Class Teacher - KS1 Phase Leader

About the opportunity

St Mary and All Saints is a 1.5-form entry, 3-11 school. This is a fabulous opportunity for an aspiring leader looking to extend their experience of leading a phase, or beginning it, in a reasonably challenging but highly rewarding, supportive and well-resourced environment.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will ensure the highest standards of teaching and learning are met. We want you to support our school in providing every child with the opportunity to raise their aspirations and realise and achieve their full potential.

Now is a great time for you, as an enthusiastic and growing leader, to extend your experience of school leadership.  Working alongside our new but experienced principal you will be leading your KS1 colleagues who are committed and strive daily to improve pupil outcomes.  Partnership working and collaboration are central to our school.

At St Mary and All Saints we place high value offering individualised professional development, regardless of career path. As an academy within The White Horse Federation of schools, we benefit from sharing resources and support in every aspect of school life. We are an improving, multicultural school in the centre of Reading, yet adjacent to wetlands, a river and we even have our own woodland.

We are looking for an ambitious leader who will:

• Be able to apply successful experience as an exemplary teacher to our vision and values.
• Demonstrate a proven track record in school improvement, possibly  in an organisation which has already made the journey from requires improvement or special measures to good.
• Model best practice, with the knowledge, skills and expertise to develop and build on effective systems, promoting the highest quality of teaching and learning
• Believe in inclusivity and supporting all children to be successful
• Have been involved in performance processes and data analysis as an aid to personal improvement, development and change
• Work collaboratively with The White Horse Federation and other schools

Why don’t you find out more about our school on our school website https://stmaryandallsaints.co.uk/ or contact the principal for an informal chat and a Covid secure tour?  Her email is abutler@st-maryallsaints.reading.sch.uk. Alternatively make an appointment with our office team by calling on 0118 9015545.  Visits are warmly encouraged.

Benefits we can offer

Work/life balance for all our employees is important to us and so we believe you should be rewarded. As a White Horse Federation employee you will have access to benefits listed below.

Some benefits are accessible by all staff irrespective of their contract type (T). Some are only eligible to permanent (P) employees following a successful probation period as noted:

Car Purchase scheme (P)

Reward Gateway discounts (P&T)

Discounted gym membership scheme (P&T)

Hire purchase Cycle to Work scheme (P)

Free and confidential advice, information and counselling service (P&T)

Excellent Pension scheme (P&T)

Why work with us?

The White Horse Federation (TWHF) is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust that supports and sponsors many primary, secondary and special schools across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Its shared vision for excellence through partnership means it is also committed to keeping the best of what makes a local school great – in other words, the type of schools where TWHF colleagues would be proud to send their own children.

TWHF combines a relentless drive for academic excellence with a shared moral purpose and shared values, while ensuring that fun and happiness are a key attribute of each of its schools. TWHF believes that partnership-working with its schools, pupils and their parents, as well as the wider community, helps creates the best possible outcomes for all children.

TWHF empowers its colleagues through support, training and career opportunities to recruit and retain outstanding staff who are leaders in their field. That way TWHF can ensure that every student achieves their full potential, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.

Closing Date: Wednesday 12 May 2021.

For more information and to apply, please see our website.

The White Horse Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   If successful for this position you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before appointment is confirmed. References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before interview.