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Lead Practitioner - The Palmer Academy

The Palmer Primary Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PP

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• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  17 April 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time - 1.0 FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £44,305 - £47,706

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required for September 2023
This role is part of our Senior Leadership Team

“Pupils, parents and staff are proud of this kind and inclusive school. Staff prioritise getting to know pupils and their families. Current pupils welcome new friends, including those new to the country, with open arms. Pupils embrace the diversity in the school and the way that everyone is respectful. They know this helps make school such a special place for them.”

What we’re looking for:
We are looking for someone with a passion for teaching and learning.
We want someone who can live and breathe great teaching, who is a role model to others and someone who can work alongside members of staff with all ranges of experience.
We are looking for a candidate with a wide range of experience in teaching across the curriculum, teaching children with various needs and is a skilled practitioner who can model excellent, inclusive practice to others.
We’re looking for someone who is a team player, who can work alongside the energetic and skilled senior leadership team and be both strategic and operational when required.

We are looking for a candidate who has:
- The motivation to achieve the very best for the children in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence
- Excellent inter-personal skills
- Experience as an effective good and outstanding classroom teacher
- Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour
- Good organisational skills
- Creativity which drives all aspects of teaching and learning

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer:
- A firm commitment to you and your professional development
- Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors
- A growing learning community
- Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference
- Coaching and mentoring from the trust and school leaders
- Fantastic trust-wide CPD opportunities
- Vast opportunities for career progression

Visits to our school are warmly encouraged and can be arranged at your convenience to meet our brilliant children!

Please contact the office at The Palmer Academy at 0118 937 5481 or admin@thepalmeracademy.com or visit: https://www.thepalmeracademy.com to request an application pack, application form or to arrange a visit.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS disclosure with children’s barred list check; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Lead Practitioner Recruitment Pack - Mar23.pdf - 613 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Palmer Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Palmer Primary Academy website
• Email address: admin@thepalmeracademy.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-palmer-primary-academy

Arranging a visit to The Palmer Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@thepalmeracademy.com.

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