Start: 1st September 2024
Salary: MPR 3 – M5 + TLR2 (not suitable for ECTs)
£33,814 - £38,330 (full time equivalent) +TLR2 £3,214
Location: Two Rivers CofE Primary School, Keynsham (near Bristol/Bath)
Contract: Full Time
Term: Permanent
“Pupils flourish at Two Rivers Church of England Primary School. They describe the school as a welcoming place where everyone is kind and respectful.” Ofsted 2023
Two Rivers CofE Primary school is an outstanding school in a new, state-of-the-art building located in the heart of the new Hygge Park development in Keynsham. We have an exciting opportunity for an aspiring leader to join our school to lead the English curriculum and work as a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
Your passion, charisma and enthusiasm for English will be central to you inspiring and motivating both staff and students with particular focus on writing and oracy. We seek a committed individual with specialist knowledge to develop our curriculum and to promote and embed high quality classroom practice, as well as a leader with the interpersonal skills to influence and develop colleagues to deliver excellent outcomes for every student.
Job Purpose:
To lead English with ambition and vision, securing the highest standards in English and Literacy across the Primary key stages under the direction of the Headteacher.
To implement an outstanding and ambitious English curriculum that delivers excellent outcomes and offers students a broad and diverse curriculum experience, which meets the needs of all students. To ensure that the Teaching of English and Literacy is inspiring, engaging and personalised so that all students achieve their potential.
In addition to those professional responsibilities which are common to all teachers in the School, the post holder’s key accountability will be working with colleagues, as appropriate, to raise standards of achievement and attainment for all students, ensuring the achievement of consistently outstanding teaching, learning and assessment in English.
If you:
are a talented classroom practitioner with a proven record of success and impact in delivering successful outcomes in English;
have a clear vision for what an excellent English curriculum should look like;
are innovative, hardworking and an excellent practitioner with a passion for making a difference to students lives through improving Literacy and outcomes in English;
have proven success in raising achievement through your leadership;
are an excellent team player looking to lead a highly motivated team of class teachers who are determined to achieve the very best outcomes;
have strong leadership and management skills, ensuring high quality performance of others;
have the ability to motivate and inspire the team to and develop others;
are keen to join a school where you will be supported and encouraged to grow and flourish professionally as a future leader;
are outward looking, collaborative and eager to explore excellence and proven strategies to support continuous improvement;
then we would be delighted to hear from you.
We offer a broad and forward-thinking curriculum, and we are committed to opening the horizons of all pupils through a range of learning opportunities. We are passionate about sustainability and our values of kindness, respect, courage and aspiration are strong. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, growing school and the post would be suitable for experienced practitioners as well as newly qualified teachers, who would be able to benefit from our successful and supportive Futura Learning Partnership ECT Induction Programme.
To successful candidates, we offer:
- A competitive salary
- A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for our staff
- An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow
- An opportunity to work in an environmentally friendly, beautiful, new building
- Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership
- An energised and professional working environment
The closing date for applications is: 23:59 on Thursday 9th May 2024
Interviews are likely to be held Thursday 16th May 2024
A meeting with the headteacher before application is warmly welcomed.
No CVs or agencies please
To apply:
- Download the JD/PS, Recruitment Pack
- Click on the ‘apply’ button within the vacancy advertised on the Futura Learning Jobsite
- Complete and submit your online application before the closing date.
Two Rivers CofE 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.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.