PPA teacher
Boorley Park, Botley, Hampshire, SO32 2SH11 days remaining to apply
Closing date
2 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 November 2024
Job details
Job role
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
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual)
PPA teacher job summary
PPA Teacher – Full time
Full-Time: PPA Teacher with a Focus on The Arts
Location: Boorley Park Primary School
Start Date: April 2025 or sooner
Salary: MPR-UPR
Contract: Type: Permanent
At Boorley Park Primary School, we are passionate about nurturing creativity and fostering a love for learning in our children. We believe that the Arts play a crucial role in personal development and engagement and we are committed toproviding our children with enriching experiences in the creative fields. We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and resilient Full-Time PPA Teacher to join our dedicated teaching team and to plan and deliver high quality PPA cover and drive development in The Arts.
Role Overview:
As a Full-Time PPA Teacher, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, inspiring lessons to all year groups across the school, during teachers' planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time. You will have the exciting opportunity to collaborate with colleagues within Boorley and those across the wider Raise Education Trust to enhance our Arts curriculum, developing skills and confidence in our children while promoting a holistic approach to education. This role is also suitable for Early Career Teachers. Click https://wildernacademytrust.org/cpd/professional-learning/early-career-teacher/ to read about our bespoke school led ECT programme.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver High Quality Lessons: Plan and deliver engaging, creative lessons that inspire students in a variety of subjects, with a strong emphasis on The Arts.
- Collaborate on Curriculum Development: Work closely with the Art and Music subject Leaders to enhance the Arts curriculum, ensuring it meets the needs of all learners and reflects best practices.
- Inspire Creativity: Foster a stimulating learning environment that encourages students to express themselves creatively and think critically about their work across all subjects.
- Assessment and Feedback: Evaluate pupil progress, provide constructive feedback, and support students in setting and achieving their learning goals.
- Support Pupil Development: Create inclusive and supportive learning experiences that cater to the diverse needs and abilities of all children, ensuring every individual feels valued, supported and empowered.
- Engagement in School Activities: Organise and lead extra-curricular activities, workshops and performances that promote The Arts within the school community.
- Lead the PPA Team: Take the lead for planning and preparing HLTAs to deliver planning to classes and evaluating the impact of this following PPA sessions.
- Professional Development: Stay updated with the latest educational developments, teaching strategies, and best practices in The Arts, actively participating in ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Communicate Effectively: Maintain strong communication with parents, guardians, and colleagues to foster a collaborative community focused on student success.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Relevant teaching qualification (QTS or equivalent).
- Proven experience as a teacher, preferably in primary education.
- Strong knowledge of The Arts and its role in education.
- High level of resilience to provide consistent, high quality teaching and support to our most vulnerable pupils
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to inspire and motivate children to engage in their learning and creative subjects.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- A commitment to continuous professional development and personal growth.
Why join us?
At Boorley Park Primary School, we value our staff and invest in their professional development. We offer a supportive work environment and a range of benefits which are listed below. Join us in creating a vibrant and successful learning environment for our children.
Benefits of working for our trust include:
- Friendly and sociable colleagues.
- Staff membership rates to our modern Leisure Centre at Wildern School.
- Enrolment in one of the UK’s Largest public sector pension schemes.
- A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice
Application Process:
Visits to the school are encouraged. Please contact the school office boorley@boorleypark.org to arrange this. Interviews will be held on Monday 9th December 2024.
To apply for this vacancy please visit:
If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday Monday 2nd December 2024.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Boorley Park
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 262 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Boorley Park website (opens in new tab)
Boorley Park Primary School opened in September 2019.
We have two forms of entry and the school was built to fill the basic need for more school places as existing schools in the area are at capacity or oversubscribed. Our purpose built school provides a safe and nurturing environment for children and sits at the heart of the community in the new housing development at Boorley Green.
We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which includes Wildern School, a further 7-form entry secondary school is planned to open September 2021. This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues present and future.
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