Teacher of Maths 5-11

Work in the picturesque medieval town of Saffron Walden in north west Essex

Dame Bradbury’s Nursery and Junior School are located in the heart of Saffron Walden, a medieval town with a rich heritage, a famous outdoor market and recently named as one of the best places to live by the Sunday Times. Just 15 miles from Cambridge, there’s a thriving arts scene in the town, including a hugely successful cinema, a state of the art concert hall, along with music, literary and maze festivals. Close by is Audley End, one of the finest Jacobean houses in England with beautiful grounds and gardens. Dame Bradbury’s itself has a long history. There has been a school on the current site since at least 1317. Now part of the renowned Stephen Perse Foundation, the Junior School and Nursery offer young children the important first years of education, stimulating discovery through exploration, by questioning, initiating ideas and taking pride in every achievement. These building blocks of knowledge and skills are important for children’s future progress as they grow and mature.

Junior Schools

There are two Junior Schools in the Stephen Perse Foundation, one in the centre of Cambridge and the other at Dame Bradbury’s in Saffron Walden. Pupils follow the same curriculum, delivered by high quality teaching through the thinking toolkit, using technology to enhance and to expand learning opportunities. Every pupil is known and celebrated with numerous opportunities to develop individual interests and skills through enrichment activities and clubs. These activities are an integral part of learning; achievements in sport, drama, music and the arts are as important as academic progress. As a result pupils achieve a balance between academic success and learning outcomes to become caring, critical, reflective, creative, collaborative, curious thinkers. Pupils learn to develop independence with moral purpose and a sense of social responsibility to enable them to become changemakers of their future world.

Your role

At the Stephen Perse Foundation everyone is a learner. While our pupils enjoy the benefits of a creative and innovative learning environment, our teachers strive to inspire and engage through using a wide range of pedagogical approaches. We want every teacher to offer the very best in teaching and learning to our students and this will inevitably, and perhaps even increasingly, involve the digital world. We are iPad 1-to-1 from 11 to 18 and our Junior Schools and Pre-Preps use class sets. We are a leader in the use of digital technology within the classroom and are one of only 11 schools in the UK to be Apple Distinguished Schools. This helps us to support our teachers and learners to have an appropriate use of these technologies. We don’t need you to be a fluent or confident user of technology before you start working with us but we will want you to have an agile and ambitious mind-set that is open to adopting new techniques. Training and support is offered on a regular basis as part of formal and informal CPD and is focused on student learning.

This role will expand to other year groups, and possibly to other subjects depending on the successful candidate. Dame Bradbury’s is a close knit community of a school within the Stephen Perse Foundation. We work closely with pupils, parents and staff to ensure the best for each individual pupil reflected by our curriculum learning wheel with our learners at the centre which includes our staff. We pride ourselves on fantastic facilities, supportive parents, engaged staff and keen learners. We do hope you will join us.