What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced teacher to joinDiscovery Primary Academy on a fixed term contract for the Summer 2025 term who:
• Is an excellent practitioner who has a creative approach.
• Is committed to the delivery of high quality teaching and learning.
• Is nurturing and dedicated to making a difference to children withdifferent backgrounds and life experiences.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with agreat sense of humour.
• Relishes working in a team to provide the best possible support forour children.
What the school offers its staff
As an academy, we place high importance onstaff well-being by offering:
• A day and a half individual PPA time eachterm where you are welcome to work fromhome.
• Termly 1 :1 well-being meetings with acolleague.
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders availableon hand to support staff.
• A well-being week every term in which thereare no after school meetings.
• A well-being day off for staff whodemonstrate commitment to supporting theacademy with extracurricular activities like anafterschool club.
• A well-being committee who focuses onsupporting staff
• Termly staff breakfast and shared lunch days.
• A modern and relaxing staff room environment with a staff snack shop.
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.