Class Teacher Christchurch, England
Job description
Class Teacher - To start in June 2023
Fixed Term to cover Maternity Leave until June 2024
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School requires a creative and inspirational Key Stage 1 class teacher to start in June 2023 to cover a maternity leave for up to a year. The successful candidate will join a highly committed and supportive staff team in a large Primary school where the children are happy, confident and motivated.
The successful candidates should:
- Have experience of teaching in Key Stage 1
- Be passionate about children’s learning and their social, emotional development
- Work well as part of our caring and dedicated team
- Be very creative and innovative with teaching methods and the use of technology
- Have high standards for themselves and for their children
We can offer you:
- Outstanding facilities and outdoor learning environment
- A positive, supportive community of staff, governors and parents who want the best for our children
- Excellent TA support
- A friendly, welcoming and inclusive school
- A commitment to your professional development
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check in line with the Government safer recruitment guidelines.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Please apply online, further details and an application available on the Dorset for You website or from the school office. Please contact Mrs C Barker (Head of School) at Highcliffe St Mark Primary School, Greenways, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 5AZ
Email [email protected]
Tel 01425 273029
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
This School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
