KS1 Class Teacher - maternity cover

Claydon Primary School, Ipswich, IP6 0DX

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  Required from January 2025 or sooner

• Closing date

  17 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - maternity cover - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: MPR - UPR

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are a nurturing, positive and collaborative working school, offering an exciting opportunity for a passionate and driven practitioner to join our wonderful school.

Our children are amazing and eager to learn, and we strive to ensure all our pupils are well-prepared for the challenges of the world around them. Social and emotional education is an intrinsic part of our culture, we are always looking for innovative ways to engage pupils so that they excel!

We are also part of an incredibly supportive local Trust and have grown as a school over the last 4 years – this includes an additional new building for years 5 and 6, along with a studio! This is a fantastic opportunity to join our amazing school, working as part of a forward-thinking team that prides itself on developing and supporting staff and pupils to be the best they can be, whilst being extremely considerate of staff and pupil wellbeing.

Situated very close to Ipswich, we are looking to appoint a skilled teacher to work within our school.

We are looking for passionate and motivated individuals who have:

• a willingness and drive to develop within the role
• the ability to think outside of the box in order inspire and motivate our pupils
• high expectations of themselves and others
• experience of teaching in a primary school setting, with a secure knowledge and understanding of the Primary curriculum, the ability to work cooperatively and effectively in a variety of teams
• a sound knowledge of safeguarding and your roles and responsibilities linked to this

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• a caring, friendly and welcoming ethos
• pupils who are kind, enthusiastic and eager to learn
• personalised professional development opportunities which will nurture your skills and talents, as well as serve to support future goals
• dedicated staff who enjoy working collaboratively as a team
• a supportive, understanding and proactive leadership team

Commitment to safeguarding

We aim to keep children safe through:

Providing a safe environment for them to learn.
Identifying children who are suffering or may suffer significant harm, and taking appropriate action to ensure they are kept safe both at home and in school.
Take all possible actions to prevent unsuitable people from working with children.
Promote safe practice and challenge any poor or unsafe practice.
Identify instances where there are grounds for concern about a child's welfare and initiate or take appropriate action to keep them safe.
Contribute to effective partnership working between all those involved in providing services for our children

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to applications@penroselearningtrust.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

CPS - Classroom Teacher - Job Desciption .pdf - 212 KB (opens in new tab)

CPS - Classroom Teacher Person Specification .pdf - 110 KB (opens in new tab)

About Claydon Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 509 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Claydon Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@claydonprimary.net
• Phone number: 01473 830 439
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/claydon-primary-school-ipswich (opens in new tab)

This is a very special school with a strong sense of community in which each pupil is a valued and respected member. The staff, parents and governors of the school have a full commitment to education and the importance it plays in developing the whole child.

We welcome all pupils regardless of ability, race and culture and hope that they will become enthusiastic learners, happy, confident and secure. We endeavour that our pupils gain skills to be independent in their learning and achieve their very best. We hope that the education we provide will give a foundation for lifelong learning – in school, at home and beyond. It is important to us that we support children in developing the personal qualities required to enable them to be good citizens in Modern Britain and we aim to encourage them to develop in body, mind and spirit.

Arranging a visit to Claydon Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@claydonprimary.net.

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