Class teacher Required from 1st January 2025 or sooner Full time Permanent Main Scale Points 1-6 Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint an excellent teaching practitioner who has high expectations of pupil progress and a drive for self-development. We are looking to appoint a confident, aspiring and imaginative classroom teacher to work in Key Stage 2 who understands what progression in learning is and looks like. We are looking for a teacher who is energetic and has a proven ability to effectively manage behaviour - which might sometimes be challenging. The successful candidate will understand the need to make rapid and sustained improvements, and be able to articulate this to both children and adults. If you are a confident and skilled practitioner, who can quickly build effective relationships with children and believe that the children are at the heart of the job, then this could be the ideal post for you. We are looking for an inspirational teacher who are committed to creating a stimulating learning environment through excellent classroom practice. You will: • Be a consistently effective primary teacher • Be passionate about teaching and learning and making a difference to every child. • Care passionately about children and their development whilst still driving forward pupil progress and achievement. • Value a team working approach and be keen to contribute and share your skills with colleagues. • Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build on and maintain strong relationships with staff, parents and carers, children, governors and the local and wider community. In return we offer: • A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards. • Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives. • Calm and purposeful learning environments. • Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best. • Good relationships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community. • A Leadership Team who want everyone to succeed. • Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust Visits to our school are warmly welcomed - please contact the school office (01623 553189) to arrange. How to apply Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview. Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website http://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies. Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for. Any questions or queries should be directed to our Operations Manager, Simran Nijjar on 01623 553189 at Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 2HT. Email: officebforest.notts.sch.uk Closing date for applications: 14th November 09:00 Interviews will be held on Thursday 21st November 2024 Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 8300 children in 24 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus. We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children. We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations. Safeguarding Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children