What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and experience
• Educated to degree level
• Qualified teacher status – Primary trained
Knowledge and skills
Be a high quality classroom practitioner who;
• Must have a sound understanding of primary practice
• Is able to plan, organise, model and resource an outstanding and stimulating curriculum and learning environment for individual children and groups of children and deliver, evaluate and assess learning
• Has a sound understanding and be able to demonstrate how assessment support good pupil progress and the drive for high standards
• Is able to use assessment information to devise well focused interventions to narrow learning gaps
• Has a sound knowledge and understanding of effective strategies used to narrow the gap between different groups of pupils
• Promotes equality of opportunity and equity
Personal qualities
• Able to form positive relationships with all children and motivate them to succeed
• Able to work with others in a team to support school improvement
• Relishes challenge
• Flexibility
• Good communication skills both orally and in writing
• Able to manage own workload effectively and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to enthuse and motivate others and develop effective partnerships
• Willingness to share expertise, skills and knowledge and ability to encourage others to follow suit
• Maintain a personal commitment to professional development
• Commitment to the highest standards of child protection and safeguarding
• Recognition of the importance of personal responsibility for health and safety
• Commitment to the Trust’s ethos, aims and whole community.
What the school offers its staff
Generous Teacher’s / Local Government Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured) and BHN extra (Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes). For full details, click here:
Commitment to safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.