Class Teacher - Key Stage 2

We are a proudly non-selective independent school offering fantastic educational opportunities for children aged 2 to 11. Located in North Nottinghamshire in 60 acres of private grounds, we have the most amazing setting, boasting the best facilities in the region available to primary aged children.

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. 

Prep school life is a very busy environment to work in, so it is important you offer plenty of energy and enthusiasm to support our very busy school. As one of the only schools offering Boarding in the area for primary aged children, there is the added advantage of working alongside pupils outside the classroom. Therefore the ability to offer an extra-curricular sport, hobby or outdoor pursuit, would certainly be desirable. 

We are very proud of our broad curriculum where specialist staff teach Foreign Languages, Art and Design, Music, Science, with plenty of Physical Exercise, alongside class-based English, Maths and Humanities. 

As a Growth Mindset school we promote challenge, collaborative learning and success. The school has proudly high expectations of pupil behaviour and attitudes to work, maintaining important values. We promote good behaviour, pastoral support and competitive drive among our House system, which also develops confidence and leadership among the children.

The school day is flexible for pupils, where we offer breakfast club, through to an evening ‘tea’ with all snacks and mealtimes provide throughout the day. 

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.

Statutory requirements & equal opportunities

Safeguarding & Child Protection

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.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Equal Opportunities

Worksop College 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.

References

Safer Recruitment: Please provide details of two referees to provide information regarding suitability for this role prior to appointment (requirement of KCSIE for all candidates).  

If you are not currently working with children, at least one of these references should be from a recent employer by whom you were employed to work with children.

Please note that neither reference should be from a relative or someone writing in the capacity as your friend