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Primary Class Teacher

Ark Globe Academy

Southwark

  • Expired
Salary:
£39,739 - £62,500 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
13 June 2025

Job overview

About The Role

  • Ark Globe Academy
  • Primary Class Teacher

It’s an exciting time to join Ark Globe Academy as we strive for excellence.

  • Our recent success can be credited to our committed and dedicated staff and the high aspirations we promote throughout the school.
  • We are looking to recruit an inspirational and outstanding Primary class teacher to join us in ensuring that our children continue to receive the very best teaching to maximise their potential in the future.


  • Our ideal candidate will:
  • be an inspirational and outstanding teacher
  • demonstrate strong subject knowledge across the Primary curriculum
  • be highly motivated, innovative and eager to develop themselves
  • show high levels of ambition and optimism regarding what the academy and its pupils can achieve
  • be fully committed to Ark Globe’s ethos of high expectations and no excuse
  • Our Culture Pyramid sets out for students, staff and parents our purpose, our beliefs and our values. This helps to set expectations for learning and behaviour in our daily lives at Ark Globe.
  • Visit Vision and values | Ark Globe Academy for more details.
  • It is such a privilege to be part of this community. It’s a group of like-minded adults working together for the common goal: to prepare our students for university and to be leaders in their community." - Staff member at Ark Globe
  • Our adults at Ark Globe are committed to ensuring that our pupils receive a holistic education and as such are involved in many exciting extra-curricular opportunities such as setting up and coaching a chess club, running a computing club, art club or choir.
  • Ark is one of the UK's most successful school groups with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country alone, it is an international charity transforming lives through education. As part of the network, our staff can expect:
  • Access to a range of discounts through the Ark Rewards Scheme which includes reduced gym memberships, discounts at major retailers and travel loans
  • Twice as many training days as standard
  • Support from a network of 39 schools across the UK


  •     Benefits and how to apply
  • We warmly encourage you to contact our Primary Principal, Samantha Colburn at Ark Globe s.colburn@arkglobe.org who would be pleased to answer any questions you might have, or for a confidential discussion. If you would like to arrange a visit to the school in support of your application, please contact Samantha.
  • For technical queries relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or recruitment@arkonline.org
  • Please submit your application online by visitinghttp://arkglobe.org/ 
  • The deadline for applications is on 9 June 2025. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so early applications are encouraged.


  • Interview schedule
  • Closing date: 9 June 2025
  • Shortlisting: 9 June 2025
  • Interview Day: 16 June 2025   
  • Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Benefits

  • Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
  • Twice as many training days as standard.
  • Generous pension scheme.
  • Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
  • Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
  • Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
  • Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark here.

About Us

  • We are a mixed all-through school that caters for children from nursery age through to sixth form. We have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.  
  • Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and we are ranked in the top 10% of schools nationally. All of our sixth form students received a university offer with 73% of those being a top 3rd university.
  • We pride ourselves on the relationships our staff have with our students, caring for them throughout their education. We also work closely with families to ensure that all our students are committed to learning and develop the character necessary to take advantage of all the opportunities we provide.
  • Visit arkglobe.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.


  • Diversity and inclusion:
  • We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.


  • Safeguarding statement:
  • Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. 
  • Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
  • Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.

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About Ark Globe Academy

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  • Ark Globe Academy
  • Harper Road, Southwark
  • London
  • SE1 6AF
  • United Kingdom

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In 2008 Geoffrey Chaucer Secondary and Joseph Lancaster Primary school merged to join the Ark network as Ark Globe Academy. Ark Globe Academy is a mixed all through school with student age ranging from 3-18.

At Ark Globe Academy we have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.

Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and students make excellent progress at KS4. All our sixth form students received a university offer with 80% of those being a top 3rd university.

Ark Globe Sixth Form is in the top 2% of all sixth forms in the country and has received the Sixth Form of the Year award at the Ark Education Summit 2019.

School Structure

Ark Globe Academy is divided into four small schools Elbrus, McKinley, Kilimanjaro and Everest, also each small school has a Dean. This ensures that personal relationships between pupils and staff develop quickly, and that a culture of excellent behaviour and shared social norms are easier to maintain.

Aims, Vision and Values

Supporting our mission is our Culture Pyramid. The pyramid sets out for students, staff and parents our purpose, our beliefs and our values. This helps to set expectations in our daily lives at Ark Globe Academy. Read more about our culture pyramid here.

Every child has the potential to succeed and there are no excuses not to achieve that success. We expect every Ark Globe Academy students to graduate from our academy with the qualifications, skills and confidence to achieve their ambitions and go on to higher education or their chosen career.

Curriculum

Our curriculum is intended to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community.

The Ark Globe Curriculum encompasses the total experience of the student, covering a range of activities from what is learnt in the classroom to our expectations of how our students carry themselves, and make decisions, outside of it. For us, education is much more than a qualification; it is a way of being that results in an empowered young person who is able to secure a life of purpose and meaning.

We recognise that attending university is often key to this as, we believe, it provides young people with more choices. As such, the academic, pastoral and cultural curriculum has been designed to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community. However, we also recognise that there are high quality alternatives to university, and we help students to secure these too. Whatever choice is made, we want it to be an informed one, where our students determine their own future. Read more about our curriculum here.

Our Mission: Preparing our students for university and to be leaders in their community

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Our website: https://arkglobe.org/

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