What skills and experience we're looking for
• Recognise that our current education system needs to radically change to better prepare our young people for the 21st century
• Want to move away from passive forms of learning and move towards interactive teaching methods that promote critical and individual thinking
• Are able to take advantage of the latest technology to deliver personalised learning that is accessible for all children, irrespective of their language skills, reading ability or any other factors that may present learning challenges
• Want to work with other staff as a community of learners that challenge traditional thinking
• Want to develop their own practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system
• Want to develop children as life-long, curious learners
• Want to build strong relationships with children that facilitate their learning
• Want to teach in enabling environments that promote flexibility, collaboration and independence
What the school offers its staff
• An additional day’s paid leave per academic year after 2 years service
• Staff not expected to respond to e-mails after 6.00pm or at weekends
• Free confidential counselling
• Teachers not expected to create lengthy plans
• Emphasis on ‘live marking’ and using TAs to lessen the volume of marking outside of lessons
• A maximum of six scheduled meetings per term
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.