Key Stage 2 Class Teacher
Parkfield Primary School, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4RT15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
General duties
- Continuously meet at least the minimum standards outlined in the DfE’s ‘Teachers’ Standards’.
- Comply with school policies and procedures, in particular those relating to child protection and safeguarding.
- Attend staff meetings, INSET days, parents’ evenings, parent consultation meetings, and any other functions or meetings required.
- Take responsibility for completing CPD and keeping up to date with developments relating to subject matter.
- Establish effective working relationships with colleagues and set a good example for pupils through a high level of professionalism.
- Participate in any performance-related appraisal arrangements made by the school.
Teaching
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils by:
Establishing a safe and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect.
Setting goals that stretch and challenge pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions.
Demonstrating consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils.
- Promote good progress and outcomes for pupils by:
Being accountable for pupils’ attainment, progress and outcomes.
Being aware of pupils’ capabilities and prior knowledge, and planning teaching to build on these.
Guiding pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and their emerging needs.
Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts teaching.
Encouraging pupils to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge by:
Having a secure knowledge of the relevant subjects and curriculum areas, fostering and maintaining pupils’ interest in the subject, and addressing misunderstandings.
Demonstrating a critical understanding of developments in the subject and curriculum areas, and promoting the value of scholarship.
Demonstrating an understanding of and taking responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy, articulacy and the correct use of standard English, whatever the teacher’s specialist subject.
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons by:
Imparting knowledge and developing understanding through effective use of lesson time.
Promoting a love of learning and children’s intellectual curiosity.
Setting homework and planning other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the knowledge and understanding pupils have acquired.
Reflecting systematically on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching.
Contributing to the design and provision of an engaging curriculum within the relevant subject areas.
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils by:
Knowing when and how to differentiate appropriately, using approaches which enable pupils to be taught effectively.
Having a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupils’ ability to learn, and how best to overcome these.
Demonstrating an awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children, and knowing how to adapt teaching to support pupils’ education at different stages of development.
Having a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including pupils with SEND, pupils of high ability and pupils with EAL, and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment by:
Knowing and understanding how to assess the relevant subject and curriculum areas, including statutory assessment requirements.
Making use of formative and summative assessment to monitor pupils’ progress.
Using relevant data to monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons.
Giving pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encouraging pupils to respond to the feedback.
- Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment by:
Having clear rules and routines for behaviour in classrooms, and taking responsibility for promoting good and courteous behaviour both in classrooms and around the school, in accordance with the school’s Behaviour for Learning Policy.
Having high expectations of behaviour, and establishing a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly.
Managing classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to involve and motivate them.
Maintaining good relationships with pupils, exercising appropriate authority, and acting decisively when necessary.
- Fulfil wider professional responsibilities by:
Making a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
Developing effective professional relationships with colleagues, knowing how and when to draw on advice and specialist support.
Deploying support staff effectively.
Taking responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues.
Communicating effectively with parents with regard to pupils’ achievements and wellbeing.
Personal and professional conduct
- Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by:
Treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position.
Having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ wellbeing, in accordance with statutory provisions.
Showing tolerance of and respect for the rights of others.
Not undermining fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways which exploit pupils’ vulnerability or might lead them to break the law.
- Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards in attendance and punctuality.
- Have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out teachers’ professional duties and responsibilities.
Organisation
- Assist in the development of the subject curriculum, schemes of work, teaching resources, marking policies and teaching strategies alongside other subject teachers and the subject leader.
- Identify clear teaching objectives, content, and lesson structures, and plan sequences of lessons appropriate to the subject content and the pupils being taught.
- Incorporate the use of resources into lesson plans, ensuring that equipment is in good working order and suitable for teaching use, and that resources are used effectively.
Additional duties
- Assist with the organisation of extracurricular activities.
- Assist with the promotion of their subject in the school, e.g. through creating displays of pupils’ work.
- Carry out additional tasks as reasonable expected under the direction of the headteacher.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- children who are well behaved and enjoy learning
- the chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of children and their families
- a strong, dedicated, hardworking and friendly school team, who will support you and learn from your ideas
- a supportive local community who are fully committed to the school
- the opportunity for professional development and to develop your career
- a well-resourced school, based in beautiful school grounds, near the centre of Taunton, the county town of Somerset
Commitment to safeguarding
Parkfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children by:
• The provision of a safe environment in which children and young people can learn.
• Acting on concerns about a child’s welfare immediately.
• Fulfilling our legal responsibilities to identify children who may need early help or who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm.
We believe that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who works with children, their families and carers, has a role to play.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@parkfieldschool.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Parkfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 433 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parkfield Primary School website
- Email address
- office@parkfieldschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01823 282125
Parkfield is a popular and well-respected school with excellent facilities serving a wide community. It is set in extensive grounds in a residential area close to the centre of Taunton.
The school has a highly committed, experienced and loyal team of staff, supportive parents and an effective governing body.
Parkfield is renowned for, and very proud of, its wide range of extra-curricular opportunities including music, sports and residential trips.
Arranging a visit to Parkfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@parkfieldschool.co.uk.
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