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KS1 Class Teacher (Start ASAP)

John Wood School & Nursery, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6JA

This job expired on 31 January 2020

• Closing date

  31 January 2020 at 5pm

• Date listed

  31 December 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £25,000 to £35,000
• Additional allowances:

  Generous salary package based on experience ; + Performance Bonus

  For more information and to apply for this position please download an Applicant Pack (containing full Job Description), and an Application Form from either Davidson Primary Academy Website www.davidsonprimary.com or via the Chancery Education Trust website http://www.chanceryeducation.com/vacancies/ ; or email office@chanceryeducation.com

KS1 Class Teacher (Start ASAP) job summary

Job Description The KS1 Class Teacher/Leader will work in partnership with the Leadership Team to secure the Academy’s success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its pupils and improved standards of learning and achievement for all. The main responsibilities for this post are: • To work with the SLT to accelerate progress for all pupils particularly in KS1 • To support, develop and coach teaching and learning across KS1, so that the school has a consistently good or better teaching • To lead and co-ordinate assessment across KS1, maximizing pupil and parental engagement • To support day to day leadership in school • To teach all areas of the primary curriculum • Coordinate activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum and supporting colleagues in the delivery of this specialist area • To undertake any such duties as directed by the Academy Principal The KS1 Class Teacher/Leader will also have key accountabilities for: Knowledge and Understanding • What constitutes high quality in KS1 educational provision, the characteristics of effective strategies for raising standards and outcomes across KS1 pupils • How to promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and good behaviour through effective management and leadership Strategic Leadership • Maintain an ethos and provide educational vision and direction which secures outstanding teaching and learning which leads to outstanding outcomes for children in KS1 • Be able to present a coherent and accurate account of the children’s performance and other Early Years self-evaluation evidence in a form appropriate to a range of audiences, including governors, the local community, Ofsted and others • Lead by example, provide inspiration and motivation to your teams. Embody for the pupils, staff, governors and parents the vision, purpose and leadership of learning in KS1 • Ensure that all teaching staff and non- teaching staff are committed to the school’s aims, and are accountable in meeting long, medium and short-term objectives to secure school improvement, and targets which secure the educational success of all KS1 children Planning and Setting Expectations • Assist the SLT in leading and managing the creation and implementation of a KS1 strategic plan, with particular emphasis on improving the quality of teaching, which identifies priorities and targets for ensuring that pupils achieve high standards and make progress, and securing school improvement • Have high expectations of all pupils and staff • Think creatively and imaginatively to anticipate and solve problems and identify opportunities • Work with other lead professionals to ensure the use of comparative data, together with information technology about pupils’ prior attainment, to establish benchmarks and set targets for improvement • Use this information to form annual action plans to inform address areas for improvements As a KS1 Teacher the main responsibilities for this post are: (1) Liaison and Co-operation The teacher will work in liaison, contact and co-operation with:  other members of staff  members of Local Authority, academy partners and advisory services  organisations and networks relevant to the teacher's specialism or subject  parents, directors and the local community (i) Planning To plan and prepare courses, schemes of work and individual lessons, appropriate to the needs, interests, experience and existing knowledge of the pupils in one's class. (ii) Setting and supervising work by pupils To teach a class, or classes, sets, groups or individual pupils, and to set tasks to be undertaken both at the Academy and elsewhere. (iii) Marking and recording To mark and assess pupils' work and to record their development, progress and attainment, both at the Academy and elsewhere. (iv) Discipline and relationships To maintain good order, discipline and respect for others among pupils; to promote understanding of the school's rules and values; to safeguard health and safety; and to develop relationships with and between pupils conducive to optimum learning. (v) Communication with parents To build and maintain co-operative relationships with parents, and to communicate with them on pupils' learning and progress, drawing attention to special skills and talents as well as to problems or difficulties. (vi) The Classroom To maintain an attractive and stimulating classroom environment, and to contribute to displays in the Academy as a whole. (vii) Overall policy and review To take part in whole-school reviews of policy and aims, and in the revision formulation of guidelines. (viii) Reports To provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references, both at school and elsewhere, relating to the development and learning of individual pupils and groups of pupils. Feedback to parents on pupil progress at parents' evenings and other (often less formal) meetings; (ix) Review To evaluate and review one's own teaching methods, materials and schemes of work, and to make changes as appropriate. (x) Professional development To keep up-to-date with current educational thinking and practice, both by study and by attendance at courses, workshops and meetings, and take part in appraisals and reviews of one's work arranged by the Academy Principal. (xi) Corporate life To take part in the corporate life of the academy by, for example, attending assemblies, registering the attendance of pupils, and supervising pupils before and after school sessions. To take part in Academy events and activities that can be run at weekends or evenings. (xii) Equality policies To help ensure that subject-matter and learning resources reflect the Academy, local and national policies on race and gender equality, and that the implications of these policies are borne in mind in relation to all the tasks and duties listed in (i) - (xii) above. Specific Responsibilities & Duties Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual tasks undertaken may not be identified. • Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Trust and be aware of and support diversity and ensure equal opportunities for all • Develop constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals. • Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required and be able to recognise strengths and share areas of expertise and skills with others and advise as appropriate. • Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person. • Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the Department/Section. • Undertake any other duties as directed by the Academy Principal or Trust. • To uphold standards in public Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers. The academy will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. Generic Responsibilities: • To encourage and foster active and constructive links with members of the wider community • Promote the brand of the Trust, identity and signage • To assist with the organisation of annual, termly and day to day routines and special occasions as appropriate • To support, promote and encourage Trust activities • Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Trust • Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required and be able to recognise strengths and share areas of expertise and skills with others and advise as appropriate • Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the Department/Section • The willingness and ability to be deployed in any Academy within the Trust as the need arises • To uphold personal standards in public • To be aware of adhere to and promote policies and procedures and ensure you are responsible for ensuring that you and other staff adhere to updates and amendments • To uphold your professional requirements related to training by taking initiative and making appropriate requests for specific and relevant training to ensure and sustain appropriate levels of expertise and commensurate competencies

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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Commitment to safeguarding

John Wood School & Nursery Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About John Wood School & Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 325 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Wood School & Nursery website
• Email address: office@chanceryeducation.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-wood-school-nursery

A VERY WARM WELCOME TO JOHN WOOD SCHOOL & NURSERY

John Wood School & Nursery is a vibrant, two-form entry primary school located in Croydon and is part of the Chancery Education Trust. There have been many positive changes made to the Academy
since academisation in 2016. In January 2019 the Academy was graded ‘Good’, Ofsted recognised staff have high expectations, pupils respond well, they have strong relationships with their teachers and are aspirational for their futures. We believe that every child is different and that everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy, secure and successful. The academy is surrounded by large grounds and benefits from a spacious and attractive site with a good deal of green space which
enables us to take our learning outside, including through Forest School sessions.

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