Teacher
Ridgeway Primary School, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 0EQ37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Flexible from now until September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
General duties:
To be responsible for the education and well-being of a designated class/group of children in accordance with the requirements of the Conditions of Employment of School Teachers, having due regard to the requirements of:
- The Early Years Framework or National Curriculum programmes of study and the school’s curriculum plans and the school’s pedagogic principles and contexts for learning
- The school’s ethos, core values and School Development Plan
- School policies
Specific Responsibilities:
- To work closely with a range of professionals - external agencies alongside teachers, teaching assistants, SLT, and the wider staff - to ensure continuity and progression in children’s learning across the whole school, in accordance with the Teaching and Learning Policy / Early Years Foundation Stage Policy
- To produce medium and short-term plans in collaboration with year group partners to ensure continuity of teaching across a year group, and in accordance with the school’s policies
- To effectively use assessment (in line with school policy) to identify misconceptions, to track children’s understanding and to effectively plan for next steps in learning
- To create an inspiring and well managed learning environment where: children are motivated and actively engaged in learning; where lifelong learning skills are introduced, practised and mastered; and where behaviour is managed effectively (in line with policy)
- To lead a subject area (once the ECT programme is achieved). These roles will be subject to negotiation as part of the annual review [CT1]and development cycle, set out in the Performance Management Policy
- To act as a member of a task team from time to time, developing new curriculum initiatives, implementing and monitoring aspects of the Teaching and Learning Policy, and working on aspects of curriculum development within the School Development Plan
- To be aware of the well-being of others and share in the responsibility for managing our own well-being, and for supporting the well-being of other staff and children
- To manage the behaviour of all children in the school, working closely with teacher colleagues, teaching assistants and other support staff
- To commit to, and promote, the home-school partnership in order to ensure that all those involved in children’s learning and development work closely together within agreed policies
- Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, in particular: Health and Safety Policy, GDPR policy, and Safeguarding and Child Protection policy
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- Motivated, independent learners who are full of ideas and questions and enjoy being challenged so that they can achieve well across our creative curriculum and in life.
- A well-planned, broad, balanced, and inspiring curriculum which develops the whole child.
- High morale and an atmosphere of trust and respect where quality relationships are at the heart of what we do.
- A supportive community where close home-school partnership is a key feature.
- A stimulating school environment where everyone: is a learner; talks about pedagogy and research; and regularly reflects on their own practice and that of others.
- Excellent CPD and distributed leadership opportunities.
- Quality teaching assistant support which positively impacts on our learners.
- Excellent systems to manage teachers’ workload and well-being including: planning, preparation and assessment alongside year group partners; minimal paperwork; and a focus on working hard on the things that make a real difference to children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ridgeway Primary School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references. Promoting equality and diversity.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@ridgeway.croydon.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ridgeway Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 649 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ridgeway Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@ridgeway.croydon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02086578063
We are delighted to welcome you to our nurturing school where children are at the heart of everything we do. From our strategic decision-making through to teaching and learning, we strive to fulfil our ethos of nurturing every child for lifelong success.
At Ridgeway, staff prioritise getting to know each individual child and building strong relationships with every family, so that children are fully included and well-supported both academically and pastorally. We offer a rich and deep curriculum, which develops a wide range of skills, knowledge and interests in our children and gives them the tools needed to be happy and successful in life.
Arranging a visit to Ridgeway Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@ridgeway.croydon.sch.uk.
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