Maternity Cover Y1 Class Teacher

Well Lane Primary School, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 5PF

49 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 May 2025

• Closing date

  21 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M3-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

• To carry out, as directed by the headteacher, the professional responsibilities of a main scale teacher as set out in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2014.
• To support the school in meeting achievement targets in the School Improvement Plan.

• Essential Personal Attributes

  Qualifications

  • Qualified teacher status
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to this post.

  Experience

  • Excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ attainment & behaviour
  • Able to demonstrate outstanding teaching
  • Experience of monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ progress
  • Experience of data analysis and target setting
  • Experience of working effectively with pupils with a wide variety of needs and abilities resulting in high standards and excellent rates of pupil progress.

  Knowledge and skills

  • Excellent subject knowledge of curriculum
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively with additional adults
  • Ability to support children with SEND in an inclusive environment
  • Clear understanding of Assessment for Learning strategies and personalised learning
  • Understanding of an outstanding curriculum
  • A thorough understanding of good safeguarding practice.
  • Ability to form good parent relations.

  Special Requirements

  • Good organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines
  • Warmth, flexibility and a sense of humour
  • Ability to work as part of an effective team
  • Excellent inter-personal skills and communication skills with an awareness of a wide range of strategies to promote the well being of all children including effective and positive management of behaviour.
  • Ability and willingness to deliver extra curricular activities
  
  

What the school offers its staff

• We are a fast improving school who is working very closely with the Rainbow Multi Academy Trust.

You will have the opportunity to access high quality CPD and work with a superb team.

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 admin@well-lane.wirral.sch.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.

Additional documents

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

Teacher Job Advert - Well Lane 2025 - mat cover.pdf - 169 KB (opens in new tab)

Job application form - School Teacher reviewed June 2024.docx - 190 KB (opens in new tab)

Job spec - March 2025.pdf - 136 KB (opens in new tab)

About Well Lane Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 207 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Well Lane Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@well-lane.wirral.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01516459844
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/well-lane-primary-school (opens in new tab)

● We are a fast improving school who is working very closely with the Rainbow Multi Academy Trust.
● You will have the opportunity to access high quality CPD and work with a superb team.

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