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Primary Teacher

Charles Read Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4NT

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• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  20 May 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 May 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Subjects: English, Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week/Full Time/ Permanent
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M1 – UPS 3 - £30,000 - £46,525 FTE per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we are looking for

The successful candidate will have:

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Good keyboard skills and knowledge of relevant IT packages
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.
• Experience of working with students with SEN needs
• Have the capacity to generate energy and enthusiasm for learning
• Be calm, engaging, resilient, and motivated by helping every child to reach their potential;
• Be able to raise achievement through motivating, challenging and inspiring our students;
• Be a reflective and resilient practitioner
• Have a commitment to inclusion;
• Help foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the department;
• Have a commitment to the school’s ethos and vision
• Be able to establish strong relationships with students and staff
• Model professional standards across all areas of work.

What the school offers its staff

About Our Academy

TheCharles Read Academyis inCorby Glen,Lincolnshire and it serves the villages betweenStamford,Bourne andGrantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in all areas in February 2022.

‘This is a school where staff want the very best for all pupils. There is a strong sense of community. Leaders are ambitious for what pupils can achieve. The values and culture of the school are woven through every aspect of school life. Pupils are proud of the school and want to do well. Behaviour in the school is excellent. The atmosphere in lessons is calm. Pupils and staff treat each other with mutual respect. Bullying is rare. Staff deal with it well.’ Ofsted.

We have astrongsense of purposeand are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual.We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring andfocusedenvironment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration.We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.

We are very ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instilcreativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking. Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstratecomplete belief in them all.

Our schools work as a team and achieve great things through these partnerships. Our subject specialists, our trust-wide intranet, a common curriculum and our online learning resources all help us share knowledge and expertise simplifying work processes allowing staff to focus on high quality teaching.

We value our staff highly, and take work/life balance seriously; we realise a happy staff is an effective staff. The leadership of the academy is determined to create an environment where teachers can carry out their core role of delivering excellent lessons. We have a clear and simple behaviour policy that is easy to administer. If action is needed beyond the basic classroom routines the pastoral and senior teams take the burden away from the teachers, conducting detentions, following up and dealing with parents on your behalf.

In addition to this, teachers are trusted to be professionals and as such we have

• No unannounced observations
• No lesson grading
• Meeting and INSET day time for joint team planning
• Two week half term in October

Continuing Professional Development and Support

We aim to bring out the best in you as well as in our students and we understand the importance of quality CPD. CRA offers a range of development opportunities, with both internal and external providers for staff at different stages in their career. We are responsive to staff needs supporting them with training and development so that they can deliver excellent teaching.

Being part of the David Ross Education Trust enables us to collaborate with a range of staff from across the trust both Primary and Secondary as well as accessing CPD from HMIs and Ofsted trained staff. We are always keen in developing all our staff in which ever career direction they wish to go.

Ours is a warm and compassionate community where students explore their creativity and discover their passions working alongside staff who are committed to enriching the lives of their students. We really believe that we are starting to do something really special for our students.

For further details and a discussion about this role, please contact the Head of School or Executive Principal on 01476 550333

Further details about the role

About the role

We require, for a September 2024 start, an enthusiastic and highly committed primary school teacher who is looking for a change and the opportunity to work with students in KS3. As a Primary Teacher, you will take a creative approach to working with our pupils according to their educational needs, ensuring delivery of the school curriculum in a way that maximises children’s achievement and ability to develop. You will work with students who are not secondary ready when they join us in September. You will teach small groups of students and support in lessons and/or teach a small timetable where appropriate in English or maths years 7 and 8.

We are looking for a Primary Teacher experienced in teaching a range of subjects and who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering young people to be happy and to make their way in the world.

This is a unique opportunity for a talented and ambitious professional to join our team. We are looking for a teacher with good teaching experience, with the ability to create a nurturing learning environment and meet teacher standards.

• Deliver KS3 Catch up Literacy and Numeracy interventions
• Lead Literacy and Numeracy development for the Intervention Wave students
• Use assessment tools (e.g. PASS Test, Boxall Profile to: identify barriers to learning, implement effective strategies and track progress)
• Liaise with the Senior Leadership Team, Academy Improvement Leaders and Curriculum
• Develop and implement effective literacy and numeracy intervention strategies for students requiring intervention.
• Support the RWI programme leading to rapid catch-up for students in year 7 and 8.

See what it means and feels like to be part of the DRET Way.

32.5 hours per week/Full Time/ Permanent

Commitment to safeguarding

The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.

All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.

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About Charles Read Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 276 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Charles Read Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@dret.co.uk
• Phone number: 01509320148
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charles-read-academy (opens in new tab)

The Charles Read Academy is an 11-16 school in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire and it serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in all areas in January 2017.

We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.

We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking.

Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.

Arranging a visit to Charles Read Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@dret.co.uk.

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