EYFS and KS1 Leader
Hambrook Primary School, Bristol, BS16 1SJThis job expired on 18 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
18 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR 2
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone:
- Who has excellent organisational skills
- Has a positive can-do attitude
- Passionate about improving outcomes for pupils
- A confident practitioner who believes in teamwork
- Someone who is prepared to liaise closely with teachers, parents and outside agencies
- Enthusiasm and the ability to inspire children
- Flexibility and creativity in all aspects of school life
- High expectation of all children in every aspect of school life
- An ability to use their own initiative
- Actively engaged in their own CPD
- Is a proven outstanding teacher in EYFS
- Someone with at least 3 years teaching in EYFS/Key Stage 1 (must have recent EYFS teaching experience)
- Someone with clear understanding of teaching pedagogies and how children learning in the Early Years and Key Stage 1
- Someone with evidence of supporting colleagues to improve practice
- Someone who has high expectation of pupils in the Early Years and what they can achieve when provided with the right environment and teaching.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer you:
- A very happy and supportive staff team
- A highly successful school to work in and learn from
- Outstanding behaviour from all pupils (Ofsted November 2023). Who are eager to learn, beautifully behaved and a pleasure to teach
- Opportunities for excellent further professional development within our staff team and wider working with our cluster schools
- A positive working environment where staff care for one another and new staff are warmly welcomed
- Fantastic school facilities and resources
- An exciting curriculum to teach with high expectations of learners and outcomes
- Outstanding teachers and teaching assistants to learn from and work with
- Engaged parents who work in positive collaboration with the school
- Opportunity to make your stamp on our Early Years and KS1 provision at Hambrook
- An opportunity to lead a curriculum subject across the school (subject TBC)
- Fantastic opportunity to join our outstanding SLT team and work with them to continue our schools drive forward
- 0.5 days out of class each week to oversee the Early Years and KS1 and 0.5 days for PPA.
Further details about the role
The school are considering the possibility of a school run pre-school. This post holder would oversee (alongside our Headteacher) the set-up of this and once set up, the post holder would oversee this provision in their role as Early Years and KS1 Lead. A very exciting opportunity with someone with the right skill set and passion for excellent early education.
Visits to our school are strongly encouraged. Tours are available on:
-Friday 1st March at 9.15am
-Monday 11th March at 4.00pm
-Wednesday 27th March at 9.15am
-Tuesday 16th April at 4.00pm
Please note as part of the interview process we would like to see shortlisted applicants teach in their current setting, if this is not appropriate please inform our Headteacher in your application so alternative arrangements can be made.
Closing date: Thursday 18th April 2024
Observations to be held in the week beginning 22nd April 2024
Interviews to be held on: Wednesday 1st May 2024
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement
Hambrook Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
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About Hambrook Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 197 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Hambrook Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@hambrookprimary.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01179568933
Hambrook Primary is a highly successful community primary school situated on the beautiful Hambrook common. It is a single class entry school with 206 pupils currently on roll.
10.6% pupils with EAL (22% national figure)
10.6% pupils with SEND (16% national figure)
2.9% pupils with an EHCP (2.3% national figure)
FSM 6% (26% national figure)
Few families live in the immediate local community, instead travelling by car from other villages. This means we are a ‘choice school’, parents often choose us over their closest school. Parents choose Hambrook because of our caring ethos, our high aspirations for pupils in all areas of school life, our fantastic facilities and our strong community. Our parents at Hambrook have high aspirations for their children and their achievements at Hambrook.
One of the main strengths of Hambrook Primary is the village school ethos, which is evident even though most children do not live in the immediate local community. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our pupils - physically, spiritually and emotionally as well as academically is central to everything we do.
The distinctive aims of the school are encapsulated in our vision statement ‘Whole Child, Whole School, Whole-hearted'. The school values its members equally and is a community where everyone feels they are well cared for and encouraged to show acceptance, compassion and respect for others.
As part of our vision, we strive for the very best academic standards for our pupils no matter what their starting points. Staff are expertly skilled at teaching and promoting high levels of progress across the school.
Arranging a visit to Hambrook Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@hambrookprimary.org.uk.
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