🍎📚 Join our Team as a Classroom Teacher (1 FTE) at King's Forest Primary School! 📚🍎
Salary: Teachers Main Pay Scale 1 - 3 (£31,650 - £35,674)
Contract: Fixed term until 31.08.26 subject to a review of the school's budget and a review of staffing requirements
Closing Date for Applications: 3rd April 2025 - We recommend early application as the school reserves the right to close the advert prior to the stated deadline date
Interview Date: 24th April 2025
The Role
An opportunity has arisen at Kings’ Forest Primary School for an enthusiastic and committed Class Teacher to join our team and contribute positively to our wider school environment by taking a key role in delivering high quality lessons for our pupils.
You’ll provide a supportive and welcoming learning environment in the classroom, play a significant part in the ongoing development of all areas of the children’s education, and put assessment techniques into practice in line with the school’s ethos and principles. In order to deliver teaching and learning at a consistently high level, you will help with lesson planning that achieves the needs of all students.
The successful candidate will:-
✅ Hold qualified teacher status
✅ Be a positive role model
✅ Be motivated to make a real difference and committed to our vision aspire, believe, explore, achieve: Find a way to succeed.
✅ Have excellent subject knowledge and understanding of the curriculum
✅ Effective use of adaptive teaching strategies to meet all pupil’s needs
✅ Ability to use data and assessments to note areas for improvement and sustaining positive educational outcomes
✅ Have the ability to plan high quality, innovative lessons that motivate and inspire the children
✅ Share a positive vision of children’s education and development
✅ Have a real desire to be a part of a hardworking, supportive and creative team
✅ Form positive relationships with children and adults
✅ Have high expectations of learning and behaviour
✅ Excellent communication and classroom management skills
Please refer to the candidate information pack for further details about the role.
Fluency Duty
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to converse at ease with pupils, parents and other users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
The Trust and School
King's Forest Primary School is a proud member of The Leaf Trust, a family comprising 14 schools (12 primary, 1 junior, and 1 infant school), all united in our common goal of creating outstanding learning environments deeply rooted in our local communities.
The candidate will be joining a joyful and supportive school: ‘Staff have high morale and say they feel ‘very lucky’ to work at Kings’ Forest. Leaders have created a culture where staff feel well supported to achieve excellent outcomes for pupils in their care’ (Ofsted March 2023)
Why join our school and the trust?
- Positive Work Environment: Be part of a skilled, hard-working team renowned for its positive and good-humoured ethos.
- Collaborative Community: Engage with a friendly school that maintains strong connections to the wider community, offering opportunities to work alongside colleagues across the Trust, specialists in SEND, and external agencies.
- Exceptional Support for Early Career Teachers (ECTs): Benefit from coaching and mentoring by our experienced team, who have a proven track record of fostering improvement.
- Outdoor Learning Space: Inspire young minds with access to a large field, pond, wooded areas, and more.
- Commitment to Professional Growth: Access tailored Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, apprenticeship programs, and support for both personal and professional development.
- Pathways for Progression: As part of a network of 14 schools, you'll have opportunities for career growth and exciting challenges.
- Employee Wellbeing: We prioritise staff wellbeing with annual surveys, Wellbeing Committees, a dedicated staff wellbeing day, and a focus on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
- Attractive Financial Benefits: Enjoy excellent pension packages, a Cycle to Work Scheme, and access to a retail discount platform to help you make savings
Visits to the school are encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit. We also invite you to browse our websites for more information about Kings Forest Primary School and The Leaf Trust.
📝 How to Apply
All applicants are advised to refer to the candidate information pack, which includes the job description and specification, before submitting an application. If you feel that your skills and experience match the requirements of this post then please submit an Application Form outlining reasons for applying and suitability for the role. In order to do so, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. Please be advised, in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, we do not accept CV’s.
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