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Y6 Primary Specialist English Teacher

Y6 Primary Specialist English Teacher

Ark John Keats Academy

Enfield

Salary:
Ark MPS or UPS (Outer London) £30,663 - £42,164 or £44,263 - £47,600, depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
28 May 2021

Job overview

We are currently searching for an inspiring and knowledgeable Y6 specialist teacher who aligns with our approach to curriculum and teaching. The successful candidate will work closely with other teachers and leaders in the school, developing the curriculum subject they are most passionate about, working together with KS2 colleagues in secondary style maths or English teams.

Our specialist model looks like: 

• Teaching English to two of our Year 6 classes in the morning.

• Support with the planning and delivery of English for the third Year 6 class.

• Teaching science and foundation subjects to your own class group in the afternoon.

Ark John Keats is an exceptional school looking to hire exceptional people. 

Ark John Keats was founded in 2013 with one class of reception children. We are now a fully-fledged all-through school, running from nursery to year 13, with over 1700 children. Our primary school is oversubscribed, with a waiting list for every year group. 

Our community is composed of supportive and committed families who buy into our vision and work with us to ensure their children achieve all they are capable of in the future. We aspire for all our children to have the academic knowledge necessary to enable them to progress to university, for pupils to have a love of learning and curiosity about the world, and for them to be polite, well-mannered young people who take responsibility for their choices and drive their own destinies. 

Ark John Keats is part of Ark Schools, a hugely successful network serving pupils from deprived communities. Our network shares a belief in our six pillars: 

High expectations: we have high expectations of ourselves and for what our children can achieve 

Excellent teaching: great teaching is what transforms children’s attainment and opens door for the future. 

Exemplary behaviour: children can and should be taught to behave well, following instructions first time, every time, without question. 

Depth for breadth: with a curriculum that encompasses the best of what has been thought and said ensuring our pupils have the knowledge and cultural capital to thrive in the classroom and beyond. 

Knowing every child: we get to know and care deeply about each of our pupils as individuals. 

Always learning we expect pupils to always learn, but also for our staff to continually develop their professional expertise, supported by Ark’s broad professional development offer. 

At Ark John Keats, we believe in rigour – our curriculum is full of challenge, and we know that our children are intellectually resilient and capable of learning lots in every subject no matter what their starting point. 

We believe in exemplary behaviour – we have sky high standards and support all children to reach these, by focusing on developing pupils’ self-regulation, explicitly teaching pupils how to behave, and by working closely with families. We believe in the limitless potential of all children – if children work hard, there are no limits to what they can achieve.

We believe in the limitless potential of all children – if children work hard, there are no limits to what they can achieve.

Our curriculum is at a very exciting stage of its development. It is being created by subject experts and tailored to the needs of our pupils, aiming to push them to achieve excellence in challenging academic subjects. We need inspirational teachers to own and bring our curriculum alive in the classroom, enabling our pupils to become great readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, historians and geographers. 

We are currently searching for an inspiring and knowledgeable Y6 specialist teacher who aligns with our approach to curriculum and teaching. The successful candidate will work closely with other teachers and leaders in the school, developing the curriculum subject they are most passionate about, working together with KS2 colleagues in secondary style maths or English teams. 

Joining Ark John Keats means being part of a kind and supportive team, who are always working hard to be even better. As a school, we make more time for professional development and do all we can to prioritise staff wellbeing.

In advance of applying please do explore our website.

For further information or to arrange to discuss the role please contact us at recruitment@arkjohnkeatsacademy.org or call us on 0208 443 3113

Closing date: 8am Friday 28th May 2021, please note that interviews will be held on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to close the application process early, early applications advised. 

Start Date: September 2021 

Salary:  Ark MPS or UPS (Outer London) £30,663 - £42,164 or £44,263 - £47,600,    depending on experience

Working Hours: Full time

We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment check.


Attached documents

About Ark John Keats Academy

We are delighted to introduce you to Ark John Keats Academy. The academy is a 3 to 18 all-through school in Enfield, with a mixed comprehensive intake. We opened our doors to our first Reception classes in September 2013 and our first cohort of year 7 pupils joined us in September 2014.  We currently have over 1700 pupils on roll from Nursery to Year 13.

Ark John Keats is a very proud member of the successful Ark network of schools. Our curriculum is academic, planned to prepare pupils for the best universities by emphasising mastery of knowledge and skills. Our teaching staff are experts in their subject areas and all staff at the academy share a commitment to upholding the highest expectations. We have created an academy that is renowned for its calm, orderly and purposeful environment and where pupils behave maturely and respectfully.

We have developed a character programme to support the development of our pupils, and we ensure pupils develop their wider interests and passions by allowing our pupils access to a variety of enrichment activities, ranging from chess and coding to football and political art. We support pupils in raising their aspirations by helping them understand the structure, importance and value of school. We inspire their thinking about their futures through university and workplace visits and through our external speaker programme, where visitors speak to pupils about their career choices and educational experiences. We are also committed to developing our staff and we ensure they master all aspects of their work and are brilliantly prepared for the next stage of their careers. The academy has first class facilities having undergone an £18 million rebuilding and refurbishment programme that was completed in December 2015.

We are very excited by what we have achieved so far and new staff and pupils will be joining a school with a wonderful ethos, where local children are provided with a first class education. We are intent on developing a school that will match the very best in both the state and private sectors and is a source of pride for the people of north east Enfield.

Principal

Katie Marshall

Primary Headteacher

Emma Penzer

Vision and Values

At Ark John Keats, we aspire for all our children to have the academic knowledge necessary to enable them to progress to university, for pupils to have a love of learning and curiosity about the world, and for them to be polite, well-mannered young people who take responsibility for their choices and drive their own destinies.

The academy’s approach to achieving this is based on our six pillars:

  1. High expectations: Every adult who works at AJK believes in the limitless potential of all children.
  2. Excellent teaching: Subject specialists plan lessons focused on rigorous content which make pupils work hard and think deeply about the subject, fostering their curiosity and love of learning.
  3. Exemplary behaviour: Pupils are unfailingly polite and well-mannered individuals who take responsibility for their own actions and seek to help others whenever they can.
  4. Depth for breadth: Our rich, challenging curriculum builds pupils’ cultural capital to ensure they can all be knowledgeable, articulate and university ready.
  5. Knowing every child: Our teachers know and care about every child they interact with, proactively building strong and positive relationships between school and home.
  6. Always learning: Our continuous professional development, co-planning meetings and coaching ensure teachers feel stretched and supported, able to develop as teachers and leaders in a long-term career at Ark John Keats.

Ofsted and Performance Data

The academy was inspected in April 2015 and was judged outstanding in every area

We see the outstanding judgement only as a validation of the progress we have made to date. We are determined to provide an unrivalled standard of education for local children and know we have more to do to achieve this. Our focus will remain unwaveringly on the further development of exceptional practice within each of our pillars:

  • A curriculum that provides challenge, academic rigour, cultural literacy and systematic progression as well as opportunities for pupils to develop key learning dispositions and their literacy and numeracy skills.
  • Teaching that is highly effective and high quality support for staff in developing their practice.
  • Strong discipline through the highly consistent application of our routines and techniques by all staff. Development of character through the Character programme.
  • Raising aspirations through high quality teaching, the speaker programme, university visits and working with external partners.
  • Widening pupils’ horizons through a high quality enrichment programme that all staff contribute to.
  • Setting high expectations in everything we do and working collaboratively to ensure staff and pupils can meet these expectations.

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