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Primary class teacher

The Alton School, London, SW15 4PD

This job expired on 31 March 2020

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  31 March 2020 at 5pm

• Date listed

  7 February 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £30,480 to £41,483
• Additional allowances:

  Teachers joining us benefit from: ; - fantastic ongoing development and support through our designated national Teaching School and Maths Hub; ; - an excellent, structured induction programme for NQTs: three paid weeks of induction in July before you start; a further 14 full days of induction training during the first two years of teaching; and a dedicated in-school mentor; ; - weekly INSET sessions, professional learning discussions, and opportunities to watch others teach; ; - many opportunities for progression within each school and across our trust; ; - working as a team with colleagues in each year group learning, planning and assessing together; ; - a fully developed set of curriculum resources, units and plans; ; - specialist teachers for art, music, computing, French, PE and inclusion, so class teachers can focus more on the core provision.

  Join us:

  To grow ; • A commitment to recruit, retain and develop excellent staff ; • An entitlement to high quality training and support ; • A supportive working culture, with ongoing guidance and mentoring

  To shine ; • Excellent professional development at all levels ; • Opportunities to work across our trust ; • Opportunities to lead projects and undertake research

  To make a difference ; • An ambitious, fast growing trust with exciting potential ; • A relentless drive for improvement, excellence and equality ; • A focus on excellent pedagogy, positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all.

Primary class teacher job summary

The Alton is a one form entry inclusive primary school next to Richmond Park in south west London. We have extensive facilities and lovely large grounds that offer children a wide array of fantastic, vibrant and diverse opportunities. The Alton is also home to a small Resource Base for children with moderate learning difficulties.

We want our children to love learning and enjoy school. We work hard to ensure that we develop our children’s selfesteem so they feel safe and understand their uniqueness and ability to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of others.

Our children say “A good teacher is kind and enthusiastic, pushing us to be the best we can be.”

Ofsted say: “Pupils come to school happily. They have respectful and warm relationships with staff. Leaders and staff support every pupil to reach their full potential. Pupils achieve well in a range of subjects.”

We are part of the Quality First Education trust and quality is at the heart of what we do. We firmly believe that “the quality of a school cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” and we invest in our staff from the moment they join us.

We seek excellent primary class teachers to join our team. Whether you are newly qualified or more experienced, we'd love to hear from you. We keep applications open all year round and we look at applications as we receive them, so your early response is encouraged. We have positions available from September and may also have some earlier opportunities.
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Alton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

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About The Alton School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 190 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Alton School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@q1e.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-alton-school-london (opens in new tab)

The Alton is an inclusive community school, next to Richmond Park. We are a one form entry school with extensive facilities that offer our children a wide array of fantastic, vibrant and diverse opportunities. We are also home to a small Resource Base for children with MLD and ASD,.

We are now part of the Quality First Education Trust, a growing multi-academy trust with four south London primary schools.

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