Primary Teacher
Excelsior Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 6AFThis job expired on 24 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
19 April 2024
Job details
Job role
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Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge and experience across the primary phases
- Experience in teaching in KS2
- Established and evidenced practice as a consistently good / outstanding teacher
- Evidence of a commitment to own professional development
- Ability to contribute to the professional development/mentoring of colleagues, as required.
- Evidence of high achievement in teaching across the age range
Skills & Key Criteria
- Leadership and people management skills
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, including tact and diplomacy
- Proven ability to raise standards in classrooms
- An understanding of the components which comprise outstanding teaching and learning
- Use of assessment information to improve own practice and raise standards
- Effective use of different strategies to promote good learning relationships and high rates of progress in an inclusive environment
- Use of intervention strategies to address identified issues for individual pupil development and progress
- Awareness of the latest developments and initiatives in education
- Developing high quality learning strategies and monitoring learner progress to raise attainment
- Effective use of Assessment for Learning to engage learners as active participants in their learning
- Ability to contribute to curriculum development
- Ability to plan and resource effective learning programmes and lessons to meet curricular objectives and individual pupils needs
- Ability and willingness to contribute to school and Academy wide planning activities.
What the school offers its staff
The Trustees are seeking to appoint an experienced Primary Teacher to work at Excelsior Academy with the Primary phase.
If you are someone who has the ability to engage and enthuse students, coupled with the drive and commitment required to become a truly outstanding teacher, then we would like to hear from you. The successful candidate will positively contribute to raising standards of attainment and achievement for all pupils at Excelsior in all aspects of Academy life through providing high quality teaching and high-quality support and guidance to all pupils in their care, through fully utilising their skills, talents, knowledge and expertise and through setting a positive example in their own professional behaviour.
We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Primary Teachers and would welcome applications from those who have experience within KS2.
Excelsior Academy was opened in 2008 and became the first All Through school in Newcastle, offering education to pupils from 3 to 19 years of age. Excelsior serves one of the most challenging communities both in the region and nationally. All pupils in our primary, secondary and sixth form provision have access to the same high-quality teaching, exceptional facilities and fabulous resources. Our purpose-built building provides excellent facilities for the 1500+ pupils who study here. Approximately 200 pupils attend our primary school, 1100 in the secondary phase and 180 in the sixth form. We are a popular choice for our local community and are now oversubscribed in most year groups.
Excelsior is part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust (LST) established by our patron, Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, in 2008. LST prides itself on being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be. LST academies enjoy strong support from an experienced central team and every school shares the LST core values; ambitious, brave, curious, determined, extraordinary, fast and good. The Trust hosts one of the national Behaviour Hubs and has strong central resources linked to safeguarding and a Trust School Improvement 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.
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About Excelsior Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Through schooljobs
- School size
- 1497 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Excelsior Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- exahr@excelsiornewcastle.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 2288400
At the heart of our community we create the highest quality learning experiences in support of the needs and aspirations of each of our learners in our inspiring, safe and welcoming environment to help all our learners achieve and flourish a relevant, purposeful and inclusive education in preparation for life and your future.
At Excelsior Academy we strive to meet the needs and aspirations of all our learners to enable each and every pupil to achieve and flourish so we place ‘the child’ at the heart of all we do.
Excelsior Academy is an ‘all through academy’, made up of three phases; Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form College. Each phase has a family feel, where our pupils feel safe, comfortable and confident to achieve their potential.
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