Form Tutor (KS2) from September 2025

Introduction to Colfe’s School 

Colfe’s is one of London’s oldest schools. It can be traced back to the 15th century but took its name from Reverend Abraham Colfe, Vicar of Lewisham, who re-founded the school in 1652. In his will he entrusted the care of the school to the Leathersellers’ livery company, which governs the school to this day. 

The post: Junior School Form Tutor 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed form tutor to join our team in September. It will be initially based in KS2. We therefore especially welcome candidates who have expertise in this phase.

We welcome applications from both ECTs and experienced teachers. If an ECT were appointed to the post, structured support and guidance (meeting statutory requirements) would be provided to ensure progression towards the successful completion of his/her training or induction period.

We are proud of the career development opportunities that we offer to staff and have significant experience developing middle and senior leaders. Our bespoke leadership development training, using expertise from both the Junior and Senior School, has successfully prepared staff to deliver CPD sessions, monitor teaching and learning and analyse data. Teachers receive a generous allocation of protected time for planning, preparation and assessment well in excess of equivalent posts in the state sector, including weekly protected time for teachers to plan with colleagues working in their year group. The school calendar is carefully planned with an eye to staff workload and welfare.

Teachers appointed to posts are expected to maintain high professional standards and contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school. Those who join Colfe’s can expect to become part of a caring, purposeful and committed community. 

Person Specification: Junior Form Tutor

Essential

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level and above 
• Qualified to teach and work in the UK
• A track record of ongoing professional development

Planning and Teaching

• Experience of planning, resourcing and delivering lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard that ensures excellent learning takes place
• Excellent knowledge of the Primary National Curriculum and a sophisticated understanding of how children in the relevant age group learn and the ability to pre-empt misconceptions
• Experience of collaborating effectively with colleagues to plan excellent learning experiences for pupils
• Ability to ensure all pupils are appropriately challenged in lessons, including those with identified SEND and those identified as academically more able
• Experience of reflecting on and improving teaching practice to improve outcomes
• Experience of designing and developing resources to support learning across different subject areas 

Assessment and Feedback

• Ability to employ a range of effective strategies to assess pupil progress in lessons and adapt teaching in response
• Ability to provide effective verbal and written feedback for pupils, provide successful opportunities for pupils to engage with that feedback and follow the school’s marking policy
• A solid grounding in the assessment processes used to support planning and raise pupil attainment in this age group.
• Ability to build effective relationships with parents, maintaining regular and productive communication to report on progress, rewards and sanctions, including through regular written reports

Pastoral Care

• Ability to establish a safe, respectful and productive classroom environment for pupils
• Affinity with the school’s approach to pastoral care and restorative approach to behaviour management
• Ability to follow the school’s behaviour policy, working with colleagues to ensure absolute consistency across the school
• An understanding of the collective responsibility of all employees to establish an effective safeguarding culture, and the role they play in keeping children and young people safe

Desirable

Qualifications

Willingness to undertake additional professional development with the school’s support as appropriate to their level of experience (e.g. ECT training, or for more experienced colleagues, NPQML, NPQSL or similar)

Planning and Teaching

We are especially interested in candidates who can demonstrate the following:

• Confidence and expertise in using technology to support learning in a similar setting, e.g. through Microsoft Teams or similar

Assessment and Feedback

We are especially interested in candidates who can demonstrate any of the following:

• Experience of White Rose Maths or similar mastery-based approaches (or capacity to develop this experience)
• Experience of Read Write Inc or similar approaches to teaching reading (or capacity to develop this experience)
• A proven track record of successfully improving pupil attainment/outcomes in a similar setting

Pastoral Care

We are especially interested in candidates who can demonstrate any of the following:

• Experience of working with a restorative approach
• Experience of delivering extra-curricular activities (e.g. sport, music, drama, art) to pupils in this age range and/or expertise and enthusiasm to do so
• Experience of leading events to share pupil learning with parents 

Values and Personal Qualities

• An effective and persuasive advocate for the school’s values, vision and educational philosophy
• An affinity with the school’s belief in the paramount importance of extra-curricular activity to the pupil experience at Colfe’s
• Commitment to equality of educational opportunity, including establishing an anti-racist culture
• Highly effective team member 
• High level of self-awareness and self-management
• High expectations for accountability and consistency of themselves and others
• Acts as a role model to staff, pupils and the community
• Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil
• Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence

Application procedure  

The recruitment process will require all applicants to complete an application form, accompanied by a letter of application, current CV and details of two referees, who will be contacted prior to interview, in accordance with the School’s Safer Recruitment procedures. There will be an interview and lesson observation for shortlisted candidates. 

 The application should be submitted either by post to: Mrs A Ross, Human Resources, Colfe’s School, Horn Park Lane, London SE12 8AW or electronically to: recruitment@colfes.com  

Applications should be sent as soon as possible and by Noon on Friday 9 May at the latest. Colfe’s reserves the right to appoint to this post before the closing date if necessary. 

Colfe’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.