Primary Teacher, Closing the Gap

Primary Teacher, Closing the Gap

Contract type: Full or part time, permanent contract Please set out in your personal statement whether you would be interested in a full or part time role 

Grade: MPS/UPS/ECTs

Hours: 32.5 per week

Work Pattern: Monday to Friday

(in accordance with the School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document)

Start Date: September 2024

To add capacity across the school, we would love to hear from creative Primary Teachers with the skills, expertise, and passion to enthuse our young people to achieve and help them close gaps in their learning so that they can access the full secondary curriculum.

we are seeking to appoint an outstanding, well-motivated, enthusiastic, and ambitious primary school teacher to work in our secondary school.

This is a special role within our school structure, specially supporting vulnerable pupils to develop their fundamental skills. We are seeking teacher who can deliver both English and Maths. The role will include some work on phonics interventions as well as small group Maths and English teaching to support students in rapidly achieving age related expectations and be secondary ready. We are looking for someone with a strong interest in working with pupils who have specific literacy and numeracy needs, someone who is committed to inclusive practices and has a genuine passion for teaching.

The role will involve teaching and engaging and creative primary style curriculum to targeted pupils in Year 7, 8 and 9. The candidate will be responsible for organising, delivering, and measuring the impact of the intervention in order to help close the achievement gap, alongside contributing to the whole school development of literacy and numeracy. We are specifically looking for someone who can utilise assessment data effectively to plan lessons and target intervention, and has:

• Experience and knowledge of teaching a literacy and numeracy catch up curriculum to targeted pupils.
• Experience of teaching phonics and delivering targeted reading support programmes.
• The potential to become an outstanding classroom practitioner with a real commitment to young people.
• The ability to devise, plan and deliver highly differentiated, interactive, and stimulating lessons.
• An awareness of current developments in teaching and learning and the curriculum
• High expectations of pupils and the belief that all pupils, whatever their background, can achieve their full potential.

We are a small and friendly comprehensive school for 11 to 16-year-olds with 900 pupils located in the beautiful Todmorden valley. ‘Todmorden High School is a welcoming and friendly school. Pupils enjoy coming to school because they feel safe, and they learn a lot. Pupils get on well with their teachers and enjoy good relationships. Pupils know that there is always someone who will help them if they have any concerns. We are so much more than ‘just another school’.

Should you have any questions about this role, please email our Assistant Headteacher, Mrs Alison Mansfield: a.mansfield@todhigh.co.uk

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Application deadline: Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 9am

Candidates listing: Wednesday 15th May 2024

Interview date: Wednesday 21th May 2024

How to apply:

Please provide the contact details of your current Headteacher as one of your referees where possible.

Please download our application pack to read more and and apply online here via the Quick Apply now button.

We look forward to receiving your application.

We are committed to providing a workforce that better reflects our community. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, age or disability. Todmorden High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, all staff and volunteers are required to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this role, you will need to complete and enhanced DBS and undergo pre-employment screening. Todmorden High School is committed to adhering to Data Protection regulations in regard to how we store your personal information. To view our full recruitment privacy notice please visit our website www.todhigh.co.uk/recruitment.