EYFS Lead Teacher
Merchants' Academy, Bristol, BS13 9AJThis job expired on 27 June 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
27 June 2022 at 9am
Date listed
10 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - up to 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS (£25,714- £41,604) plus £2,873 (TLR2.1) per annum + Health Cash Plan and Benefits package
EYFS Lead Teacher job summary
Full-time, fixed term to cover maternity leave to start in September 2022
MPS- UPS (£25,714 - £41,604) plus £2,873 (TLR2.1) per annum + Health Cash Plan and Benefits package
Merchants’ Academy is a 3-18 Academy sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol. The Academy is well resourced, and staff and their development are a priority.
Applications are invited from high quality candidates to join an exciting and committed team at Merchants’ Academy, Primary.
We are looking to appoint a positive, hardworking, skilled and ambitious practitioner who wants to make a real difference to children’s lives and is ready and able to take on a role teaching our children and working in harmony with staff, families and other key stakeholders. We are looking for someone who can lead on the early part of a child’s school life and provide the foundations for their educational journey.
Candidates for this post should be:
• Passionate about how children learn best with a genuine belief that all children can succeed.
• Want to inspire staff to make a child’s early years at school exciting and engaging
• Creative and adaptable, with a good sense of humour.
• An innovative practitioner who values and can support enquiry and curriculum development
• Can work positively within a team setting.
• A confident professional, keen to share their knowledge and understanding with others and committed to ongoing professional development.
• Be able to lead a team and drive forward school improvement
In addition, the successful candidate will have a deep pedagogical knowledge of teaching and learning and child development to help children realise their potential with a focus on the prime areas and literacy and mathematics within the early years foundation stage framework as well as an interest in the wider community that the school serves.
In return we can offer you:
• A genuine opportunity to make a difference where it is needed.
• Well-resourced classrooms, necessary IT equipment and structured administrative support.
• A fantastic community of children, parents and carers who deserve the best.
• Opportunities to network with other EYFS leads within and beyond our Trust and access to high quality CPD.
• To join a wonderful team and have every opportunity to further your professional development and career with an excellent benefit package including; Wellbeing Health Cash Plan, Higher Degree Support Funding, Retail Discounts, ICT Loans, Professional Introduction Incentive plus others.
If you are hardworking, reflective, committed, and looking to further develop your talents and skills at Merchants’ Academy then we would love to receive an application from you.
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Closing date: Monday 27th June 2022 at 9:00. Interviews: To be confirmed
Please note due to the expected volume of applications it may not be possible to acknowledge and respond to all applicants.
Merchants’ Academy is part of Venturers Trust and is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all staff.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Venturers Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to demonstrate this commitment in every aspect of their work. The aims of our Safer Recruitment procedures are to help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children or are otherwise unsuited to working with them. An enhanced DBS check is required for all staff.
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About Merchants' Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 18
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1279 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@venturerstrust.org
Merchants’ Academy has a distinctive and positive ethos which guides our work and the education of our students. Preparation for adult life underpins our Academy aims and the well-developed culture which is established across all aspects and functions of the Academy. We are committed to the success of each of our students whatever stage they are at in their education and this is reflected through the Academy's values and commitment to:
• provide high quality education and a thirst for life-long learning
• enable everyone to enjoy success and achievement
• promote confidence and a strong sense of personal worth
• have high expectations which will be reflected in the targets set for staff and students alike
• harness the energies of children, students, staff and parents to establish a genuine partnership with the Academy for the benefit of all
• establish a business-like ethos by beliefs in values and attitudes such as hard work, honesty, integrity, respect and concern for others
• provide quality opportunities for the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our children and young people
• ensure that the effectiveness of all Academy staff is maintained and developed through considerable investment in high quality, continuous professional learning
This is demonstrated through constant reference to our BRISTOL Values of:
Boldness: Aim high, show courage and hope to push against any barriers
Respect: Be considerate and respect the rights of others
Integrity: If it’s not right, do not do it. If it’s not true, don’t say it
Service: We have a responsibility to the future and each other
Tenacity: Tough times don’t last, strong people do
Optimism: No pessimist discovered the secret of the starts or uncharted land
Learning: A commitment to lifelong development unlocks your full potential
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