Early Years Teacher
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy
Shepherd's Bush, London
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark MPS/UPS (Inner London) £28,514 - £47,523 per annum depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 12 June 2016
Job overview
Ark is a leading London-based education charity with 34 established academies across the country. We aim to run a network of outstanding schools and ensure every child has the opportunity by age 18 to go to university or follow the career of their choice.
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy is a non-selective school serving children of all abilities. Our commitment is to know every pupil as an individual, and to foster the principles of team spirit, responsibility and care for others. We aim high and last year, Ark Bentworth was judged good in all areas by Ofsted. We are also the most improved school in the tri-borough and in the top 2% of the most improved primary schools in London. We are also proud to be the highest achieving school in the Ark Network for our KS2 results. Our Early Years provision is outstanding 87% of the children achieved a good level of development (GLD) last year.
We are looking to recruit an Early Years Teacher who has a passion to inspire and who will do whatever it takes to achieve success.
This position is open to NQTs as well as experienced teachers.
Ideal candidates will:
- be experienced at raising standards in a challenging classroom environment
- have a strong focus on numeracy and literacy.
- have experience of reflecting on and improving teaching practice to increase student achievement
- have the resolve and enthusiasm to make a real difference to the lives of pupils
- be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses
Ark Bentworth, Ark Swift and Ark Conway Academy make up the West London Primary cluster and are in close proximity of each other.
To apply, please go to https://goo.gl/Vevsda to complete your application by 9am on Monday 13th June 2016. Interviews will be held on Thursday 16th June 2016.
If you have any queries regarding your application, please contact the recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or recruitment@arkonline.org.
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About Ark Bentworth Primary Academy
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy is a mixed, non-selective school serving children of all abilities. Our commitment is to know every pupil as an individual, and to foster the principles of team spirit, responsibility and care for others.
Our vision is to aim high and achieve together. We achieve through the highest of expectations encouraging all to attain the highest standards. We learn together as a community through exciting opportunities. Our teachers are inspirational and prepare our children with the skills for life as citizens of the future.
We provide our staff with the tools and support to instil a strong learning culture in their classrooms. In order to deliver the best training and network events, we offer twice as many training days as standard. Our training doesn’t stop once our teachers reach a certain level or learn a certain skill – we support our staff throughout their whole career, from starting out as a trainee to running their own school.
In order to enable effective teaching and learning to take place, good behaviour and safety in all aspects of school life is necessary. At Ark Bentworth Primary Academy we seek to create a caring and learning environment in the school by enforcing our strict behaviour and safeguarding policies.
Curriculum
We are committed to providing significant curriculum for pupils to master basic skills in English and mathematics from an early age. Ark Bentworth has an adapted version of the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum, and has comprehensive curriculum maps to ensure that we cover all the statutory requirements during your child’s time with us. All children will also participate in the Ark schools arts programme. Every child at Ark Bentworth will have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and some pupils may wish to take up individual one-to-one music tuition.
Ofsted
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy was inspected by Ofsted in November 2014 and we are delighted to announce that we were graded good in every category.
"Leaders have created a culture of high aspiration for staff and pupils. Teachers benefit from high quality training. As a result, teaching and learning are good and improving rapidly."
Read more about Ofsted's observations or see the the full report.
The Ark network
Ark Bentworth Primary Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
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