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Year 1 Class Teacher (Full Time)

Year 1 Class Teacher (Full Time)

Streatham and Clapham Prep School

Lambeth

Salary:
Competitive plus benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
October 2018
Apply by:
1 July 2018

Job overview

Streatham and Clapham Prep School are seeking a dynamic and innovative class teacher to join our talented and committed Prep team. 

You will ensure that all pupils have the best possible care, have access to a broad and balanced curriculum and achieve the highest standards, in line with the ethos of the School.

Educated to degree level, with qualified teacher status, you will have EYFS or KS1 experience and be able to demonstrate a proven track record of raising expectations and standards. Experience of Talk4Writing or Singapore Maths would be beneficial.

If you have the enthusiasm, flexibility and sense of fun to bring out the best in pupils we would be delighted to hear from you.

The School

Streatham & Clapham Prep School is a vibrant, exciting and fulfilling place in which to work. The leadership team of the School promotes a vision of education that is liberal and humane in its approach, which aims to invigorate tradition with innovation, and which is receptive to new ideas and contributions. 

The School is characterised by a warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere. Members of the Common Room are supportive of each other, and this ethos of support is reflected by the ease of access that all members of staff have to the leadership team. Relationships with pupils are respectful, purposeful and warm. New colleagues are supported through a personalised induction programme.

In addition to excellent facilities and a friendly working environment, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression

• Access to extensive professional development opportunities

• Training grants for qualifications

• Generous pension schemes

• Free life assurance benefit

• Free school lunches

• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

Details of how to apply may be obtained by clicking apply or by contacting hr@schs.gdst.net (tel. 020 8677 8400).

Closing date: noon, Monday 2nd July 2018.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

About Streatham and Clapham Prep School

Streatham & Clapham High School is an independent, academically selective school for girls aged 3–18.  There are about 650 pupils on the roll.  Girls aged 3-11 and boys aged 3-5 attend the Nursery and Junior School, located in spacious buildings with outstanding facilities in Streatham Hill.  The Senior School inhabits a four-acre site focused on an imposing 1930s building in a delightfully tranquil and leafy oasis of south London, where the soundscape is dominated by birdsong.


The ability profile of the school is significantly above the national average, with a proportion of pupils being far above the national average.  The 2010 Independent Schools Inspectorate report noted that ‘the outstanding personal development of pupils of all ages demonstrates that the school meets its aim of developing girls who are happy, confident and inspired to meet the challenges of life and work’.  The school is in the top 20% of independent schools in terms of its recent A Level results, and, as such, Streatham & Clapham High School is one of the highest-performing schools in the UK.


Many girls live locally and an increasing number walk or cycle to school, encouraged by the school’s commitment to sustainable travel.  The Senior School is 10 minutes’ walk from Streatham Hill National Rail station and twenty minutes from Balham National Rail and Underground.  Other pupils come from further afield, including Battersea, Clapham, Wandsworth, Dulwich, Tooting and Brixton.  The school is also within easy reach of the theatres, museums and galleries of central London.
 

Streatham & Clapham High School is a distinguished historical foundation.  It was founded, as Brixton High School, in 1887 by the Girls’ Public Day School Trust as one of its earliest member schools.  Between 1895 and 1993 the whole school was located at Wavertree Road, SW2, the current site of the Junior School.  In 1994 the Senior School moved to the Abbotswood Road site into the buildings of the former Battersea Grammar School, and since then there has been a major capital investment programme by the Girls’ Day School Trust to extend and improve the school’s facilities.
 

As such, the school has first-class facilities for learning, providing an environment that enables girls to develop their interests and strengths both inside and outside the classroom.  The school keeps up-to-date with new teaching methods and innovative techniques, such as interactive on-line learning, and use them to engage and extend its pupils. The facilities include two ICT suites, a Music suite including a dedicated music technology suite, a Recital Hall, two Design & Technology workshops, a full-size indoor Sports Hall, Dance and Art studios, and Sports pitches and tennis courts.
 

The school’s broad and enlightened curriculum offers an inspiring and intellectually challenging education for its pupils in a lively, vibrant and warmly supportive environment. The family ethos of Streatham & Clapham High School enables us to know, value and nurture each pupil as an individual. We celebrate diversity and draw strength from the school’s rich social and cultural mix.
 

This reflects the school’s belief that all members of the school community should be inspired to outperform expectations on a daily basis. The pursuit of excellence is thus the school’s defining feature.  It nurtures pupils to attain success across the widest spectrum of activity, extending far beyond the conventional ‘academic’ horizon.  In so doing, they learn the beauty of reason, the allure of the aesthetic, and the vitality of the physical.  The school’s pupils, whether they are very able or late developers, learn to navigate the landscape of the human spirit and achieve beyond the realms of expectation.
 

Intrinsic to our pupils’ success are our expert and alert pastoral systems.  The care we extend to all pupils enables them to make outstanding progress, both academically and in their personal development. They mature into confident, accomplished and well-adjusted young women, prepared for the challenges of university education and their future careers.
 

Equally, they are attached to ideals which will colour their actions and decisions throughout their adult lives.

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