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Classroom Teacher

Oakfield Primary Academy, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2SW

This job expired on 2 June 2023 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  2 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - We are looking to recruit an experienced Class Teacher or a hard working, conscientious Early Career Teacher on a fixed term basis until 31 August 2024, with the potential of becoming permanent based on performance. Full-time, 32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Pay scale: Main Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

What we expect from teachers in our schools:

• The skill to keep the child at the centre of everything they do.
• An ability to see the best in every child.
• Hard-working, loyal, professional teachers that actually want to teach!
• To work as a team and be proud of collective as well as individual achievements.
• A high standard of English and maths knowledge.
• A passion for another area of the curriculum.

What the school offers its staff

We have been judged with a solid good in Ofsted; this is the type of school you could be joining:

• A strong sense of community fills this inclusive school
• Staff have high expectations of the pupils and expect them to work hard
• Adults are strong role models
• Staff are proud to work here and pupils love to learn here
• Leaders and staff have worked incredibly hard to improve the school since its last inspection
• ‘There is a real team feeling – we are Team Purple.’
• Teachers know their pupils well
• Pupils feel that they will leave school remembering motivational teachers and visitors, that diversity is celebrated, and that they have been treated as individuals: ‘It’s OK to be me!’

Commitment to safeguarding

The Golden Thread Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and therefore is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. In line with KCSIE guidance, all candidates who are shortlisted will be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern raised.

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Class Teacher Job Description & Person Specification May 2023.pdf - 1.79 MB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Jan 2023.pdf - 442 KB (opens in new tab)

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Feb 2023.pdf - 1.79 MB (opens in new tab)

About Oakfield Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 725 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oakfield Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: HR@golden-thread.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakfield-primary-academy-dartford (opens in new tab)

Oakfield Primary Academy is situated on the borders of Dartford and Bexley, serving Dartford and Wilmington. Judged by Ofsted in 2014 as a GOOD school, we are working hard to provide the best possible experiences for all children. We are a large school with three forms of entry, and with a nursery on site too, we have capacity for 758 children. A new build has very recently been completed in order to give us a brand new hall and extra five classrooms. We are part of The Galaxy Trust which is the successful partnership between Oakfield Primary Academy, Temple Hill Primary Academy and West Hill Primary Academy. All three schools are supportive, friendly schools where children, parents and staff thrive.

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