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Primary Class Teacher

Primary Class Teacher

Quality First Education Trust

South London

Salary:
Teacher Main Pay Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Spring / September
Apply by:
3 April 2020

Job overview

The Quality First Education Trust is a growing multi-academy trust with opportunities across our south London primary schools.  We seek excellent classroom teachers to join our strong and highly motivated team.  

We firmly believe that “the quality of a school cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” and we invest in our staff from the moment they join us. 

Our four 'united and unique' schools are: 

  • The Alton School, a one form entry school next to Richmond Park
  • Belleville Primary, a four to five form entry school across two sites in Clapham
  • Belleville Wix Academy, a one and a half form  school with a bilingual stream, close to Clapham Common
  • Churchfields Primary, a two form entry school  in Beckenham.


Teachers joining our schools benefit from:

- fantastic ongoing development and support through our designated national Teaching School and Maths Hub 

- a structured induction programme (three paid weeks of induction in July for all NQTs starting in September, plus a further ten full days of training  during the first year of teaching)

- weekly INSET sessions and time with a dedicated in-school mentor

- many opportunities for progression within each school and across our trust.  

This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us as we grow.  We offer excellent professional development and career opportunities. To find the best teachers, we keep recruitment open all year.

Join us:

To grow

• A commitment to recruit, retain and develop excellent staff

• An entitlement to high quality training and support

• A supportive working culture, with ongoing guidance and mentoring

To shine

• Excellent professional development at all levels

• Opportunities to work across our trust

• Opportunities to lead projects and undertake research

To make a difference

• An ambitions, fast growing trust with exciting potential

• A relentless drive for improvement, excellence and equality

• A focus on excellent pedagogy, positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all.

Download our flyer below, and find out more on our website.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check. 

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About Quality First Education Trust

+44 20 7228 6727

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The Trust has four diverse schools linked together by a relentless drive for excellence and equality.  Belleville Primary School, The Alton Primary School, Belleville Wix Academy and Churchfields Primary School.

The principle “united and unique” is central to our ethos. By this we mean our schools are united where it is beneficial, but they retain their unique nature. Being part of a larger organisation gives the schools many advantages, particularly around sharing knowledge, practice and resources. It also provides security from financial pressures and the rapid speed of change within the system.   

Another of our core principles is the belief that “the quality of an education system (or school) cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (McKinsey 2007). This lies at the centre of what we do and how we operate.  Together we provide a high quality education for the children we serve.    We aspire to providing all those who join us with excellent working conditions and career prospects.  

The Q1E Trust provides clear structures, excellent resources and outstanding professional development for staff. Each school provides high quality support and guidance for staff at all levels, enhanced by additional support from the Trust’s specialists in English, Maths, Inclusion and other core areas. The strong relationship between our schools and their leaders supports joint practice development and targeted school-to-school support.   

Q1E also provides an extensive programme of training and professional development through the Belleville Teaching School and South West London Maths Hub, which sit within the Trust. We deliver our own Initial Teacher Training, and offer high quality development programmes for NQTs, recently qualified teachers, middle leaders, subject leaders, SENCO's, deputy heads and headteachers. All staff joining the Trust will receive an extensive programme of induction and training. NQTs have a three week programme of induction as soon as they have finished teacher training.    

Career development opportunities are excellent within individual schools, across the Trust or working for the Trust’s central team. New leadership roles are advertised within the Trust in the first instance, and we often offer secondment opportunities for staff who are interested in developing their skills in a different area.     

We are very outward-facing, with strong links with outstanding schools nationally and internationally. A keen focus on learning from the best enables us to offer broader opportunities for teachers at all stages of their careers, such as undertaking research and development projects. For example, we are at the cutting edge of maths development and are one of the national leaders in the teaching of Singapore-style mathematics. Members of our maths team have visited and hosted visitors from Singapore and Shanghai.   

These are extremely exciting times for our schools and the Q1E Trust. If you have a relentless drive for excellence and equality and share our focus on improvement, you should consider joining us. https://q1e.org.uk/

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