EYFS Teacher (with QTS)
Richmond Primary School, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2ETDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday - Term-time (Teaching) plus a clear Directed Time Plan
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Stour Academy Trust are looking for a creative and innovative teacher within Early Years who is willing to embrace the use of technology in the classroom to enhance the learning process for our children at Richmond Primary School.
We need someone who is open to new ideas and willing to support our vision to transform the standardised direct learning model, to allow for improved interactions and strengthened relationships that provide our children with opportunities for self-directed learning.
We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.
We want teachers who:
- Recognise that our current education system needs to radically change to better prepare our young people for the 21st century
- Want to move away from passive forms of learning and move towards interactive teaching methods that promote critical and individual thinking
- Are able to take advantage of the latest technology to deliver personalised learning that is accessible for all children, irrespective of their language skills, reading ability or any other factors that may present learning challenges
- Want to work with other staff as a community of learners that challenge traditional thinking
- Want to develop their own practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system
- Want to develop children as life-long, curious learners
- Want to build strong relationships with children that facilitate their learning
- Want to teach in enabling environments that promote flexibility, collaboration and independence
The Stour Academy Trust recognises and values that staff work tirelessly as both individuals and as members of a team, to provide an outstanding standard of education and improve the life chances for all children. Our staff are committed, passionate and go the extra mile in order to drive standards in our pursuit for excellence.
What the school offers its staff
- An additional day’s paid leave per academic year*
- Staff not expected to respond to e-mails after 6.00pm or at weekends
- Free confidential counselling
- Teachers not expected to create lengthy plans
- Emphasis on ‘live marking’ and using TAs to lessen the volume of marking outside of lessons
- A maximum of six scheduled meetings per term
*After the completion of two years’ continuous service
We can offerexperiencedteachers:
- Rapid career progression
- Great professional development
- Opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities
We can offerECTs
- Support from experienced mentors
- Frequent opportunities to observe best practice from other teachers within the Trust
- Clearly focused training schedules
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Richmond Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 310 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Richmond Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@stouracademytrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01227 931560
The Stour Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Primary School trust in Kent. To find our more about our forward-thinking vision please check out our website at https://thestouracademytrust.org.uk/
Arranging a visit to Richmond Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@stouracademytrust.org.uk.
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