KS2 Teacher

St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa, Select, West Yorkshire, LS23 6DB

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  28 March 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  11 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: between £31,650 - £43,607
• Pay scale: NJC Payscales

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Mary's is a mixed cohort school.

Teaching and Managing Pupil Learning

• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groups and individuals so that teaching objectives are met, momentum and challenge are maintained, and best use is made of teaching time.
• Use teaching methods which keep pupils engaged, including stimulating pupils’ intellectual curiosity, effective questioning and response, clear presentation and good use of resources.
• Set high expectations for pupils' behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of discipline through well-focused teaching and through positive and productive relationships.

Planning and Setting Expectations/Pupil Achievement

• Identify clear teaching objectives, content, lesson structures and sequences appropriate to the subject matter and the pupils being taught.
• Set appropriate and demanding expectations for pupils’ learning and motivation. Set clear targets for pupils' learning, building on prior attainment.
• Identify pupils who have special educational needs, and know where to get help in order to give positive and targeted support. Implement and keep records on Individual Education Plans (IEPs).

• Assessment and Evaluation

  • Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this assessment for future teaching.
  • Mark and monitor pupils’ class and homework providing constructive oral and written feedback, setting targets for pupils’ progress.
  • When applicable, understand the demands expected of pupils in relation to the National Curriculum, KS4 and post-16 courses

  Safeguarding Pupils

  Class teachers will uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by treating pupils with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position and having regard for the need to safeguard pupils’ well-being, in accordance with statutory provisions.

  Relationship with Parents and the Wider community

  • Prepare and present informative reports to parents.
  • Provide opportunities to develop pupils' understanding by relating their learning to real and work-related examples, recognising that learning takes place outside the school context.
  • Liaise with agencies responsible for pupils' welfare.

  Manage Own Performance and Development

  • Take responsibility for their own professional development and to keep up to date with research and developments in pedagogy and in the subjects they teach.
  • Share corporate responsibility the implementation of school policies and practices.
  • Set a good example to the pupils they teach in their presentation and their personal conduct.
  • Evaluate their own teaching critically and use this to improve their effectiveness.
  • Implements and follows school’s child protection policies and procedures.

  Managing and Developing Staff and Other Adults

  • Establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues including, where applicable, associate staff.

  Managing Resources

  • Select and make good use of textbooks, ICT and other learning resources which enable teaching objectives to be met.

  We are part of the Wharfe Valley Learning Partnership, a group of local primary schools, and as such we are connected to a strong network who are all committed to work with our partners to raise levels of educational attainment, enjoyment and achievement.

  
  

What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing support

SEMH Lead in school

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to schooloffice@stmaryscofe.org.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.

About St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 141 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa website
• Email address: schooloffice@stmaryscofe.org.uk
• Phone number: 01937 844395
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school-boston-spa

Arranging a visit to St Mary's Church of England Controlled Primary School Boston Spa

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email schooloffice@stmaryscofe.org.uk.

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