19 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2025

  • Closing date

    16 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 September 2024

Job details

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

Pay scale

Main Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

Shiphay Learning Academy is seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher with a passion for engaging learners and helping them achieve their best. We are excited to appoint a full-time KS2 Classroom Teacher starting on 1 January 2025. We are ideally looking for a Teacher who can Lead on PE, so an interest in sport or outdoor activities would be advantageous.

Shiphay Learning Academy is a happy and healthy place to learn. We are very much a ‘family’ school; we cultivate and nurture our Core Values of Respecting, Contribution, Creativeness and Aspiration in all our activities and relationships for all our children and staff. Shiphay Learning Academy is a place where children learn to be part of a diverse community, where they are prepared for life beyond Primary School, and where learning is an experience to be enjoyed.

Under the leadership of a passionate and supportive Head, Shiphay Learning Academy is an inclusive school with high expectations of what our pupils can achieve. We work at the forefront of education, supporting local schools, and working collaboratively with schools across the South West to ensure that children at Shiphay – and our schools within Riviera Education Trust - get the very best education available; this is reflected in our consistently high standards of attainment in academic subjects.

We are looking for teachers who are:

  • Extremely motivated, enthusiastic and creative in their approach to teaching and learning
  • Committed to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child
  • Have high expectations of themselves and the children they work with
  • Able to create a high-quality, stimulating, interactive and creative learning environment
  • Able to work effectively within our hard-working, talented and friendly school
  • Enthusiastic about the opportunity to work in partnership with team colleagues to plan high quality lessons across the curriculum
  • Reflective and committed to developing their own practice
  • Committed to developing the whole child and has the skills and interests that allow them to offer extra-curricular opportunities for pupils

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

  • Happy, enthusiastic, creative children and colleagues
  • A welcoming, supportive and inclusive school ethos
  • A hard-working, positive team who are dedicated to improving the lives of children and ensuring every child achieves their full potential
  • A commitment to high quality continued professional development
  • Practice informed by full, evidence-based CPD opportunities for all our staff
  • An opportunity to be part of a collaborative Multi Academy Trust and work alongside a range of outstanding teachers, practitioners and professionals
  • Opportunities to develop your career within our Trust

Further details about the role

Regardless of where you are in your teaching journey, whether you are an Early Careers Teacher or an experienced Teacher, we would love to hear from you!

Salary will be in accordance with the Teachers Pay Spine, dependent upon qualifications and experience.

The application form can be found on the school website: https://www.rivieratrust.co.uk/vacancies/ and completed applications should be sent to:

HR Department,

Riviera Education Trust,

Oldway Primary School, Higher Polsham Road, Paignton, TQ3 2SY

Email address: applications@rivieraet.co.uk


Commitment to safeguarding

Keeping Children Safe is Everyone’s Responsibility

Our school community has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who are our pupils. This means that we have Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures in place, which we refer to in our prospectus. All staff, including our volunteers and supply staff, must ensure that they are aware of our procedures.

Applying for the job

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About Shiphay Learning Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
439 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Shiphay Learning Academy is a happy and healthy place to learn. We are very much a ‘family’ school; we cultivate and nurture our Core Values of Respecting, Contribution, Creativeness and Aspiration in all our activities and relationships for all our children and staff. We set high standards in everything we do and strongly believe in the importance of the core skills of Reading, Writing and Mathematics.

At Shiphay, we believe that Primary school education is an experience that all children should enjoy to the full. Achieving academic excellence is a goal for every child at Shiphay, but we also strive to reveal and harness the personal talents and interests of every pupil and provide access to a broad and varied curriculum that is designed to engage pupils and promote a love of learning. The use of technology and the Arts are particular strengths of our school, as is the wide range of extra-curricular clubs and opportunities we offer.

We work at the forefront of education, supporting local schools, and working collaboratively with schools across the South West to ensure that children at Shiphay – and our schools within Riviera Education Trust - get the very best education available; this is reflected in our consistently high standards of attainment in academic subjects.

Shiphay Learning Academy is a happy place where children learn to be part of a diverse community, where they are prepared for life beyond Primary School and where learning is an experience to be enjoyed.

Arranging a visit to Shiphay Learning Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@rivieraet.co.uk.

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