in
achieving this aim.

We believe in pro-actively
supporting pupils to successfully achieve high standards of conduct, resulting
in very high expectations, and a calm and consistent learning environment where
pupils feel safe, valued and can thrive. We think this makes for a warm
and happy school, where teachers can teach and pupils can learn, but moreover
enables us to give pupils the foundations they need to lead happy and
fulfilling lives.  

ABOUT
ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

Our values
are aspiration, honesty and respect and our vision is
to create a family of exceptional schools, within which students are empowered
and supported to achieve extraordinary outcomes. We currently run four schools
in Bedfordshire – Bedford Free School (secondary, Ofsted outstanding), Houstone
School (secondary, not yet inspected), Elstow School (primary, Ofsted good) and
Queen’s Park Academy (primary, Ofsted good) – with a fifth school (primary)
joining us imminently. Our pupils will leave our schools prepared for a
fulfilling life, including the opportunity to go to a great university and
pursue the career of their choice. To achieve this, our network of schools
teach an academic, knowledge-rich curriculum enhanced by an entitlement to
enrichment for all.

High quality lessons are the
foundation for progress for all learners. We know that gains in learning can
differ between classrooms and schools, with “some teachers producing 1.5 years
of gain in achievement while others with equivalent students produce only half
a year of gain.” (Hanushek, 2011). The effects of high-quality lessons,
including excellent teaching, are especially significant for learners from
disadvantaged backgrounds, with the “teacher effect” having more impact on
pupils with “low socio-economic status” (Nye, 2004). At age 16, the biggest
attainment gap is between SEND and non-SEND learners (EEF, 2017) and pupils
identified with SEND consistently make less progress than other pupils with the
same starting points. (NAO, 2019). At Advantage Schools, we strive to provide
consistent high-quality across our schools through strong classroom culture,
and effective curriculum delivery underpinned by the science of learning, to
ensure pupil success is an entitlement, and does not come down to luck. Our
SENDCos are at the forefront of creating this culture and ensuring the highest
standards of teaching and learning are available to all pupils.

We believe great staff make a
great school, so we look after our colleagues well. We value hard work, but we
do all we can to identify and eliminate unnecessary workload that could result
in burnout.

WHAT TO DO
NEXT

We welcome visitors to our
school and will be happy to answer any questions you may have ahead of making
your application. Please contact Michelle Johnson to arrange.

For a confidential discussion
about the position, please contact Michelle Johnson, Business Support Officer
on 01234 352901 or   mjohnson@queensparkacademy.co.uk

Safeguarding children enrolled
at the school is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the
protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicants will be
required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your
right to work in the UK. 

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

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicants will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

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About Queen's Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 449 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen's Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-s-park-academy

Queen’s Park Academy joined Advantage Schools in December 2021.

The school serves a diverse and international community, and staff pride themselves on helping every child develop as happy, confident, and aspiring learners.

We work hard to demonstrate our golden rules of be kind, be safe and be ready to learn. They are embedded in much of what we do including the culture and behaviour expectations within the school.

The school curriculum is designed to ensure the children learn more over time. We provide them with the knowledge they need to continue to be successful as they progress onto their next stage of education. Learning extends outside of the classroom through visits to places that link to curriculum as well as places that are outside of our children lived experiences. We offer a large range of extracurricular opportunities.

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