Cover supply teacher
Chatsworth Infant School, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9DD15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February or April 2025
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £170.00 - £240.00 Daily Negotiable depending on experience
Cover supply teacher job summary
The Pioneer Academy recruitment team are looking to recruit further qualified teachers to add to their internal supply pool to cover PPA, SLT release, planned absences and sickness cover at Chatsworth Infant and Nursery School and our partner school, Burnt Oak Junior School (depending on experiences and interest from candidates). Our ‘Flexi Teachers’ in our internal supply pool benefit from regular work on a flexible basis in good and outstanding schools and we offer competitive daily rates of pay. We are interested in hearing from both ECTs and experienced teachers.
You will be:
A teacher with experiences in primary phases and knowledge of the National Curriculum.
A highly effective practitioner who is passionate about education.
An excellent role model for staff and pupils.
A team player with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
In return, we can offer you:
A happy, dedicated staff teams who believe in teamwork and building positive relationships across the school, the Trust and in the local community.
A supportive and collaborative working ethos, including support from the Trust’s Central Executive Team and a range of experts, such as specialists in pupil welfare, SEND and behaviour.
Excellent CPD opportunities.
Competitive rates of pay.
Find out more about The Pioneer Academy and our schools at www.thepioneeracademy.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @thePioneerTPA
If you are interested in this vacancy, please contact the recruitment team on 01689 283121.
If you are interested in applying for the post, please see the job description/person specification. To apply for this vacancy, please complete the application form on My New Term, indicating how you satisfy the criteria set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. You will also be required to complete a self-disclosure declaration with your application.
Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted. References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. In line with Keeping children safe in education 2024 online searches will be completed as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates, searching online content that is publicly available for inappropriate online content that may suggest that a shortlisted candidate may not be suitable to work with children, or that may harm the reputation of the school. If any issues of concern come up in online searches, shortlisted candidates will have an opportunity to address these at interview. An Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping children safe in education 2024 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct.
The Pioneer Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Our Academy Safeguarding Policy 2024-25 is attached for your information.
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Commitment to safeguarding
Vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct.
The Pioneer Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Our school Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded and read on our website.
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.
About Chatsworth Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 211 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chatsworth Infant School website (opens in new tab)
Chatsworth Infant and Nursery School is a delightful 2 form entry infant and nursery school within The Pioneer Academy. We at Chatsworth have the highest expectations and are committed to inspiring a School that nurtures lifelong learners putting the building blocks in place for their future. Our last Ofsted inspection, which graded the school as Good, recognised that we ‘provide a positive environment for learning’.
Chatsworth Infant and Nursery School is part of The Pioneer Academy Trust which is an academy trust with schools across London and the South East. At The Pioneer Academy, we put children first, pioneering excellence and championing each and every child. All our schools, ranging from small infant schools to large primary schools, work collaboratively, sharing resources and expertise.
At The Pioneer Academy, we take the wellbeing and mental health of our staff seriously which is why we have signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and increased our PPA offer this year to up to 5 hours for full time teachers, and regular additional release time scheduled for all subject leaders across the school. We are committed to regular reviews of staff well-being and reducing staff workload. We create bespoke career pathways for every member of staff, identifying and growing talent, with outstanding professional development opportunities at every stage of your career. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with a range of resources to support wellbeing which is available to all employees and their immediate family members 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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