Teacher of Classics
St Paul's Juniors
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- The School’s salary scale is substantially above the national scale.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- Spring Term 2023
- Apply by:
- 3 October 2022
Job overview
This is a part-time, maternity cover role (0.6 spread across 4 days)
We are looking for a passionate classicist to join our thriving Classics department in the Junior School, for the Spring Term 2023. Classics is a well-regarded and ambitious department at St Paul’s Juniors. Our aim is to foster enthusiasm and respect for Latin, Greek and Classical Civilisation in all pupils, according to our founder, John Colet’s vision that pupils ‘of all nacions and countries indifferently’ be taught ‘both Laten and Greke’.
The School’s salary scale is substantially above the national scale.
St Paul’s Juniors, founded in 1881, is the preparatory school for St Paul’s. It adjoins St Paul’s School, and shares many facilities with the senior school, including the dining hall, sports complex, engineering workshops and playing fields. The schools are fortunate to have an attractive 45-acre site adjacent to the River Thames.
Further details and an application form can be obtained from the School’s website, or by email from recruitment@stpaulsschool.org.uk
The closing date for all applications is 9am on Monday 3 October 2022.
Interviews will take place during the week commencing 10 October 2022.
St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Juniors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service. St Paul’s School and St Paul’s Juniors are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive educational environment.
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About St Paul's Juniors
Head: Oli Snowball
St Paul’s Juniors attracts bright, enthusiastic boys who are inquisitive and eager to learn. Boys may join at 7+, 8+ and 11+. St Paul’s Juniors shares facilities and expertise with the senior part of the school, and offers a secure and nurturing environment in which to develop and grow.
St Paul’s pupils are talented, possess intellectual curiosity and have many interests outside the classroom. They have energy and zest. We want any academically able boy to come to St Paul’s Juniors on merit, regardless of family financial circumstances. Free and subsidised places are available every year for which the parent of any successful candidate may apply.
Pupils joining the school in Years 3 and 4 have their own dedicated classrooms where the majority of their lessons are taught by form tutors. Two classroom assistants are available to support the youngest age groups.
Pupils visit dedicated teaching spaces for science, sport and the arts, using the superb on-site facilities such as the science labs, music school, Store 81 (the drama studio), sports hall, swimming pool and dojo.
At the start of Year 5, lessons move to a senior school model with pupils benefiting from teaching by subject specialists in all areas of the curriculum.
Pupils at St Paul’s Juniors hold a place at the senior school and transfer at the end of Year 8, subject to good work and conduct.
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