KS1 / 2 Teacher - Permanent Position
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 7PW5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
21 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main Scale
KS1 / 2 Teacher - Permanent Position job summary
The Governing Body and Board of Directors are seeking to appoint a teacher who:
- Puts the children first and ensures they are safe and happy, whilst challenging them to achieve the best they possibly can.
- Can demonstrate a good ability to meet individual pupil needs by challenging and supporting pupils and responding to the unique needs of all learners, including disadvantaged pupils, high prior attainers, those with English as an additional language and pupils with special educational needs or disabilities.
- Is completely supportive of our Catholic ethos and strong links with our Parish.
- Has a proven track record of good or better performance as a primary teacher / trainee teacher.
- Is well organised, capable, hardworking and resilient. As our school has excellent levels of teaching and achievement it is essential that the successful applicant can demonstrate these attributes.
- Is a good team member who will work with others, including parents and carers and also use their own initiative to help make our school even better.
The successful applicant will be required to respect, preserve and develop the quality and distinctive culture of our Catholic school and will be required to sign a Catholic Education Service contract. A practising Catholic is preferred although we welcome applications from anyone prepared to wholeheartedly support our Catholic ethos. St Joseph’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal background check before taking up post. References will be taken up prior to interview.
Effective from September 2022, KCSIE, paragraph 221, states as part of the shortlisting process schools and colleges should consider carrying out on-line searches, as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. All shortlisted candidates are now subject to an on-line check and if there is anything concerning, then the shortlisted candidate will be asked to comment on it either prior or at interview.
This post is only suitable for teachers with very recent and highly successful Primary School experience. Detailed and up to date information about our school is available on our website: www.st-jo-dud.dudley.sch.uk
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
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 249 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Dudley) is:
-A voluntary Catholic academy that is part of the St John Bosco Catholic Academy (Dudley) together with St Chad’s Catholic Primary in Sedgley and Bishop Milner Catholic College in Dudley. This offers excellent opportunities for working alongside our partner schools.
-Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent RE, Collective Worship and Catholic Life Inspection (September 2018) and is a school with a very strong Catholic ethos and excellent Parish links.
-A school whose progress rates between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for all subjects are either above or significantly above the national averages
-Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas in our most recent Ofsted (April 2015)
- A designated ‘National Support School’ by the National College for Teaching and Leadership, where the headteacher is a National Leader of Education and a number of staff are Specialist Leaders of Education – guaranteeing all staff including NQTs the very highest quality support at all stages in their career
-Popular and over-subscribed and has a friendly and caring atmosphere.
-A one form entry Catholic school that serves the Kates Hill estate and beyond.
-A happy and safe environment where everyone, children and adults alike, is given the chance to flourish.
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