Classroom Teacher - Nursery

Knutsford Primary Academy, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7ER

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  6 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,075.00 - £45,037.00 Annually (FTE) 0.6 Wednesday to Friday

Classroom Teacher - Nursery job summary

Are you a creative and forward thinking teacher who loves learning?

Do you want to work collaboratively to develop innovative and exciting learning opportunities for all?

If so then we want you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Nursery teacher to join our team in April 2025.

At Knutsford we have engaged and enthusiastic learners who love being a part of our Knutsford learning community. We set high expectations of ourselves and each other, something which brings out the best in our team and learners. We encourage a holistic approach, ensuring that we have happy learners whose personal and social development plays and integral role in the education that they receive.

If the sound of this role excites you then we would love to meet you and show you around our fantastic school. Please email head@knutsfordprimaryacademy.org.uk to arrange a tour or call 01923 466020 to discuss the position further.

We can offer you:

Engaged, enthusiastic and well behaved learners

Forward thinking school leadership that values creativity and initiative

An inclusive and holistic approach

An experienced staff team with a breadth and depth of knowledge and skills

Opportunities for growth and personal development

Collaborative support and networking within the Aspire family of schools

A supportive parent body and Local Advisory Board

This is a permanent position on 0.6 Wednesday to Friday.

Please note, we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date.

Knutsford Primary Academy is part of Aspire Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust that incorporates Bedmond Academy, Bovingdon Primary Academy, Broadfield Academy, Hammond Academy, Knutsford Primary Academy and The Grove Academy, along with a well-established Training Centre.

The Trust can offer:

• The opportunity to be part of an expanding organisation with high aspirations, one which is committed to the professional development of all staff.
• Cross trust networking, partnerships and collaboration of good practice and shared resources to drive the learning environment in all its schools’ forwards towards future excellence.
  
• The Trust benefits from its own Training Centre.
  
• A truly supportive working environment where employee wellbeing is at the forefront. The Trust offers a range of support, including menopause support plans and flexible working opportunities.
  
• The ability to follow career pathways and progress within the Trust.
  
• A wide range of employee benefits such as; local government and teacher pension schemes, an employee assistance programme, free cooked meal daily, occupational health.
  

Safeguarding statement:

The Aspire Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities:

At Aspire Academies Trust we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Knutsford Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 437 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Knutsford Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knutsford-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

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