We are looking for an inspirational, committed and highly effective teacher to provide the highest quality teaching and learning opportunities for our children, ensuring they achieve success and progress in relation to their potential.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an absolute love for teaching who wants to gain valuable experience and professional development in an environment that provides many opportunities in curriculum development, leadership, with an ethos of embracing new ideas and challenges.
If you have a real enthusiasm to work with children and have either recently qualified as an NQT, or have years of experience as a QTS and you are excited by the prospect of joining our fantastic team of staff, I look forward to hearing from you.
KEY TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Plan, prepare and deliver relevant and challenging lessons based on engaging and bespoke schemes of work.
* Themes should link with topic-based learning used by class teachers.
* Liaise with other class teachers and other subject specialists to ensure teaching is differentiated and age appropriate, using the framework of the National Curriculum to ensure that all children experience a broad, balanced, relevant and stimulating curriculum.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
* identifying clear learning objectives and specifying how they will be taught and assessed;
* setting tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest;
* setting appropriately challenging expectations;
* setting clear targets, building on prior attainment;
* providing clear structures for lessons, maintaining pace, motivation and challenge;
* maintaining discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures and encouraging good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, and standards of work;
* using a variety of teaching methods to match approach to content and to the needs of the pupils;
* presenting key ideas using appropriate vocabulary;
* using effective questioning, listening carefully to pupils, giving attention to errors and misconceptions;
* evaluating own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
HEAD OF BOARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are looking for an outstanding Middle Leadership candidate to provide the highest quality pastoral care and support for our children among the Boarding community.
The Head of Boarding is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the boarding program at Ranby House, ensuring a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment for all boarding students.
This role includes overseeing daily operations, staff management, and the development of a vibrant community that supports academic and personal growth.
The general scope of responsibilities while employed as a Houseparent are all the tasks relating to personal care, housing, meals, study and recreational activities of children.
Family accommodation will be provided as part of the role, linking the House parents to the Boarding House.
House parents must have an innate concern for the wellbeing of youngsters, an understanding of cultural differences is important. Effective House parents have a strong sense of responsibility, great leadership skills, are very organised, able to work in close proximity to others, and be in good health and physical condition.
The Vacancy
Post Title: Class Teacher with Head of Board Responsibility
Responsible To: Deputy Head / Headmaster
Contract Type: Permanent
Commencement: January 2025
Hours of work: Full Time
Salary: In accordance with school’s pay scale, relevant to experience and qualifications.
Working hours:
Teaching staff are expected to view contract times as core hours only and are expected to commit to as much additional time as needed to complete the role, to meet the needs and expectations of this post. This is a role requiring a commitment to work some evenings and weekends as all staff are expected to complete duties, clubs/activities, staff/department meetings, INSET days, department preparation and planning, as well as special school events, eg parents’ evenings and open days.
Applications
Online applications should be made by all applicants via the application form through, outlining the reasons why you are interested in the role and to demonstrate how you meet the role and responsibilities outlined within the. CVs may be sent in addition to, but not instead of the completed application form.
Safeguarding & Child Protection
Successful candidate for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including, but not limited to, reference checks with previous employers, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Applicants Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List Check).
All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of child protection screening checks.
DISCLOSURES
We will appoint, train, develop and promote on the basis of merit and ability alone. It is a stipulation of the Governors and a statutory requirement that members of staff appointed to Worksop College should be shown not to have any criminal record which might prevent them accepting a post at the College. Accordingly, the College requires permission from all members of staff to make an appropriate investigation. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory outcome of this enquiry.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Worksop College & Ranby House is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all our employees and job applicants equally. It is our policy to take all reasonable steps to employ and promote employees on the basis of their abilities and qualifications without regard to age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, marital or civil partnership status, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sexual orientation, trade union membership, religion or belief.