Classroom Teacher - Maternity Cover
Tanners Brook Primary School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 4PF14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Approximately 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- M1-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualified teacher status
Degree
Successful primary teaching experience
Passionate about working with children
Willingness to work with children across the primary age range as well as The Early Years
Knowledge of the National Curriculum
Knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies
A good understanding of how children learn
Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs
Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils, being an effective role model, and motivating students to achieve success
Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
Knowledge of effective behaviour management strategies
Good ICT skills, particularly using ICT to support learning
Strong literacy and numeracy skills
Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including the ability to clarify and explain instructions clearly as well as active listening skills
A desire to raise standards of attainment and aspiration
Maintaining a professional manner at all times
A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school and the HISP MAT
High expectations for children’s attainment and progress
Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
Ability to work as part of a team
Professionally discrete, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times where appropriate
Commitment to safeguarding, to promoting the welfare of students at the school, and to equality
Excellent punctuality and attendance
Willingness to contribute to extra-curricular and enrichment activities
Successful completion of DBS and other pre-employment checks
What the school offers its staff
Even though we are in an active city area, we are lucky to have a beautiful, large and green site which nestles in the heart of our community. Our aim is to ensure that our children are given every opportunity to flourish and to exceed expectations.
As you would expect, children are at the heart of everything we do at Tanners Brook – we are so proud of every single child who learns and develops with us. We are privileged to be able to shape the lives of our children and to equip them with the values we hold dear: being thoughtful, having self-belief, persevering, and challenging ourselves to succeed. These values underpin everything we do.
Our vision of every child striving for their personal best means that we are proud to equip our children and staff with the skills, qualities and values they need to make this happen and to develop a lifelong love of learning.
Further details about the role
Tanners Brook Primary School would like to appoint a dedicated classroom teacher to join the Lower Key Stage 2 team in June 2025. The successful candidate will be an exceptional teacher, with a passion for their profession, the ability to inspire, to work in partnership with colleagues, parents, and students, and to be committed to continually raising the standards of learning and teaching in our Trust. In addition, the importance of being a reflective practitioner, with excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills, and being able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the primary curriculum will be key to success in this role. For teachers with a strongly rooted inclusive approach and a commitment to meeting the needs of all groups of learners regardless of aptitude or barriers to learning, this is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly committed, professional, and friendly team.
If you wish to apply for this post, please review our full job description and person specification and then please complete our teaching application form.
Commitment to safeguarding
The HISP Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are also committed to providing equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and ensuring that candidates are treated fairly and lawfully throughout the process.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tanners Brook Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tanners Brook Primary School website
- Email address
- sandra.verrall@tannersbrookpri.org.uk
HISP Multi Academy Trust believe in building excellent educational environments that inspire and unlock potential in all our school communities. We currently have five schools within our Trust covering the age ranges from nursery to Sixth Form with plans to expand and grow quickly across our geographical location.
We are an ambitious Trust and have a broad range of outward facing accreditations that support our schools and those within our local area. We are part of the Education Endowment Foundation Network with our HISP Research School. Evidence informed practice underpins our ethos, professional development and school improvement. We have an outstanding provision for training new teachers through our Hampshire SCITT Partnership, which also supports career progression for staff within our Trust and links to higher education. We have been designated, by the DfE, with two Teaching School Hubs covering Portsmouth, Southampton, the Isle of Wight and the South-Eastern and South Western parts of Hampshire. The core purpose behind the Teaching School Hubs is to become centres of excellence for teaching and leadership training
Arranging a visit to Tanners Brook Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sandra.verrall@tannersbrookpri.org.uk.
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