Classroom Teacher – Year 1

The Role 

Job Title: Classroom Teacher

Reports to: Principal 

Salary scale: MPS- UPS

Duration: Permanent

Start date: September 2023

Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary is a relatively new free school. It is a two-form entry primary school, mainly serving families in the new Wood Wharf housing development where over 3,000 new homes have been built, and the surrounding area.

Our vision for Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary is to create an outstanding, fully inclusive primary school that ensures the needs of all children are met and which makes a vibrant and meaningful contribution to residents in the surrounding area.

We believe in the importance of primary education in shaping a child’s adult life. We know that children’s futures are often formed by the age of 10 and we regard the place of nursery and primary education as an essential part of our family.

Our curriculum offer at Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary will ensure pupils learn about their local and national communities and international issues. We will encourage active participation through pupil-led activities, such as working with charities, fundraising and helping others. We will ensure students are fully aware of both their rights and responsibilities. We will use our curriculum as a vehicle for children to be educated about current world issues, such as the environment, poverty and human rights.

Coherent routes through education from nursery through to age 19 are powerful, not just for children but for schools and their communities, in terms of improving practice and knowing families well, establishing long-standing positive relationships to benefit children as they progress.

Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary is based in Canary Wharf in the Wood Wharf district of Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London, E14.

Our Trust

The Mulberry Schools Trust was formed in 2017, when the Board of trustees and the Chief Executive created a family of schools in east London that has at its heart inclusion, equality of opportunity and a striving for educational excellence.

Our Community

We are committed to supporting young people to overcome the barriers that poverty and social exclusion create, ensuring that all students are able to achieve their full potential. This has inspired us to build up a broad network of partnerships, incubating and invigorating student experience, opportunity, drive and success. 

There should be no barriers to a child’s future and society should, and can, be a level playing field. Aspiring for this to be reality we promise to:

• Emphasise high quality subject teaching, reinforced by excellent support for learning and intervention.

• Deliver inclusion services that assist personal development.

• Provide excellent pastoral care so no student goes unsupported.

• Continually develop strong leadership and have high levels of expertise in education.

Our partners

We want our students in the Trust to have access to the same professional connections which young people from more privileged backgrounds can utilise. To make this a reality we have a wide range external partners in higher education, business, industry, the arts and the sciences who contribute extensively and fundamentally to our extra-curricular activities.

• Bank of America 

• Barts Health NHS Trust

• British Film Institute

• London Stock Exchange Group

• Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd

• National Theatre

• The Prince’s Trust

• Southbank Centre

• WOW Foundation 

Bringing Down Barriers to Success

We are proud to inspire our students through diverse and representative leadership teams and welcome applications from all of the different communities we serve, regarding this as a strength. 

If you have the experience and passion to energise Tower Hamlets’ next generation of leaders, creators and innovators, then we want to see how we can support you in that pursuit.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of minoritised ethnic backgrounds. We want the best staff and we know that means a diverse staff.

Encouraging a happy and healthy work environment

We take staff wellbeing seriously at Mulberry Schools Trust, here are just some of the great benefits for all staff.

• Teachers’ Pension scheme (TPS)

• Employee assistance programme and support

• Free breakfast 

• Free gym onsite 

• Paid sabbatical opportunities

• Free onsite parking

• Subsidised staff restaurant with outdoor roof terrace

• Annual programme of conferences and Trust wide events with high profile speakers

• Cycle to work scheme

• Annual service award

• Long service awards 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance. We are dedicated to equality and valuing diversity.