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Class Teacher - 1 year temporary

Class Teacher - 1 year temporary

Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Carterton

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
14 June 2023

Job overview

Class Teacher – September 2023

Closing Date: Wednesday 14th June 2023 - 10 a.m.

Interview Date(s): Tuesday 20th June 2023

Contract/Hours: Temporary for 1 year, full-time

Salary Type: Teaching Staff

Salary Details: MPS / UPS, suitable for ECT's 

Hours of Work: School hours

Start Date: 1st September 203

Location of Role: School

Contact e-mail address: office@edithmoorhouse.org

We are looking to recruit an excellent and highly skilled class teacher to join our fantastic school within KS2. This is a temporary 1 year post and will be reviewed based on our pupil numbers during the academic year.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic school environment and to be part of an enthusiastic team of educators.

We are a popular primary school in the Oxfordshire town of Carterton, close to RAF Brize Norton. Visitors to our school often comment on the calm and friendly atmosphere, and our children are happy and enjoy their learning. As a school we have worked really hard over the past few years to build a strong and committed team with the capacity to improve the outcomes for our pupils. We are proud to be an academy as part of The River Learning Trust. We feel very strongly that our school team, along with the wider family of the River Learning Trust, is what makes our school successful.

The River Learning Trust principles are:

Commitment to Excellence: we have high expectations in all that we do

Everyone Learning: there is a culture of Professional Learning for all staff, as well as ensuring the very best Teaching and Learning for our pupils

Respectful Relationships: we treat each other with respect and we care about everyone in our school community

Our Teaching and Learning Policy (created and developed by staff) has a focus of the whole class ‘Teaching to the Top’, with an emphasis on high expectations, knowing our children well, excellent teacher subject knowledge and targeted, effective questioning. The school’s Core Values of ‘well-being’, ‘aspiration’ and ‘resilience’ underpin this policy and form the basis of our school ethos.

The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.

We warmly welcome visitors, so please do contact the school office to arrange a visit.

Applications need to be made via the following link: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/144185/EDV-2023-EMPS-66959

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 14th June 2023 10 a.m.

The job description and job advertisement can also be found under the ‘Vacancies’ tab on the school website: www.edith-moorhouse.oxon.sch.uk

For further questions, please contact Helen Smith on 01993 842372

helensmith@edithmoorhouse.org

No applications sent directly to the school will be accepted. We look forward to receiving your application.

Attached documents

About Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Our School

Welcome to Edith Moorhouse Primary School

We are a popular primary school in the Oxfordshire town of Carterton. We currently have just about 300 pupils, with about one third of those pupils coming from Service Families with one or more parent serving at RAF Brize Norton.

In April 2017 we converted to academy status as part of the River Learning Trust.

We are proud of our caring and nurturing approach to education and our school ethos is based on our Core Values. Visitors to our school comment that there is a calm and industrious atmosphere and that the children are polite and respectful. All pupils, staff, parents, governors and members of our local community feel listened to and contribute to our strong school community.

As a school, we continually strive towards reaching our goals and try to be the very best we can. We aim for high standards in all that we do and we adhere to the three River Learning Trust principles:

· Commitment to Excellence​: striving for the best educational experience

· Everyone Learning​: creating and taking opportunities that enhance lives

· Respectful Relationships​: acting with care, integrity, and fairness in all we do

Our school motto, chosen by the pupils, is:

Reach for the Stars

This represents the school’s desire to always demonstrate aspiration and resilience.

We always warmly welcome visitors: please contact the office if you would like to come and meet us.

Mark Szortowski

Headteacher

Working for us

Are you an exceptional teacher or an outstanding member of support staff? We are always on the lookout for motivated and accomplished team members to join us. You’ll be joining an extremely friendly, well-motivated and enthusiastic staff determined to make our school officially outstanding as soon as possible. We can offer you:

  • A positive staff culture with extremely high expectations of work and behaviour
  • Well-behaved children
  • A well-functioning leadership team who views professional development as a priority
  • A friendly and well-motivated staff and an inclusive community in which you can flourish
  • The opportunity to continue your career working alongside fabulous teachers and teaching assistants.

About River Learning Trust

Edith Moorhouse Primary School is a member of River Learning Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust responsible for a number of schools and a school centred initial teacher training (SCITT) provider within Oxfordshire. We’re a Trust committed to the professional learning and development of staff with high-quality training in-school and through the Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance.

As a school-led organisation, we are always keen to recruit and train the very best individuals who we hope will go on to become excellent teachers in our partnership of schools. We operate under the title, Oxfordshire Teacher Training and all the details of our programmes can be found at http://www.oxfordshireteachertraining.co.uk.


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