Primary Class Teacher – Ashford Park Primary School
Contract Term: Permanent
Salary: MPR/UPR
Start Date: September 2024
Closing date: Applications shortlisted on receipt
Interview dates: Confirmed with shortlisted candidates
This is an exciting opportunity to join Ashford Park Primary School (APPS), a popular and successful three-form entry school located in Ashford, Middlesex, Surrey.
Ashford Park has high expectations of pupils. The motto of ‘Achieving Potential, Producing Success’ is understood and used by pupils across the school. We pride ourselves on being a truly inclusive school. Our curriculum is ambitious for all pupils. Staff have expert knowledge of what, and how, to teach. Children who attend Ashford Park receive exciting and challenging opportunities to develop and extend their learning, empowering them to be the very best they can be.
Why apply:
- Our staff benefit from and are positive about our routine and high-quality professional development, to ensure the best possible outcomes for all pupils, whilst being mindful of workload and well-being.
- People speak highly of our supportive community of staff, parents and carers, who are dedicated to our children receiving the very best that education has to offer through our vision of ‘Inspiring a love for lifelong learning’.
- We had a graded Ofsted inspection in February 2024. We are proud to maintain judgements of ‘good’ in all areas, with so many strengths running through the report.
- Due to our ongoing successes, the school’s popularity continues to grow. Ashford Park is in a fortunate and exciting position, looking to further develop our wonderful school site with a NEW Acorn Specialist Centre, increased all weather play space and specialist learning spaces for staff and children. You would be joining the school at an exciting time, where you can help shape the future.
If you would like to join our team, where every individual is valued and where our staff appreciate their professional learning and development opportunities, please complete and return the application form, ensuring the supporting statement is aligned to the person specification. Please note that CV’s will not be considered.
We welcome applications from teachers at any stage of their career who want to share their talents, expertise and passion within our welcoming, supportive and aspirational school. The APPS team encourage you to visit, so you can see for yourself the brilliant opportunities on offer.
Safeguarding Statement
Ashford Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of interview.
An online search will be conducted on all candidates shortlisted for interview.
Ashford Park Primary School is an equal opportunities employer.
We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible. We also reserve the right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.
Please be advised that references may be requested on receipt of your application. Please state if you wish this to be delayed until shortlisting/interviews have taken place.
Ashford Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are banned from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
The successful candidate will have safeguarding training as part of their induction programme to ensure that children are kept safe.