Class Teacher with Spanish Key Stage 2 KS2
The Roche School
Wandsworth
- £36,000 - £50,000 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st Sep 24
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
The Roche School a warm, inspirational independent primary educates 275 children at its Wandsworth site.
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, motivated and inspiring class teacher in KS2 with Spanish language skills for a September 2024 start. The Spanish teaching in the afternoons would take place in future years as our Spanish Bilingual stream moves up the school.
Class sizes are small (maximum of 19 children) and teachers receive excellent professional development and support.
At our school, children are motivated and staff are supportive. Relationships with teachers are exceptional, and you can focus on the needs of the children as a priority where each individual, both staff and students, is known and valued.
About The Roche School
The Roche School is a leading mixed independent primary and nursery school in Wandsworth, London, offering a broad, aspirational and inspiring education in a community which is warm, friendly and diverse – reflective of the wonderful city in which we live and conscious of the power of global citizenship.
Why The Roche School?
The school is family owned and run giving it flexibility to make decisions that are right for pupils, staff and the wider community, for their wellbeing and to ensure that the quality of the education provided is second to none.
The Roche School is non-selective so has a diverse range of children of differing abilities and attainments including those currently attaining at a very high level. The school ensures that all children are challenged in their learning and this results in excellent outcomes at 11+. See www.therocheschool.com for more details.
Employee benefits include:
Competitive salaries and pay progression
Membership of the flexible pension scheme (up to 18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)
36-week school year (including INSET days) across 3 terms
Access to extensive professional development opportunities
Free lunches during term time
Good transport links
Competitive terms and conditions of employment are offered above the Inner London pay scale.
For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.
Closing date: Monday 15th April
Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should a suitable applicant be found. An earlier start date will also be considered.
Competitive salary and conditions are offered above the Inner London pay scale.
See our website www.therocheschool.com for a flavour of the school.
Completed applications can be sent to Jonny Gilbert email: j.gilbert@therocheschool.com or using the Quick Apply online form.
The Roche School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. The school is diverse in its make-up and has a strong ethos of equal opportunities regarding ethnicity, gender and disability.
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About The Roche School
The Roche School is a mixed, independent, non-denominational primary school in Wandsworth, south-west London. It provides education for students aged two to eleven and has approximately 280 pupils enrolled.
The Roche School was founded in 1983 and still adheres to the aim of "thorough teaching in a homely atmosphere". It moved to Wandsworth in 1988 and now has three separately registered nursery settings: one is located at the main school site and two others are sited in Frogmore and East Putney.
Headmistress
Vania Adams BA MA PGCE
Vision and values
The Roche Approach is based on kindness and respect, as the creative and social development of students thrives in that kind of environment. Teachers aim to foster confidence, compassion, resilience and intelligence. They want to provide an education for children of all abilities and talents.
The curriculum places an emphasis on citizenship, PSHE, art, music and philosophy. The school specialises in problem solving, philosophical enquiry, open questions and self-evaluation. Teachers use a question wall, which offers pupils the opportunity to challenge their thinking. The school organises external competitions with other local schools, such as maths challenges, robotic contests and debating.
The Good Schools Guide
“We simply wish that schools like this, where children hug the headmistress and the more academic move on to starry academic senior schools, had been around when we were young.”
The Good Schools Guide - The Roche School: Leading Primary School in Wandsworth, London
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