Teachers (KS1 or KS2)
Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HWThis job expired on 25 February 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
25 February 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time At least 1 vacancy is full time. In line with STPCD. Part time 1 vacancy could be part time. Ideally this would be 3 or 4 days a week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Due to a combination of maternity, seconded promotion and retirement, the Governors and Headteacher are seeking to appoint multiple teacher roles for the start of the next academic year. These vacancies could be in any year group across the school so we would welcome applications from ECTs and more experienced teachers.
We are looking for highly effective classroom practitioners who are keen to develop professionally, are creative and passionate about teaching with high expectations for themselves and our pupils, as well as being resilient, determined and prepared to work hard. In return we can provide excellent mentoring and support, a dedicated and experienced team to work within and a school community which is motivated, visionary and has a great sense of humour. We offer a friendly, caring working environment, with wonderful children.
If you enjoy working closely within a team of professionals to ensure the best outcomes for pupils, we would be delighted to hear from you. Visits to the school are encouraged and applicants are invited to visit the school by appointment. Please contact the school office on 01752 224801 to book a visit.
Please specify on your application your preferred key stage.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting time to join Lipson Vale Primary School. We have worked incredibly hard to develop a curriculum that is ambitious for our pupils and is linked tightly to our core vision, invested significantly in CPD on a Trauma Informed approach which underpins our ‘Relationships Policy’ and have been ensuring that all school development is research informed. On top of this, our efforts and drive for improvement were recognised in a ‘Good’ judgement from Ofsted (February 2022). We have been on a significant journey of school improvement over the last few years and have just begun our new 3 year strategic plan which seeks to embed all of our professional learning.
We believe passionately in developing leaders within education. We offer a bespoke coaching package to all leaders, including subject leaders, throughout the year which focuses on developing individuals as strategic leaders who can promote rich outcomes for all pupils through their actions.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.
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About Lipson Vale Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 405 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lipson Vale Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01752224801
Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.
Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.
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