Contract: Fixed term to cover maternity leave
Hours: Full-time
Salary: Teachers Main Scale (MS1 £30,000 - MS6 £41,333)
Location: St Chad’s C of E Nursery & Infant, Gordon Road, Derby DE23 6WR
Age Range: 2 – 7 years
NOR: 120 plus 52 FS1 and 2-year-old provision.
Start Date: January 2025
Job outline
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Governors to appoint an experienced and committed teacher to join our friendly school family.
We are looking for a caring, skilled and hardworking practitioner who:
* aims high for all children, regardless of their background or starting points;
* is able to provide effective and engaging learning and an inclusive classroom;
* is a team player and will effectively work alongside other staff and professionals;
* is willing to go the ‘extra mile’ to build positive relationships with parents and children;
* is genuinely warm-hearted and will sprinkle kindness and love like confetti.
St Chad’s is a small school with a big heart. We are an inclusive school and our vision, though distinctively Christian, welcomes and values all faiths and cultures within our diverse school community. Our school’s core values of love, friendship, compassion and respect sit at the heart of our school community and underpin every aspect of school life. We want every child in our care to:
* know that they are special, unique, valued and loved;
* experience life in its fullness and achieve their fullest potential;
* have a high self-regard and positive mental health;
* make excellent educational progress, regardless of their background or starting points;
* show love, compassion and respect towards themselves, each other and their world;
* be equipped with the necessary skills and character to overcome challenges that they may encounter in life;
* flourish with their unique God-given talents in all that they choose to do.
We are a proud member of the Derby Diocesan Multi Academy Trust (DDAT) and benefit from a wide range of opportunities, including partnership working, school improvement and CPD.
We can offer you:
* amazing children who will fill your heart with joy every single day;
* a family-orientated and calm working environment;
* a supportive senior leadership team, committed to your success;
* dedicated and friendly staff, committed to school improvement;
* ongoing high-quality professional development opportunities.
Please refer to the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
Application information
We warmly invite prospective candidates to visit the school to find out more about the school, the St Chad’s family and the role. Please telephone our school office on 01332 345997 (during term time) or email admin@stchads.derby.sch.uk to arrange an appointment.
All applications must be made on the attached DDAT application and monitoring forms. Please email your completed application forms to head@stchads.derby.sch.uk
Closing date for applications: 13 November 2024 (9am) (application forms received after the closing date will not be accepted).
Interviews scheduled to take place: w/c 18 November 2024
DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.
DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
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