Primary School Class Teacher
Martongate Primary School, Bridlington, YO16 6YD8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
12 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential:
- DfES recognised Qualified Teacher Status
- Evidence of successful teaching
- Experience of setting targets for children
- Experience of assessing pupils using a range of approaches, and using this to inform planning/teaching
- Good communicator with excellent written and oral skills
- Ability to create a rich and safe learning environment for all pupils
- An exemplary teacher who can ensure that all pupil groups make good progress
- Be able to accurately assess pupils work, set appropriate targets, record and report progress accurately and concisely
- Dedication, enthusiasm and an essential SPARK
- Ability to build positive relationships with all members of the school community
- Able to use ICT to support and enrich teaching and learning
- Ability to create imaginative and creative learning experiences that enthuse and motivate children
- Good current knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
- Have a clear philosophy for teaching and learning
- Clear understanding of the needs, and a commitment to the inclusion of, children with Special Educational Needs
- Commitment to engaging with a range of CPD
Desirable:
- Other relevant qualifications
- Experience of statutory assessment of pupils at the end KS1/KS2
- Evidence of engaging children in a range of extra-curricular activities
- Evidence of Outstanding Practice
- Ability to work as part of OUR team
- Able to be flexible and adaptable
- Able to utilise a range of teaching and learning methodologies
- Boundless energy and enthusiasm
- Lively with a sense of fun
- Warm and welcoming personality
- Able to support the strong school Sporting and Arts tradition
- Able to demonstrate a ‘can do’ attitude
- Ability to lead a subject area with dynamism
- Uncontrollably Positive attitude!
- Ability to ‘make a difference’
- Evidence of broader knowledge and understanding of whole-school issues
- Evidence of attendance on variety of courses including age-specific training
- Knowledge and understanding of how to accelerate the progress of vulnerable groups
What the school offers its staff
All new staff benefit from a comprehensive induction programme that ensures a smooth start to your career at Martongate Primary School.
Early Career Teachers benefit from an extensive and well-regarded support programme, led by our experienced mentors. Weekly training and external courses are fully supported by members of SLT and other staff with a wide range of experience in the school.
New, but more experienced, colleagues will also benefit from our ‘buddy’ programme whereby all new staff work closely with an existing member of staff to ensure that you can quickly and smoothly become familiar with how things are done at Martongate
Staff Development and Wellbeing
Staff Development and Wellbeing is a Strategic Development Priority at Martongate. We know that, in order to deliver continued quality education for our young people, our staff need to be well-trained, dedicated, energised and happy. In addition, we expect everyone in our school to want to get better, from learners to teachers to support staff to senior leaders.
Finally, our CPD programme encourages staff to take responsibility for their own developmental priorities, fully supported by the Senior Leadership Team and subject leaders. Staff training sessions are led by the staff themselves through teaching and learning groups. Under our ethos of continual improvement, even our most experienced teachers are keen to learn and do so in mutually supportive learning environments, where newly qualified teachers and others in the early stages of their career are just as likely to lead pedagogical discussions and training.
Staff Wellbeing is a crucial consideration in all decision-making, including how we undertake lesson observations, our marking policy and meeting schedules. Staff wellbeing surveys are carried out regularly and there is an effective staff wellbeing group beginning who will look for ways in which we can adjust our operation to improve wellbeing without compromising standards. Staff retention is very high and the school typically attracts high quality fields whenever a vacancy arises.
Our staff work hard; they are fully committed to providing the best education for our pupils.
Further details about the role
For further details, please see the Teacher Candidate Application Pack.
Commitment to safeguarding
Martongate Primary School is committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding children; offers of employment to successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services and other employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
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About Martongate Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 406 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Martongate Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- david.carruthers@martongateschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01262 673975
Martongate Primary is a large (currently 405 on role) primary school situated in a relatively pleasant area on the outskirts of a seaside town with a high degree of seasonal unemployment and associated social deprivation. As the school is fully committed to Inclusion, it welcomes every pupil whatever their need or disadvantage and many children are drawn from outside the school’s catchment area. A significant number of these children experience educational, social and emotional difficulties, and the school has to work very hard to overcome barriers to learning.
The school’s commitment to inclusion results in a very good reputation within the community for the work that it does supporting challenging pupils. However, this tends to attract pupils who are experiencing significant social and emotional as well as educational need), and this does provide some interesting challenges which historically have impacted on the end of Key Stage 2 outcomes.
In October 2023 the school was subject to an Ofsted Inspection, although the resulting ‘Requires Improvement’ judgement and associated report were both challenged as being unrepresentative of the school. However, we do need to respond to the key findings and so there is a job of work to be done here.
At this point you may be getting ready to stop reading; please don’t, there are many positives!
Despite what Ofsted may say, Martongate is highly regarded, both in the community and by our Local Authority. The vast majority of our children are pleasant and caring, we have a highly motivated and dedicated staff team who put children’s happiness and the development of the whole child at the heart of everything it does. Visitors comment on the warmth of their welcome, the politeness of the children and the positivity that has made their visit a pleasure.
The very experienced Headteacher has started a period of ‘Phased Retirement’ which means that the Deputy Head currently ‘acts up’ for one day per week (for which an additional allowance is made). For someone who will be looking to move their career on, this would provide the ideal opportunity to learn about headship in a very practical and supportive way.
NB. When a new headteacher is appointed it is anticipated that this arrangement will cease.
In short, this is an opportunity too good to miss!
Arranging a visit to Martongate Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email david.carruthers@martongateschool.co.uk.
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