Lead Teacher

Peareswood Primary School is excited to offer a unique opportunity for a Lead Teacher, responsible for teaching and learning across the School.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced, current teacher looking to progress into leadership. You will be the lead learner and be responsible for increasing the proportion of good and outstanding teaching across the school. The role involves modelling best practice in your own class and developing strategies to improve teaching across the school. This post is ideal for current teachers who are on the upper end of the main pay scale and are looking for the next stage of their career. Peareswood Primary School is part of the successful and expanding Woodland Academy Trust.

At Peareswood we promote independence through adventure and excellence through challenge. At the heart of our curriculum is a belief that all children have the potential to excel in all areas.

Our belief that children can excel extends beyond the traditional curriculum, and we offer a strong emphasis on outdoor and adventure learning. We want our children to leave us with qualifications beyond the traditional curriculum. We aim for every child to achieve qualifications in swimming, rock climbing and cycling whilst also working to complete their John Muir Award. We achieve this through our PE curriculum and the use of residential experiences.

We can offer you:

• Access to training, development and leadership programmes
• Gold mark accredited CPD and training from Senior Leaders and National Leaders of Education
• The opportunity to attend free CPD provided by our partner universities
• We invest in your wellbeing and offer you access to free Benenden Health Care
• Support from your colleagues across the Trust’s Schools
• Bulletins, newsletters and Friday emails keeping you connected and up to date
• Opportunities for progression within the Trust
• Coaching and Development to get you to where you want to be
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee referral scheme
• Teachers pension and local government pension schemes
• an extended family of 170+ people who are committed to putting children at the heart of everything they do

Candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• A passion for pupil success
• Outstanding learning within their class
• A track record of improving results
• The ability to give clear messages related to school improvement

Candidates must read the job description and be able to fulfill the accompanying person specification.

To begin the next, exciting stage of your career please email: recruitment@nhp.bexley.sch.uk for a recruitment pack.

The closing date for this role is will be 9th January 2017.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 19th January 2017.

Due to the seniority of the post, candidates will be invited to take part in an interview, lesson observation and asked to prepare a 10 minute presentation entitled ‘Outstanding use of assessment to improve outcomes for all pupils’.

References will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. Please ensure that you include an email address for each of your referees.

Our schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and other employment checks. Our schools are committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.