EXPIRED

This job expired on 11 October 2024

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    11 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L4-L8

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will be an outstanding practitioner who:

  • is dedicated to raising standards and is able to demonstrate highly effective teaching skills
  • demonstrates excellent and innovative pedagogical approaches for teaching and learning
  • can demonstrate the ability to plan an exciting, inspiring curriculum
  • is able to coach and mentor staff to reach high standards in our school and also across the wider Trust
  • who recognises parents as vital partners in learning and is committed to building strong relationships.

The successful candidate will also have the following experience and attributes:

  • Experience of working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, complex language and communication needs and/or other complex specialist educational needs.
  • Qualified Teacher Status with the attributes of a great future leader.
  • A proven track record of achieving academic excellence.
  • Evidence of implementing innovative approaches to learning, particularly in regard to children with ASD.
  • Experience of meeting the needs of children and young people who benefit from specialist provision within a mainstream setting.
  • Resilience, energy and optimism.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

  • Membership to a local government pension scheme.

  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.

  • Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.

  • £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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.

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.

Leader of Little London Bridge.pdf - 317 KB (opens in new tab)

About Little London Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
Size
431 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
l.partchment@littlelondonprimary.co.uk
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Little London Academy, in the centre of Leeds, is a school which is immensely proud of its history. Serving a vibrant, diverse and ambitious community, we work in partnership with every family to ensure we offer the very best life chances for every child.As part of the Gorse Academies Trust, we can offer our pupils a range of amazing opportunities through visits and visitors, an array of enrichment activities, and the chance to access a world class education from the age of 3 through to 19.We firmly believe that every child has the right to an amazing education, from when they start with us in our Nursery (planned to welcome our first children in September 2024) through to when they move up to secondary and the chance of a place at an outstanding GORSE secondary school.Our school facilities are modern and advanced, with safe and amazing outdoor spaces, brand new technology and the offer of a Chromebook laptop for every child from Year 1 onwards. We want to help every child to access learning in school and in the home setting.We pride ourselves on a high standard of education for all pupils, the highest expectations for positive behaviour, and an ethos of respect and understanding for one another.Whatever the needs, and the individual skills and creative talents of your child, we commit every day to help them to shine, to have fun and to enjoy success. With every success, we help children to believe in themselves, and we offer them the gift of choice for an amazing future.Sam Done,
PrincipalLittle London Academy

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