Junior School Teacher KS2
Silcoates School
Wakefield
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2019
- Apply by:
- 18 March 2019
Job overview
Junior School Teacher, KS2
Required for September 2019
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Silcoates, a successful independent co-educational day school with a long and proud history. We achieve excellent academic results and offer a broad and stimulating variety of co-curricular activities. We are looking for a talented and dynamic individual to join our friendly Junior School team, in the role of Junior School Teacher for our KS2 pupils.
The School is set in 50 acres of grounds in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, within easy reach of the M1 and M62, offering an all-through, fully co-educational day school experience for children from 3 to 18.
You will be an inspirational and outstanding classroom teacher combining academic rigour with opportunities for all pupils. You should be able to demonstrate extensive experience relevant to this age and have a knowledge and understanding of the current educational agenda.
Focussed on academic excellence, you will be part of a team who will oversee whole school curriculum development, maximise pupil progress and contribute to the stimulating academic environment, whilst seeking to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The Junior School continues to change and the successful candidate must be excited about playing a part in the next stage of its development.
In addition, an ability to contribute to the co-curricular life of the school is essential.
Full details of the post are available on our website: https://www.silcoates.org.uk/information/vacancies/
Silcoates School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS.
Closing date: Monday 18th March 2019, 9am
Interviews: Friday 22nd March 2019
Attached documents
About Silcoates School
Silcoates is a 3 to 18 school which seeks to bring out the very best in every pupil through instilling in them a love of learning and a willingness to seize every opportunity they are given. Whilst many of our pupils begin their life at Silcoates in the Junior School, others join aged 11 and 16 (and at many points in-between!). This continuity serves to embed the skills and qualities that make our pupils enthusiastic and effective learners. It also ensures that they develop strong and life-long friendships with their peers. New pupils to the School are given an especially warm welcome and they soon feel valued members of our community.
Whilst we are academically selective, the pupils have a broad range of abilities and needs and thus we have a curriculum that becomes increasingly flexible as pupils develop their own strengths and aptitudes. However, the most academic will succeed at Silcoates, with recent leavers obtaining places at Cambridge and Durham universities and medical school. The breadth and variety of our curriculum is matched by the range of activities on offer outside the classroom. Having all the School on one site enables the pupils in the Junior School to benefit from the vast array of facilities on offer, from the all-weather playing surfaces to the indoor swimming pool to the fully-equipped Drama Studio.
Sport and exercise are important features of life at Silcoates. Boys are introduced to our core sports of rugby, hockey and cricket in the Junior School and, due to our size, most have the opportunity to play for the School throughout their career; girls are equally as competitive in hockey and netball.
All pupils are given every encouragement to express themselves in the full range of artistic activities and push themselves way beyond their comfort zones through going on trips and expeditions abroad. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very well established and several pupils achieve Gold every year. ‘Grit’ and determination are also evident on our biennial expedition to Tanzania.
The principal accolade that many parents and former parents afford the School is that it is a warm and welcoming community and that their children make friendships here that last them a lifetime.
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