What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Description – KS1/EYFS Class Teacher
Salary and Grade: Main pay scale range 1-6. Point in line with the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
Line manager/s: The headteacher, members of the senior leadership team and the governing body.
Supervisory responsibility: The post holder is responsible for the supervision and deployment of the nursery nurse and teaching assistants.
Purpose of the job
• To support children and parents when settling children into the class and school environment, according to each family’s needs.
• To enable young children to make good progress in their learning by building upon the skills they have when they join the school in nursery or reception class.
• To assist all children to develop emotional security, self-belief and mature social skills.
• To promote a love of learning and an excitement about coming to school each day.
• To maintain the highest levels of conduct and professional behaviour.
• To take responsibility for safeguarding the welfare of children within the school.
• To build good relationships with parents and carers and work in partnership to ensure the best outcomes for children and families.
• Act within, the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities and in line with the duties outlined in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and Teacher Standards.
All class teachers are accountable for the progress of the children that they teach.
All teachers are required to carry out the duties of a schoolteacher as set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers’ performance will be assessed against the teacher standards as part of the appraisal process as relevant to their role in the school.
Responsibilities of the job Planning learning
1. Plan rich and stimulating learning activities that achieve good progression in pupils’ understanding by:
• identifying clear learning objectives and learning content, appropriate to the subject or topic and the children being taught.
• being aware of individual children’s needs and interests and utilising these in planning learning within and outside the classroom .
• setting exciting and intriguing tasks for whole class learning, small group learning and child initiated learning.
• setting clear targets for pupils’ learning that build on prior attainment
• together with the SENDCo, identifying and meeting the needs of pupils who have special educational needs.
• ensuring that learning is appropriately differentiated so that the learning is well pitched and all of the class are challenged at their current level of understanding
• Create a rich, stimulating learning environment that will capture attention, create excitement and lead to independent exploration.
• Make effective use of assessment information on pupils’ attainment and progress when teaching and in planning future learning.
• Seek and plan opportunities to develop pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Teaching and classroom management
1. Ensure effective teaching of the whole class, and of groups and individuals within the whole class setting, so that learning objectives are met and pupils’ learning time is used efficiently.
2. Use a variety of teaching methods to capture children’s interest.
3. Set high expectations for children’s behaviour, by providing engaging teaching and through positive and productive relationships and an emphasis on our School Values.
4. Establish a safe, clean and secure learning environment which promotes pupils’ confidence.
5. Be familiar with the Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of Special Educational Needs.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English.
7. Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback.
8. Evaluate your own teaching critically and use this to improve your effectiveness.
Monitoring, assessment, recording, reporting and accountability
1. Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this information to improve specific aspects of teaching.
2. Be familiar with the statutory assessment and reporting requirements and report information to parents in a meaningful way.
3. Understand the expected demands of pupils in relation to the Early Learning Goals.
Team Working and Collaboration and Professional Development
1. Participate in any relevant meetings/professional development opportunities at the school, which relate to the learners, curriculum or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements and assemblies.
2. Proactively participate with the performance management and appraisal process.
3. Work as a team member and identify opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing the development of effective practice with them.
4. Contribute to the selection and professional development of other teachers and support staff including the induction and assessment of new teachers, teachers serving induction periods and where appropriate threshold assessments.
5. Work with the EYFS team, valuing each member and providing opportunities for them to contribute to planning and ideas. Ensure that colleagues working with you have a voice and are appropriately involved in supporting learning and understand the roles they are expected to fulfil.
6. Take part as required in the review, development and management of the activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the school.
7. Cover for absent colleagues within the remit of the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document.
What the school offers its staff
Hagley Primary School is in the north of Worcestershire. We are a 3 form entry school with 631 children on roll in extensive grounds.
The strong working relationship between pupils, teachers and Governors promotes the education and well-being of all, contributing to make Hagley Primary School an outstanding, happy place to be.
Could you be ready to be a part of this community?
Do you possess vision and passion about the KS1 and EYFS curriculum?
Do you have what it takes to make an impact on an already great school with outstanding leadership at all levels?
Hagley Primary School is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils, staff and parents/carers which is free from discrimination, prejudice or harassment regardless of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age and socio- economic background.
The school’s culture strives to continue to develop the inclusion and diversity in which all individuals connected to our school feels proud of their identity and ability to fully participate in all aspects of school life. We feel, as educators, we play a crucial role in eliminating all forms of discrimination that Hagley Primary School recognises exists in society currently.
We promote equality and diversity through challenging any discrimination and educating our pupils across a wide variety of topics without prejudice.
At Hagley Primary School we believe and demonstrate that diversity is a strength to be respected and celebrated by all those connected to our school.
To gain an understanding of the school, visits are encouraged and warmly welcomed. The following dates are available for visits to the school. These can be arranged by emailing the Head Teacher’s PA, Abi Astbury at aastbury@hagleyprimary.worcs.sch.uk:
Thursday 23rd January at 9am and 4pm
Friday 24th January at 9am and 4pm
Monday 27th January at 4pm
Tuesday 28th January at 4pm
Interviews will take place on 10th February 2025.
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.