Class Teacher
Saxon Way Primary School
Medway
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2020
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in becoming part of our school community.
Saxon Way is a popular, expanding school in Medway and we are proud of the impact that we are making on the lives of our young people.
We have a strong vision based on our belief in developing Proud Traditions, Wide Horizons and High Achievement and supported by our family of Griffin Schools. Our collegiate working with our closest GST partner schools in Medway, enables us to offer excellent educational experiences for our pupils. As a GST school, we do not teach young people to know their place in society but rather discover their talents and passions and to take their place in society, making a difference wherever their futures take them.
As a valued member of our Saxon Way family, you will:
• work with people who are committed to developing your talents, both professionally and personally
• be given the best opportunities as a teacher and a leader within a collegiate of schools
• have opportunities to study at Masters Level and take part in action research projects to inspire our curriculum and pedagogy
We would welcome applications from candidates who are at the start of their careers and we offer exceptional support for Newly Qualified Teachers.
Saxon Way Primary School is a popular, two form entry primary school with a Nursery, close to Gillingham Station. We pride ourselves on reflecting our proud history and heritage in our values and our ethos. We offer a tailored programme of CPD to ensure all of our team are aspirational and striving for their own successes.
We nurture and teach individuals at Saxon Way, who develop as confident and resilient learners with a love of reading, a creative flair for writing and a passion for maths. We encourage the scientists, musicians, historians, geographers and sportspeople of the future to make their mark on the world. The Trust’s three pillars of Proud Traditions, Wide Horizons and High Achievement filter through our bespoke curriculum and achievements, and are strengthened by our committed school culture where Community, Discovery and Challenge support everything we do.
Medway is one of the south-east’s most aspiring and developing destinations, marrying its celebrated heritage with a rapidly emerging continental-style cultural scene.
It is ideally located, close to London and within easy reach of the channel ports. Medway takes its name from the magnificent river that flows through it and comprises of the three major towns of Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham.
Individually, the towns have their own place in history and unique identity – in particular Rochester with its iconic castle and cathedral and connections to Charles Dickens, and Chatham with its maritime and military heritage and defences. Together, they provide a diverse and exciting shared story visitor experience.
The area is the south-east’s festival and events capital – hosting more than 30 days of free festivals and events each year. From bustling street festivals, theatre performances to major international sporting events at Medway Park.
How to Apply
We will do our best to show you the heart of Saxon Way so that you get a sense of how well matched you may be to our professional community. Please explore our website and explore the Trust website and you will see evidence of the shared life of the schools in the Trust in events such as the Griffin Arts Festival, the Science Symposium, the Sports Festival and Founders Day.
The Trust really is a family of schools which work closely together within and across phases and geographical hubs. So in joining Saxon Way you will have strong relationships with local authority schools and projects, but you also have a strong working relationship with your peers in our family of schools. We work closely as a Medway Collegiate and all three schools are on a rapid journey to Griffin Great. Please read the attached Griffin Great descriptors as these inform our developmental planning and describe the culture that we are creating together.
Candidates should submit a CV (including comprehensive details of key achievements and responsibilities) along with a supporting statement no more than one side of A4.
Please also include in your application the names, email addresses and direct phone numbers of two professional referees, making clear in what capacity they know you.
Completed applications should be addressed to Angela Sandow and sent to
office@saxon-way.medway.sch.uk
The deadline for applications is 19th June 2020. Applications will be considered as they are received so that this post may be filled before the closing date.
Attached documents
About Saxon Way Primary School
- Saxon Way Primary School
- Church Path, Ingram Road, Gillingham
- Kent
- ME7 1SJ
- United Kingdom
About the Griffin Schools Trust
The Griffin Schools Trust (GST) is a family of ten primary and two secondary schools in the Midlands, London and South East. We have a strong track record in making schools much better for children and their families and for the staff who work with us. Our single most important mission is to provide the conditions in which children discover who they are and then go on confidently to take their places in society, making a contribution to the world through the use of their talents. We will never prepare children to know their places.
When schools decide to join us they bring their histories to us and together we turn them into traditions reflecting the Trust’s mission and values whilst preserving and extending the each school’s individuality. We offer a rich curriculum and an unusual range of enrichment and extension clubs and activities. We also have shared traditions so that children form every school feel part of the same family. Every summer term we hold the Griffin Arts Festival. In the spring we have Founders Day and the Science Symposium and in the autumn students compete in the Griffin Science Symposium. All these festivals are linked in an annual theme schools’ four houses compete for a Trust cup which is awarded to the house colour which has accumulated most points from all Trust events. All staff, including the CEO, belong to a house.
Great GST schools have nothing institutional about them and great GST staff are thoughtfully recruited for their excellent knowledge and their broad interests. They are developed by Heads as well as the research and training opportunities offered across the Trust to add their individual magic to the mix. All our schools practice open and distributed leadership and place a high value on creativity as well as growing great talent pipelines to ensure that there are plenty of opportunities for promotion within and beyond the school.
Look at our website and click through to some of the schools as well as the one to which you are applying. We are frequently told that colleagues have found their professional home at GST. Is it yours? We look forward to hearing from you.
Anne Powell
Chief Executive Officer
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