Year 1 Class Teacher

The Wilmslow Academy, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 2LX

6 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Teacher
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Key stage: Key stage 1
Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: M1-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Purpose

The teacher is responsible for the teaching and learning of our pupils, working to the requirements as set out in the Teachers’ Standards published by the Secretary of State which came into effect on 1st September 2012 and the career stage expectations of The Aspire Educational Trust. The teacher is expected to promote the specific core values and vision of the academy at which they are placed and seek to ensure they are fully implemented.

Areas of responsibility:

Strategic Development and Direction of the School

The teacher will be expected to work towards the outcomes outlined in the school’s strategic development plan.

Actions:

To be familiar with the school’s current school development plan.
Liaise with colleagues to develop a full understanding of the school’s plan.
Proactively keep up-to-date on continuously developing effective teaching and learning to ensure required attainment, progress and standards are achieved.
Complete actions in a timely and professional manner as requested by school and trust leaders.
Work collaboratively across the Aspire Educational Trust to achieve outcomes.
Engaging with The Research School and the Aspirer Teaching School to enhance current practice.

Learning and Teaching

The teacher will have a personal responsibility through their own practice for continuing to raise the quality of teaching and learning and for pupils’ achievement; setting high expectations and monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of their own teaching and learning. They will create a successful learning culture to enable all pupils to become effective, enthusiastic learners with high aspirations.

Actions:

To promote an ethos of challenge and support where all children can achieve success.
To plan and deliver motivating and engaging learning experiences for all subjects of the National Curriculum
To plan and deliver phonics
To develop effective learning through planning, their own teaching strategies, assessment and continuous self-evaluation.
To ensure a consistent and continuous focus on pupils’ achievements, using outcomes, data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning.
To implement actions identified to support and challenge children to secure good progress and attainment.
To demonstrate and articulate high expectations and to set challenging targets for the pupils in their class.
To implement strategies which secure high standards of behaviour, appearance and attendance.
To contribute to pupil progress reviews and, in light of these, take appropriate actions and ensure that resources are effectively deployed.
To model and encourage the developing use of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils.
To keep up-to-date with pedagogy and education research.

Accountability within the School and its Community

The class teacher is accountable to the school community at large.

Actions:

To ensure the safeguarding and well-being of children.
To promote British values.
To actively support children in extra-curricular activities.
Promote the positive involvement of parents/carers in school life.
Promote positive relationships and work effectively with colleagues at the academy at which they are placed and in other Aspire Educational Trust schools.
Promote positive relationships and work effectively with personnel from other agencies.

All teachers are expected to meet, consistently, all of the Teachers’ Standards. The Aspire Educational Trust has the expectation that all teachers will continually develop and refine their practice as they progress through their career and the pay scale. The expectations relating to the teacher’s standards.

Notwithstanding the detail in this job description, in accordance with the School's/Council’s Flexibility Policy the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the principal/Governing Body from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the Main Responsibilities of the job

What the school offers its staff

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational individual who works well as a team member, and who will deliver a highly ambitious curriculum to our children. This post is suitable for an ECT.

We are a member of The Aspire Multi Academy Trust and offer a mutually supportive ethos with excellent opportunities for professional development.

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.