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EYFS Teacher

EYFS Teacher

Charles Dickens Primary School

Southwark

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
16 March 2017

Job overview

We Have Great Expectations!

Charles Dickens Primary School is an outstanding central London primary school which places creativity and academic excellence at the heart of everything we do. We are based in Borough, with London’s best arts institutions on our doorstep. Our pupils understand nature by growing vegetables in the school gardens and looking after our school chickens and quails. They develop a love of literature through working alongside actors from renowned theatres such as the Unicorn Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe. Creative skills are nurtured through working alongside an artist and musician in residence as well as our talented teachers who organise a packed calendar of creative projects. 

Have a look at our website www.charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk and school blog to see recent learning highlights! 

We are an expanding school and are investing heavily in personalised learning. We are therefore looking for an ambitious, enthusiastic Early Years Teacher with a creative mind to join our team and take responsibility for planning and teaching highly effective class lessons to ensure that all our pupils, including the more able, achieve their potential. Opportunities to join this fantastic school don’t come up very often!

The successful candidate will be:

  • experienced and outstanding EYFS teacher with QTS
  • committed to raising pupils’ achievements through setting high standards and by promoting effective teaching and learning
  • able to work closely with colleagues and communicate effectively with parents, carers and other professionals
  • a professional with vision, creativity, drive and enthusiasm who will contribute to the continued development of our school

We offer:

  • Excellent professional development with lots of encouragement to develop ideas and projects from a strong, experienced leadership team
  • Opportunities to work with many of our creative partners including The Unicorn Theatre, Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe and our resident artists and musicians
  • A friendly supportive staff team of outstanding practitioners 
  • Creative pupils who are keen to learn and love school

Closing Date for Applications- Friday 24th March 2017 at 12pm

  
Job start: September 2017
Salary: Main Pay Scale, TLRs available  
Location: Southwark
Contract type: Permanent subject to probationary period

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit please contact our school office on
020 7407 1769 or email us at office@charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by following best guidance and practice and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.

Charles Dickens School is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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About Charles Dickens Primary School

Based in Southwark, south-east London, Charles Dickens Primary School takes pride in teaching children aged 3-11 how to care for the environment, as well as each other. Around 295 students attend the mixed-gender community school. It is a large school situated in a culturally, socially and ethnically mixed community. More than 35 different languages are spoken at the school.  

Headteacher 

Cassie Buchanan   

Values and vision  

Charles Dickens Primary School aims to promote a “thirst for learning coupled with powerful self-belief” among its pupils. The teachers have a distinctive approach to education, with creative arts at its core. They believe in learning through doing, through collaboration, and through linking subjects in topic-based learning. The school accepts and embraces the multicultural nature of society, giving every pupil the opportunity for personal success. Pupils are also encouraged to develop a sense of their roles and responsibilities in their local community. 

Phonics is significantly valued in the early years of teaching, as Charles Dickens Primary School believes it lays the foundation for successful reading. The children are taught the National Curriculum and foundation subjects, including maths, English and science, plus music, computing and PE. Teachers and staff support pupils with special educational needs or disabilities to make sure every child makes progress, both academically and emotionally. Dance classes with practitioners from Rambert are also available at the school. 

Ofsted report 

“Staff work very hard to enrich pupils' reading and writing skills. In particular, there has been a major focus on reading. This is having an impressive impact on the way that pupils are now racing ahead with their skills in Years 1 to 3 and is evidence of the school's outstanding capacity to improve." 

View Charles Dickens Primary School’s latest Ofsted report 

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