Key Stage Two Class Teacher
Crosshall Junior School, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 7GG9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 February 2025
Closing date
24 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 January 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
- Fixed term - 12 months
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Training
- Will possess Qualified Teacher Status.
- Evidence of continuous participation in training and a commitment to further professional development.
- Demonstrate a willingness to undertake further professional study.
Experience
- Teaching at either Key Stage One or Key Stage Two.
- Working successfully and co-operating as a member of a teaching team.
- Assessment – formative and summative.
- Experience teaching across the whole primary age range (desirable).
- Experience administering KS2 tests (desirable).
Commitment to Education and Teaching
- Wishing to work within a primary school and being willing to meet the expectations of the school’s governing body.
- Establishing and maintaining good professional relationships with pupils, parents, the community and colleagues.
- Setting very high expectations of all pupils and being committed to raising achievement.
- Knowledge of the latest research into how children learn.
- Adopting a flexible approach.
Knowledge and Understanding
- The statutory/ non-statutory requirements concerning Safeguarding (including Child Protection), Equal Opportunities, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Health & Safety, Inclusion, Prevent and British Values.
- The theory and practice of providing effectively for the individual needs of all children (e.g. classroom organisation, behaviour management and personalised learning).
- The current National Curriculum.
- How to establish positive relationships with children, based on high expectations, a purposeful learning environment, where by all pupils feel secure and confident.
- Planning and implementing an effective teaching programme, including the monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ progress.
- How to use digital technologies effectively as an integral part of teaching and learning.
- Knowledge and understanding of co-ordinating a National Curriculum subject in a primary school.
- Planning an innovative and child-centred curriculum.
Skills
- Promote the school’s ethos and values positively.
- Establish and develop excellent professional relationships with their class.
- Create a positive, challenging and exciting learning environment.
- Communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences.
- Develop strategies for creating community links.
Personal Characteristics
- Knowledgeable and highly competent.
- Approachable and good at listening.
- Innovative and enthusiastic.
- Organised and resourceful.
- Intelligent and reflective.
- Passionate about all aspects of learning.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for us?
There are many great reasons to work at Crosshall Junior School:
- No two days are the same!
- It’s rewarding inspiring the next generation;
- You are always learning;
- Our pupils are ambitious, resilient and kind;
- You will feel part of a supportive community;
- It’s a warm and welcoming environment;
- Excellent career progression;
- We’re a team of diverse and talented individuals;
- Access to free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support.
Commitment to safeguarding
Crosshall Junior School Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to our school to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to DBS clearance and two positive references.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@crosshalljunior.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Crosshall Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 406 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Crosshall Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@crosshalljunior.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01480 475972
Crosshall Junior School is a co-educational day school catering for students between the ages of seven and eleven. Set in attractive grounds, the school is situated in Eaton Ford, St Neots and serves the surrounding community.
Arranging a visit to Crosshall Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@crosshalljunior.co.uk.
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