Teacher of Excellence with Wider leadership responsibilities
Chestnut Park Primary School
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- UPS/Possible TLR (Outer London) LP
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- TBC
- Apply by:
- 12 December 2021
Job overview
Are you ready for the next step in your career and keen to progress to a Wider Leadership role within an Outstanding School? Are you a consistently outstanding teacher ready to share and develop teaching practice and pedagogy across the school?
Your opportunity
We offer the opportunity to develop as a Practitioner of Excellence within Chestnut Park, supporting the further leadership of teaching and learning across the school. As an experienced and consistently outstanding teacher you will play a key role, alongside a team of four ‘Practitioners of Excellence,’ to further strengthen the quality of education across the school. This exciting role will require you to support Lesson Study, Team Teaching and Coaching whilst leading within our curricula teams approach, supporting a key area of the curriculum in either English, Mathematics, Science or Computing.
The class teacher will work in partnership with the wider leadership team and senior leadership team to provide professional guidance and support in teaching across the curriculum. The right candidate will have the passion and knowledge to drive standards forward in a specific area. They will have the responsibility of a class as well as leadership time to ensure their strategies can be embedded across the school.
An interest in research plays an essential pre-requisite for this role.
Why work at Chestnut Park Primary School?
The support of GLF Schools and the opportunity to be part of an inspirational, growing and dynamic organisation
- An exciting opportunity to develop a curriculum to meet the needs of local community
- A chance to work in a diverse, inclusive, vibrant and fast growing community with excellent transport links
- New top of the range facilities to aid Teaching and Learning.
- A supportive senior management team and wider staff body within GLF Schools
- Recognition of previous school continuous service.
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- A competitive pension scheme
The Details
Salary: UPS/Possible TLR (Outer London) LP
Hours of work: Full Time
Closing date for applications – Sunday 12th December 11.59pm
Interview Date - To be confirmed
Start Date- TBC
Contact
Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to offer face to face meetings and tours. However if you would like more information then please visit our school website or contact the school office. We would greatly value the opportunity to meet prospective candidates in an Office Teams or Google Meet approach.
About Chestnut Park Primary School
- Chestnut Park Primary School
- 49 St James Road, Croydon
- Surrey
- CR0 2UR
- United Kingdom
Thank you for expressing an interest in Chestnut Park Primary School, the first of GLF Schools within Croydon.
We are a three-form entry primary school in the heart of Croydon, catering for children aged between 4 and 11.
At Chestnut Park we have a passionate and dedicated team of staff who make great efforts to support the children to achieve their full potential by ensuring they are inspired by what they are learning. This is underpinned by an innovative tailored-made curriculum that has been created to engage, excite, and inspire the children. It gives them the opportunities and experiences, and teaches them a range of skills and knowledge to reinforce their love and passion for learning.
In June 2018 we were proud to be judged as OUTSTANDING in our Ofsted inspection - a true reflection of our tireless commitment to the children and their education journey.
Join the GLF Schools Community
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 42 academies or in our central team.
- Celebrating 10 years as a growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
- Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
- 42 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
- We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
- Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education
GLF Schools Employment Offer
GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish
- Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working options
- Generous holiday allowance
- Work life and family friendly policies
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Career pathways and talent management
- Access to a staff benefits portal
- Community and collaboration working model
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