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  • Earliest start date

    6 January 2025

  • Latest start date

    3 February 2025

  • Closing date

    17 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    27 September 2024

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share)

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months inititally - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

Main pay scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated teacher to join our happy and hardworking team.

Candidates should be:

  • An excellent classroom practitioner
  • A team player
  • Enthusiastic about learning
  • Familiar with the National Curriculum
  • Able to contribute to our very high standards
  • Organised and committed

Furthermore candidates should:

  • Have a strong moral purpose which puts pupils at the centre of everything
  • Believe in high achievement for all pupils

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

  • The opportunity to work in a very special school; one which is forward thinking, dedicated to the improving the lives of all children and continuously seeks to be the best it can possibly be
  • Highly motivated pupils who are eager to learn and engage in lessons
  • A school that doesn’t do fads or gimmicks; one which puts teacher workload and wellbeing at the centre of every decision we make
  • A commitment to your future development through a well-structured CPD programme
  • The chance to work as part of a small multi-academy trust who are relentless in their drive to deliver the best learning experiences to all
    • Annual salary increments plus inflation linked increases.
    • Automatic enrolment into a Teacher Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates.
    • Enhanced occupational benefits (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave).
    • Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to Health and Wellbeing services including, GP consultations, Private medial operations, Physiotherapy, Counselling and mindfulness, wellbeing clinics, nurse support services, chronic illness and cancer support, menopause support.
    • Flexible family friendly policies from day one.
    • Extensive CPD opportunities
    • Funding of a wide range of accredited training courses and apprenticeships.
    • A range of working patterns dependent upon the role.
    • For employees on all year-round contracts, a minimum of 28.5 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service) holiday entitlement.
    • Death in service benefit.

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 Shelley First School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 10
Education phase
Primary
School size
182 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 10

Shelley First School is a small, village Primary school set within a semi-rural part of Huddersfield. There are currently 194 pupils on roll, divided into 7 classes some of which are mixed.

We are a member of the ‘Mast Academy Trust’, comprising Scissett Middle School, Birdsedge First School, Scholes Junior and Infant School (Holmfirth) and Kirkburton Middle School. We are also a part of the very successful three-tier Shelley Pyramid of schools. Most pupils come to us from the surrounding village of Shelley and then transfer to Kirkburton Middle School at the end of Year 5. Close links exist at all levels between schools throughout the pyramid, ensuring continuity, progression and effective transfer between phases.

Arranging a visit to Shelley First School

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

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