Early Years Educator
Gonville Academy
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 10 SCP 30: Pro Rata Salary £37,664 pa (FTE £42,324 pa)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Apply by:
- 18 June 2025
Job overview
Passion – Urgency – Positivity – Aspiration – Commitment
STEP Academy Trust is an exciting, dynamic place to work that can offer great opportunities to the right candidate. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, join us as we ‘Strive Together for Excellence in Partnership’.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and energetic Early Years Educator to join our team at Gonville Academy and lead our nursery class. Our school celebrates the diversity of our school community. We welcome visits to our school.
Our ideal candidate will:
- have experience of working within a school setting and be highly proactive and committed to going that extra mile to ensure pupils achieve the best they possibly can;
- have experience of planning and undertaking activities within the EYFS curriculum that have a positive impact on pupils and their learning outcomes;
- be able to communicate with all staff and pupils;
- display a commitment to the Trust’s equalities policies;
- an understanding of, and prior experience of supporting children with special needs is desirable
We can offer you:
- a dedicated leadership team, who are committed to supporting and developing colleagues;
- excellent professional development and promotion opportunities;
- membership to Perkbox discount scheme;
- subsidised private health care with Benenden;
- a free school lunch when working in school.
You are welcome to contact Harriet Mukhtar via the office email at office@gonvilleacademy.org for an informal discussion about this post prior to application. The Job Description and Person Specification fully outline the requirements of this post and can be found on our website www.stepacademytrust.org. Supporting statements should be written in line with the Person Specification - CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: 18th June 2025
Interviews: 24th June 2025
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Social Media check and satisfactory references.
STEP Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
STEP Academy Trust believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. Applicants must hold the right to work in the UK.
About Gonville Academy
Gonville is a great place to develop your career. As well as being part of a highly driven team, you will teach enthusiastic students who are eager to learn.
Our multicultural school is in the heart of Croydon, south London. We are a larger than average primary with a nursery and are very much mission and values led. Our values - Passion, Urgency, Positivity, Aspiration and Commitment – are at the heart of everything we do.
Our culture
We have extremely high expectations for learning and behaviour, hence our Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ for behaviour. Pupils feel safe, valuable and respected with us, and as a Rights Respecting School, we create many opportunities for them to take leading roles throughout the school. This means our pupils become very confident and self-assured individuals.
Why work with us?
We are committed to high quality staff development. Currently we are engaged in research projects and development work with partners including Future Leaders, Teaching Leaders, Teach First, NCETM and Roehampton University.
As part of STEP Academy trust, we also provide regular opportunities for staff to share good practice with other teachers within the Trust. We are committed to developing national and international partner schools, and teachers have had the opportunity to work with schools in Cornwall, Devon, Nigeria, Norway and France.
Location
Gonville Academy has excellent transport links, being close to Thornton Heath bus garage and train station. There is easy access to central Croydon, Streatham and Brixton as well as being a short train journey away from central London.
STEP Academy Trust
We know that it is the exceptional quality of our staff that is key to our success. That’s why we’ll invest in your career and give you an unrivalled benefits package.
We are a growing family of primary academies that strive together for excellence. So we spread best practice, transfer staff to support partner academies, share specialist knowledge and consistently challenge the status quo. Giving you every opportunity to grow and develop in your role.
We want you to do well, that’s why we offer:
- Great opportunities for accelerated promotion – right across our nine-academy trust
- Fully funded leadership training courses (NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH)
- Fully funded Masters and PhD courses
- At least seven NQT development days each year
And with free lunch everyday, we’ll keep you well fed too.
We are always looking for talented professionals who share our mission. If you share our drive to improve the life chances of all children, we’d love to hear from you.
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