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KS2 Teacher (Maternity Cover)

Royal Rise Primary School, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2DQ

This job expired on 3 November 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  3 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,320.00 - £34,885.00 Annually (Actual)

KS2 Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary

Post Title: KS2 Teacher to cover Maternity Leave

School: Royal Rise Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract

Contract Hours: 26 hours per week

Working Pattern: Part time , Monday - Thursday

Grade: Main Pay Scale

Salary: M1 £25,320 - M6 £34,885 (M1 £31,650 - M6 £43,607 FTE)

Position start Date: January 2025

Advert Closing Date: 3rd November 2024 (Please note that the advert may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Are you an excellent teacher who has high expectations and the ability to inspire and motivate children? Do you have a good sense of humour and want children to achieve their full potential? We would love to hear from you! Whether you are just starting your teaching career or have been teaching a couple of years, Royal Rise is the school that could help you take your next step.

We need someone who has a strong working knowledge of the curriculum and assessment procedures, believes that all children should be enabled to achieve their full potential and the enthusiasm to bring learning alive.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate teacher to join our fantastic team on our journey to be the best we can be.

In return we can offer a highly motivated and dedicated team of staff who are committed to school improvement, professional development, and the achievement for all pupils. We are staffed with caring, passionate, and committed professionals and provide, a supportive working environment.

Once this fixed term post has finished there may be scope to join us, or another of our Trust schools, should the opportunity arise.

We encourage visits to our school and would love for you to come and meet our wonderful children and staff and see us in action. To arrange this and a further discussion about the role please contact the school office on 01732 354143.

We look forward to showing you our fantastic school if you would like to arrange a visit!

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

Royal Rise Primary School

At Royal Rise Primary School, we are looking for an enthusiastic, committed Teacher to join our supportive, friendly “village” feel school.

We are a small, family school where every child and staff member is treated as an individual and is welcomed as part of the Royal Rise family. You will work with a supportive, caring team of staff who will ensure that you are able to achieve within your role. We also hold a Wellbeing award and are a dog affiliated school. There is easy access to the local train station.

For further information about the school, please visit https:/www.royalriseprimary.kent.sch.uk

Cygnus Academies Trust

Royal Rise Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

• Teachers Pension Scheme
• Employee support services.
  
• Effective CPD opportunities
  
• Collaborative working with other schools
  
• Excellent ICT facilities
  
• Opportunities for flexible working

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information:

• References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
  
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
  
• Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
  
• Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
  
• The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
  
• The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website
  

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Royal Rise Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 195 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Royal Rise Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/royal-rise-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Our school is a place where children are taught how to learn and engage in an inclusive, broad and balanced creative curriculum and a school where they are respected and valued as individuals and can expect to achieve an extremely high standard of education.

“Being the best that we can be!” is our school vision and we aim for this in everything we do.

Our school is a happy school where the success of every child matters. We have dedicated, caring and enthusiastic staff who are committed to developing the knowledge, skills and understanding which enable your child to enjoy learning.

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