Early Years Practitioner

Nurture and Inspire at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green. We are currently looking to appoint an Early Years Practitioner to join our outstanding team

Your opportunity:

As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, in one of our other 47 academies, or in our central team. Your ambitions are ample to the growing success of our academies, maintaining this means putting your ambitions first with a strong career progressive culture. Join us in our mission in cultivating an exceptional learning environment for all our students.  You can expect to join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With a multitude of progression routes  and outstanding CPD for support staff, expect to be supported throughout your career whatever your aspirations as a teacher, middle or senior leader. Our Teaching School Alliance provides a range of bespoke courses and qualifications, including our Aspiring Leaders NPQML and NPQSL programmes to help you achieve your goals. Your ambitions are ample to the growing success of our academies, maintaining this means putting your ambitions first with a strong career progressive culture. Join us in our mission in cultivating an exceptional learning environment for all our students. 

What we are looking for:

We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. We need:

Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.

About Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green

Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green is a one-form entry primary school in the heart of Beckenham.  We believe that every child is unique and that each deserves the opportunity to be happy, feel valued and experience success. Recent developments include refurbishment work, new resources and joining the Harris Federation, which combine to create a bright, modern and welcoming setting for children and staff. Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green in the London Borough of Bromley is a single form entry school, located in the very heart of its community, where a school has stood for two hundred years. Primary education is a very important step in your child’s development and, at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, we know that pupils achieve their best when they feel safe, happy and respected. As a single form entry academy, children quickly get to know our staff and each other and settle into the school routines that help create a positive environment for learning. Our aim is to give pupils a well-rounded and truly enjoyable education that prepares them for success in secondary school and beyond. If any child needs additional help, we will step in to give attentive guidance.

Why work at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green?

• A small and friendly school, with the benefits of a thriving community of schools in Bromley and beyond as part of the Harris Federation
• A school that has been at the heart of the community in Beckenham Green since 1818
• Children who work hard and behave well; we encourage them to reach for their ‘personal best’, academically and in the way they relate to others
• Generous Harris rewards and benefits package, with exceptional personal and professional development opportunities

Come and see us in action: visits to Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 0208 650 5246 or email info@harrisbeckenhamgreen.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation.

Harris Benefits

As part of the Harris Federation, we can offer you a range of benefits, including:

• The opportunity to develop and grow your career within the Federation.
• Performance and loyalty bonus
• Pension scheme (LGPS) and access to our Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan, covering a range of health and wellbeing benefits
• Bicycle Purchase and ICT loans

Click here for a full list of Harris benefits. 

The Harris Federation

Our academy is part of the Harris Federation, the leading large Multi Academy Trust in the country for both primary and secondary education. Harris has an unrivalled track record in raising standards and achieving success for the children in our academies.

Professional development and sharing best practice are a key part of the Harris Federation success, and we can draw on this to offer you top quality training at every stage of your career path, from Beginner Teacher to Middle Leader. We will invest in you with coaching, mentoring, and can offer a wide range of training programmes, delivered by our Teaching School Alliance.

We look for talented teachers who are passionate about their subject and making a difference. You can help us transform education in London, and create exceptional places of learning.

Please note: academies may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and this job may be withdrawn at any point without notice. You will still be able to add information until the closing date, but you will not be able to submit your application. With this in mind, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Harris academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the Harris Federation uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement.