Upper Prep Teacher
Westholme School
Blackburn with Darwen
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Westholme Scale Point
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 23 May 2024
Job overview
Job title: Upper Prep Teacher
Grade: Westholme Scale Point
Required from: September 2024
Permanent, Full Time position
We are delighted to have an opportunity for an inspirational and well-qualified Upper Prep Teacher to join Prep from September 2024.
This is a very exciting time to join Westholme Prep. We are looking for a hardworking, dedicated and inspirational Key Stage 2 teacher to join our enthusiastic team at one of the leading independent 4 – 18 schools in the North. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and passionate class teacher to join our Prep team.
The successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive staff who are committed to working together to achieve the best for our children to help them grow and develop into independent, resilient and life-long learners. A willingness to contribute to the wider co-curricular and community life of our active school is essential. The successful candidate will have an excellent track record, the ability to teach the full range of primary subjects at KS2 and the flexibility, experience, and confidence to teach any year groups throughout the Key Stage.
Position outline:
In Prep, most lessons are delivered by the Class Teachers, although there is specialist teaching in IT, French, Music, Outdoor Learning and PE. All pupils study French throughout their time in the Prep and there is a high successful and popular biennial trip to France to develop language and learn about the culture. Prep 6 spend a day a week at Seniors using specialist facilities and helping to improve the transition for the move to Year 7.
There is real commitment to learning outside the classroom, with regular trips to places of educational interest to support the curriculum.
An impressive range of co-curricular activities is also arranged for pupils. The programme changes termly but includes: string group, ballet, choir, cricket, cross country, drama, yoga, LAMDA, orchestra, recorder group, fencing, art club, dance, swimming, scrabble club and woodwind group. Some of these sessions occur over the lunch break but most take place after school.
Pupils are given the opportunity to play in inter- school fixtures and all are welcome at training sessions. The main sports played are hockey, netball, rounders, rugby, football, cricket and athletics. The School is also very strong in swimming and cross country running, making full use of the excellent sporting facilities.
Culturally, Westholme is alive with a wide variety of music groups, choirs, playing and singing including a Prep orchestra; there are many opportunities for pupils to perform in concerts and at festivals. The School’s impressive professional theatre is used by the Prep for all performing arts.
A willingness to be involved in extra-curricular activities such as clubs, competitions and educational visits is essential, and other interests which are particular strengths of the successful candidate would also be welcome.
Please download our attached recruitment pack to read more about this wonderful opportunity as Prep Music Teacher with Westholme School.
Closing date: Thursday, 23 May 2024
Interviews: Friday, 24 May 2024
Applicants who have any questions can email our HR team: hr@westholmeschool.com
Full details are also available from the School’s website www.westholmeschool.com or via email: hr@westholmeschool.com
How to apply:
Please download our attached recruitment pack and apply here on Tes via the Quick Apply button.
Charity Number 526615
Westholme School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all staff must share this commitment – please refer to our Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding policies on the website.
Westholme School is committed to equality of opportunity in all areas of its work. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.
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About Westholme School
Working for Westholme is a wonderful experience
Westholme is an incredible School. Pioneering the future of education, it is certainly a very exciting time to join our innovative, close-knit and supportive family of staff.
Our unique educational philosophy is predicated on providing unrivalled holistic excellence, from 4 to 18 years, placing an equal balance on academia, performing arts, sport, creative arts and technology. A plethora of experiences are offered inside and outside the classroom which fosters kind, confident, well-rounded and happy young people; they really are a joy to teach. One of the most distinctive Westholme hallmarks is the tangible warmth everyone feels from the moment you arrive at our beautiful, picturesque campus with panoramic views of the Ribble Valley – simply a stunning, inspirational and uplifting place to work every day!
Westholme has invested significantly with our newly constructed state-of-the-art Prep for pupils 4 – 11. The first-class facilities on site offer a stimulating environment to provide unsurpassed experiences for all students from 4 – 18 in our full-sized professional theatre; a new music department equipped with recording studio; contemporary INSPIRED Sixth Form; seven modern laboratories that support the three separate sciences; a 20m swimming pool; 7 hard courts for tennis and netball, a floodlit astroturf, sports pitches, and fully equipped sports hall.
The extensive co-curricular provision is the cornerstone of the education ethos with over 100 clubs, activities and societies every week.
Prep pupils are wholeheartedly empowered to exceed their potential through a ground-breaking curriculum, Senior students develop 21st century skills first through an extensive holistic curriculum and in our INSPIRED Sixth Form, currently the highest achieving Sixth Form in Lancashire, students culminate their journey with incomparable 1:1 support, leadership, networking and entrepreneurial experiences.
Westholme is more than a school and if you’d like to join a highly energised and innovative team, we would love to hear from you!
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