Teacher
White House Farm, Norwich, NR7 8DNThis job expired on 19 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
19 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £30000 and £46525
What skills and experience we're looking for
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The professional competencies expected of the Class Teacher are:
- Be an Outstanding Teacher (or have the potential to be) with evidence of impact on pupil outcomes with a proven track record of total commitment to helping every pupil achieve their very best and make progress;
- Have excellent understanding of what constitutes excellence in teaching and learning;
- Have a keen understanding of data and be able to analyse patterns in performance over time;
- Be a positive role model for pupils and staff on a day-to-day basis;
- Collaborate effectively with staff, parents/carers and students;
- The ability to communicate clearly and tactfully using appropriate methods and
an awareness of the impact of your own communication on others;
- Able to maintain positive relationships with all and able to work as an effective and
flexible part of a team; willing to change methods of work and routines to benefit
the team;
- Be able to multi-task and work under pressure;
- Be flexible and resilient in managing and executing their daily responsibilities;
- Able to demonstrate strong planning and organisational skills;
- Willingness to accept responsibility for your own actions;
- The ability to prioritise effectively, meet deadlines and accept challenges.
The personal qualities expected of the Class Teacher are:
- Be an innovative, independent thinker with the capacity for strategic thinking;
- Be creative and proactive in finding solutions;
- Be flexible and adaptive to changing needs and priorities;
- Be resilient, calm and tenacious under pressure;
- Be insightful and analytical with good problem-solving skills;
- Have excellent communication skills and evidence of being able to build and sustain effective working relationships with staff, children, parents and the wider community;
- Be a self-reflective practitioner who always seeks to improve;
- See the ‘big picture’ in relation to whole school priorities & improvement;
- Able to reason their educational philosophy, in tune with the school ethos;
- Be willing to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school;
- Possess a sense of humour;
- Have the ability to inspire and enthuse staff and children about learning;
- Be highly self-motivated, able to energise and motivate others;
- Be insightful and understanding of national, international and research developments relevant to teaching and learning in their subject.
JOB SPECIFICATION
General Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be employed as a teacher under the standard conditions of service for teachers at White House Farm Primary School.
The teacher will be responsible to the Headteacher, through the Subject Leader, for teaching using his/her skill, experience and best endeavours and in accordance with Teachers’ Standards. They will abide by the Code of Conduct for Staff and Volunteers at White House Farm Primary School. A contribution to the wider life of the school is an expectation of all staff, for example by supporting the extra-curricular activities within the school.
White House Farm Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A non-exhaustive list of specific responsibilities for the role is below and you will be required to undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be required.
Specific Responsibilities
Planning
- Maintain high expectations of pupil behaviour, demonstrating a high level of discipline through positive and productive relationships and well-focused teaching.
- Assist in the development of schemes of work, teaching resources, marking policies and teaching strategies alongside other teachers and the subject lead.
- Assist in the development of the subject curriculum, ensuring the continued relevance to the needs of pupils.
- Identify clear teaching objectives, content, and lesson structures, and plan sequences of lessons appropriate to the subject content and the pupils being taught.
- Set appropriate and demanding expectations for pupils’ learning, setting clear targets for pupils’ learning based on prior attainment.
- Identify pupils who have additional educational needs and adapt lesson planning to cater for these needs.
- Incorporate the use of resources into lesson plans, ensuring that equipment is in good working order and suitable for teaching use, and that resources are used effectively.
Teaching
- Implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for the specified subject area, building on pupils’ prior knowledge.
- Deliver lessons appropriate to pupils’ different abilities and educational needs, ensuring that they are all able to progress to their potential.
- Provide and contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.
- Mark and monitor pupils’ class and homework regularly, providing constructive oral and written feedback.
- Use assessments of pupils’ progress to inform future teaching.
- Prepare informative and constructive written reports for parents which identify how each pupil is performing, and how they can improve within the classroom.
- Share and support the school’s duty to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
What the school offers its staff
Teachers’ Pension, Pluxee Benefits, Validium EAP, Free Refreshments, On-site Parking
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 White House Farm
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- White House Farm website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@se-trust.org
- Phone number
- 01953609012
Arranging a visit to White House Farm
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@se-trust.org.
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