What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Class Teacher to join us in Reception/Year 1, and Year 5 who can provide a range of enriching experiences and opportunities for all, removing barriers to learning so every child can flourish. This is an incredibly rewarding role where no day is ever the same. You will work alongside a highly passionate team to ensure children are cared for, inspired, and challenged.
This is a great opportunity to be part of a wider team of teachers, not just within our Hub, but across the entire Trust. We are proud that we are a single organisation with a shared responsibility for all children, and one where you will feel professionally nourished through our extensive development practice and strong wellbeing offer.
What the school offers its staff
Our academy is a unique village school close to the Cornish border, set within extensive grounds, including a forest school and outdoor classroom. All our colleagues are dedicated to the development of our children in the fullest sense possible and we pride ourselves on putting children first in every aspect of school life.
We are proud that our People strategy enables us to nurture, develop and support our colleagues so that they can provide the very best for our children. We are dedicated to building an authentic workforce and we encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider communities that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.
We can offer you:
• The opportunity to make a profound different to children’s lives
• A culture that takes work-life balance extremely seriously for all its colleagues
• The chance to work as part of a collective in a values-led school Trust, a single organisation
• High quality professional development and regular training
• Access to nationally recognised Level 2 and 3 course and apprenticeships
• A strong, proactive wellbeing network across the School Trust
• The potential for future career development
• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Trust benefit schemes including tech and cycle schemes
• Generous Teachers Pension Scheme
• An impactful People Strategy that enables us to nurture, develop and support our colleagues so that they can provide the very best for our children
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.