16 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    20 December 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    19 November 2024

Job details

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay scale

KS2 Class Teacher **Deadline extended** job summary

BEST VISION, VALUES & BELIEFS

BEST Vision Statement

To grow the BEST in everyone

We believe in the importance of high expectations, hard work and the development of a community of schools where each of us strive to ‘be the best that we can be’.

BEST Values

We will:

Always put Children first

Our reference point question is ‘how will this improve outcomes for children and enable them to go on and succeed in life?’

Collaborate to support and compete to challenge

Our schools work together to add value and compete to continually improve

Provide community based provision

Our schools form a coherent learning community at the heart of the Bedfordshire community

BEST Beliefs

We will:

Deliver BEST outcomes

Outcomes will be in the top 20% nationally

Provide BEST opportunities

An extensive range of opportunities beyond the classroom will be provided to develop the whole person

Nurture talent

Our responsibility is to invest in our people and bring out the BEST in everyone

Operate a high autonomy, high accountability culture

Professionals will lead our system and take responsibility to continually raise standards

Lead through service

Leaders and followers will work together with mutual respect and shared responsibility

“Pupils of all ages have a positive attitude to learning. They behave exceptionally well!”

Thank you for taking the time to look at our school. We appreciate your interest. St Christophers Academy is a growing 2 form entry primary school on the border to Dunstable and Luton, near the Tesco Extra on Skimpot Road. We are an inclusive and diverse school which enjoys growing our staff and pupils alike. Pupils come from a range of back grounds and this rich cultural diversity is celebrated.

We offer:

Well behaved children

A bespoke programme of CPD

Option to have PPA and ECT in or out of school

A collaborative and supportive staff team

A comprehensive well-being strategy

Access to an employee assistance programme

Access to the Pendleton cycle centre and gym

Opportunities for progression

Supportive planning framework and guidance

A Values based curriculum

Teacher Pension Scheme

A laptop, class visualiser and Clevertouch Interactive board

Our last Ofsted Inspection was under the new framework in September 2019 and the first line of the report says ‘…staff at this school get all the important things right.’

If you have any questions about the role or the school, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About St Christophers Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
427 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11

School location

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