What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you have a passion for learning? Are you committed to adding that extra bit of sparkle to every lesson? Would you like to work in a highly inclusive school with a supportive team ethos? If this sounds like you, then please apply to our school! We are looking for an extra special teacher to join our team.
Our last Ofsted inspection report describes Ridgeway as having a ‘genuine sense of community’ and that ‘staff say morale is high’. Our amazing staff team are proud to work here. We have created a unique learning environment which encourages our children to learn and have fun both indoors and outdoors. Our curriculum is designed in order to make learning engaging, purposeful, interesting and enriching for all our children. Our staff team is fun, vibrant and dedicated to collaboration. Together, we provide our children with rich, memorable experiences and high quality learning opportunities.
We are looking for a teacher who…
• is excited by teaching and strives to make learning irresistible through captivation and inspiration
• is creative, enthusiastic and committed, with a proven record of quality first teaching
• provides magical, high quality learning opportunities across the curriculum
• can quickly forge excellent working relationships with the whole school community
• has an excellent knowledge of the curriculum and an understanding of how young children learn
• Has knowledge and experience teaching with children with high needs and adaptive teaching
• is solution driven and resilient
• can commit themselves through effort and teamwork
• has high expectations of behaviour and achievement resulting in good outcomes for children
What the school offers its staff
So, if you are looking for…
• a uniquely welcoming staff team
• an ambitious, supportive SLT
• happy, well-behaved children who are eager to learn
• a nurturing, child-centered school ethos
• an investment in personal and professional development
• a creative, purposeful curriculum
• a collaborative approach to working including team PPA release time
• high calibre support staff
• excellent parent partnership
• spacious, well-resourced classrooms and expansive grounds and gardens
• a school that can facilitate development towards leadership at all levels
Then we could be the perfect school for you!
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.