Classteacher
St James' CofE Primary School Gorton, Manchester, M18 8LW3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
1 May 2024 at 12:16pm
Date listed
25 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- 30000.00 - 41333.00
Classteacher job summary
St James CE School is part of Vantage CE Academies Trust and is one of 10 schools across Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Bolton and Knowsley.
St James’ CE Primary School is situated in the local community of Gorton. We are a two-from entry Church of England school. Christian values are at the heart of what we do, and we actively promote generosity, compassion, courage, forgiveness, friendship, respect, thankfulness, trust, perseverance, justice, service and truthfulness. We are proud to serve a diverse community and we believe that our differences make us stronger. Learning from each other, our traditions and our shared history.
Join us now on our journey to make a difference.
The Governors and Principal of St James’ CE Primary School are seeking a motivated and passionate Teacher to join their team in providing exceptional opportunities for learning and promoting positive outcomes for children.
Are you looking for a career where you can motivate and inspire?
… a role where you can use your skills to make a positive impact in children’s lives?
… a role where no day is the same and you can indulge your subject interests as part of your work?
The value of teachers in our society has never been higher. We are very proud to be part of this vital profession and are offering the chance for adaptable and driven professionals to join us in our mission.
What Can Vantage Offer You?
- A secure and reliable public sector career, in diverse and inclusive schools with opportunities for progression across our three regional hubs.
- A strong focus on staff well-being, through our employee package, with a full complement of health-related services to support you in your role.
- Access to comprehensive Vantage Plus employee benefits, designed by staff, for staff, including an annual flexi wellbeing day and medical cash plans.
- A robust, tailored CPD programme, further enhanced by our trust training bursary which all staff can apply to.
- Opportunities for career progression and secondment across Vantage Academy Trust’s nine primary schools, one secondary school and local partners.
- Friendly, committed and highly skilled colleagues and leadership, dedicated to our mission, vision and values.
- The opportunity to share views and feedback with leadership through our extensive governance framework and staff voice surveys.
At Vantage CE Academies Trust, we are very proud of our values-led ethos:
· Fostering a culture of professional development
· Developing centres of excellence
· Encouraging our individual spiritual journeys
· Developing future and aspirational thinking
· Celebrating individual distinctiveness and our particular vocation to the least advantaged
· Encouraging curiosity
· Refusing to set a limit on what is possible for ourselves, for one another, and for our community of schools.
What do I need to bring to the role?
· Will hold Qualified Teacher Status
· Will be an excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of children's achievements, attainment and behaviour.
· Will be able to motivate, inspire and co-operate with their colleagues and children.
· Will support the Leadership Team in implementing the vision of the school
· Is reflective, willing to embrace new ideas and take risks in the pursuit of excellence.
· Is an adaptable and resilient professional
· Have bags of personality and enthusiasm
· Be highly motivated, with a can-do-attitude
· Love working with and helping children to achieve their goals
If you think this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
We warmly encourage visits to our school. Please contact us on 01612232423, visit our website https://stjames-gorton.manchester.sch.uk/ or email stjoffice@vantageacademies.co.uk.
Applications welcome from experienced teachers.
Appointments made are subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable references being received and social media checks being carried out. References will be requested prior to interview.
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
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About St James' CofE Primary School Gorton
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 452 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
Similar jobs nearby
St Edmund's RC Primary School
Upper Monsall Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M40 8NG
Acacias Community Primary School
Alexandra Drive, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M19 2WW
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Greater Manchester