Reception or Year 1 Class Teacher
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy, London, W12 7AJThis job expired on 18 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Closing date
18 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
3 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37,667 - £54,631
Reception or Year 1 Class Teacher job summary
Reception or Year 1 Class Teacher
Location: White City, West London, Zone 2
Salary: Inner London, Ark Main Pay Scale M1 – UPS1 (£37,667 – £54,631) + possibility of TLR 2a (£3,213)
Contract: Fixed term (with potential to be permanent in the future)
Working Pattern: Full Time
Closing date: 9:00am, Tuesday 18th June 2024
Interview date: Friday 21st June 2024
Start Date: 1st September 2024
Are you an Early Years specialist or Key Stage 1 practitioner looking for a new, exciting opportunity to join a well-supported and high-achieving school as a Reception or Year 1 Class Teacher?
Do you value high-quality professional development and have the ambition to take on middle leadership responsibilities?
About the role:
We are looking to appoint an inspirational Class Teacher in either Reception or Year 1 who will be a motivational role model to our pupils to help them make rapid academic progress and enhance their social, emotional and cultural understanding.
In this role, you will be part of a committed and caring team to deliver the best possible education and offer wider support to the school community to have significant impact on our diverse and friendly pupils and families.
For suitable candidates, there is scope for additional subject or phase leadership responsibilities (including TLR), allowing you to take the next professional steps into leadership by offering expertise and accountability to a specific area of school. There is potential for this role to grow into an Early Years Leadership position in the future.
Early Career Teachers (ECTs) are also encouraged to apply.
Our ideal candidate will:
· Be an excellent classroom practitioner who has experience of raising attainment
· Be passionate about getting to know every child and use these relationships to offer a caring and personalised approach to learning
· Have an understanding of the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) to allow for teaching to be built from pupils’ prior knowledge and skills
· Share the Ark Bentworth values and mission to positively influence our pupils
· Have good communication, organisation and adaptability skills.
View the full job description and person specification.
About our school:
Ark Bentworth is a one-form entry school located near White City in Zone 2. It is connected by multiple tube and overground lines to White City, Wood Lane and Shepherd’s Bush. Our Victorian building is situated on a quiet road offering an intimate and community-focused teaching experience. We pride ourselves on being a village-like school amongst the residential and commercial developments of the nearby White City.
Our commitment is to know every pupil as an individual, and to foster the principles of team spirit, responsibility, and care for others. We aim to ensure that every child is given equal opportunities to learn and achieve at the highest level. Through high quality teaching and learning our children will develop knowledge and skills giving them independence, resilience and ambition.
Why choose Ark Bentworth?
· A small, intimate and community approach to teaching and leadership
· Extensive professional development opportunities whilst being part of the Ark Schools network, including 10 annual Inset Days
· Being part of a friendly, innovate and collegiate working environment
· Utilising the Ark Curriculum Plus (AC+) partnership to adapt and deliver a knowledge-rich, ambitious and systematic curriculum
· Ark salaries are 2.5% higher than national main pay scales
· An attractive location with good public transport links and a school car park
· A school committed to the enjoyment, achievement and wellbeing of all
Click here to find out more about the other Ark benefits we offer.
How to apply:
To apply, please submit an application via the Ark online recruitment portal by 9am on Tuesday 18th June. Interviews will take place on Friday 21st June. If you have any questions, concerns or time constraints with this deadline please contact us directly. For any technical issues, please contact our system support team by clicking the chat function on the bottom right of the advert screen.
Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised on the level of response. Early application is strongly advised.
We welcome and encourage visits to the school. To arrange, or for further information, please contact Max Etherton, Head of School, on m.etherton@arkbentworthprimary.org
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
About Ark Bentworth Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ark Bentworth Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
Ark Bentworth is a one form entry school and is both non-denominational and non-selective. Pupils can join us from the age of three or four in our Nursery class and stay with us through to secondary school.
Our vision at Ark Bentworth Primary Academy is to 'aim high and achieve together'. We aim to ensure that every child is given equal opportunities to learn and achieve at the highest level. Through high quality teaching and learning our children will develop knowledge and skills giving them confidence, independence, determination and ambition.
As a community, we can help and support one another to plan and strive for constant improvement. We value strong relationships between children, parents and school and will work tirelessly to ensure that we aim high and achieve together.
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