Graduate Teaching Assistant (Prep School Sport)

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Forest Preparatory School requires a graduate who is looking for experience in an independent preparatory school (4-11).  This one-year post is ideal for anyone considering the teaching profession as a likely career.  Applicants should be able to offer coaching skills and have a keen interest in teaching younger pupils.  We are looking for candidates who can work well with a certain degree of independence, who have an innovative outlook, clear ambition and enthusiasm for pupil development and who will be fully involved in the life of the school.

The Graduate Assistant Teacher will support the work of the Preparatory School and help with occasional Senior School fixtures including Saturday and after-school matches.  They also have the opportunity to attend off-site events and residential trips. Graduate Assistants are also expected to assist with the organisation of field trips, department administration and departmental visits.  

The post should become a successful springboard for those considering teaching as a career.  An attractive package is on offer which also includes accommodation, breakfast and lunch throughout the term.  The appointee would be a full member of a lively and friendly group of dedicated teachers.

Should the Graduate Assistant Teacher be of a high enough calibre, there will be an option available to stay on for a further one-year contract and complete a PGCE qualification at a selected University. 

Should you wish to discuss any aspect of this position before applying, Mr James Sanderson, the Head of Forest Preparatory School, would be happy to hear from you (020 8352 6631 or prephead@forest.org.uk).

You are strongly encouraged to look at our website www.forest.org.uk/prep-school where you will find a full introduction. 

Introduction to Forest Preparatory School

Forest Preparatory School is in the middle of a very exciting development of the site, as work on expansion and building project is nearing completion. This has enabled Forest Preparatory School’s provision to reach a new and even more innovative level. Benefiting from the structure and the economies of scale it brings, Forest Prep School is a vital component of an all-through school which teaches pupils up to the age of 18. Forest Preparatory School has expanded this year to three forms in the Pre-Preparatory and will, at full size, reach 325 pupils.

Forest Preparatory School Vision Aims and Values

Vision

Forest Preparatory School will provide an education founded on challenge, breadth and personal fulfilment. Our learning environments will be inclusive, creative and industrious spaces where teachers inspire and support pupils to exceed their expectations and to strive for ambitious goals. Forest Prep pupils will achieve more than academic excellence; they will become remarkable young people, empowered to make a positive difference in a changing world. Our staff will champion each and every pupil and nurture in them the qualities of initiative, perseverance and responsibility.

Aims

Forest Preparatory School will equip pupils to flourish in the world into which they will grow up and prepare them for the next stage of their education. We will achieve this by:

Curating a broad and innovative curriculum

Building pupils’ capacity to learn and to lead

Challenging pupils to think deeply and to develop self-reliance

Nurturing pupils’ pastoral and spiritual development in an atmosphere of trust, fairness and community

Developing pupils’ sense of empathy, compassion and global citizenship

Caring for all aspects of pupils’ wellbeing and teaching them to practise self-care

Values

Pupils will demonstrate initiative by being:

• inquiring
• adaptable
• a communicator

Pupils will demonstrate perseverance by being:

• organised
• problem-solving
• resilient

Pupils will demonstrate responsibility by being:

• respectful
• a collaborator
• a leader

Forest Preparatory School: Where Young People Grow

About Forest

Forest School is an independent school for boys and girls aged 4-18 yrs established in 1834; benefiting from a tremendous location on the edge of North-East London. London’s only diamond structure school, Forest combines both single-sex and co-educational teaching on a single site as pupils move up the school. Our 1,395 boys and girls are taught together until the age of seven, separately from seven to 16, before coming back together again in a joint sixth form. This diamond structure offers all the academic benefits of single-sex teaching with all the social benefits of a co-educational school. The best of both worlds.

Location

Forest is a city school set within 50 acres of grounds surrounded by Epping Forest, within easy walking distance of Snaresbrook Central line tube station and Wood Street Overground station.

Why work at Forest?

There are many benefits of working at Forest school as staff are our single most important asset. Key benefits include:

• Generous CPD budget

• Comprehensive Professional Development Review system

• Opportunities to contribute to the wider community via our extensive Outreach Programme

• Free death in service cover and subsidised AXA PPP healthcare insurance

• All teaching staff currently enrolled in the national Teachers’ Pension Scheme

• 20% fee remission (pro-rata for part time staff) for children attending Forest which is applicable Y3-Y13

• Free hot lunch (takeaway sandwich lunch also available) and refreshments throughout the day

• Free membership of the Sylvestrian Leisure Centre during school hours and heavily subsidised membership outside those hours

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so early applications are encouraged. The School reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage.

Closing date for applications, Monday 10 May 14:00pm

Interviews will commence week beginning 17 May 2021

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so early applications are encouraged. The School reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage.