Yoga Instructor

About us and the role

Avanti House Primary School is seeking to employ a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual for the post of Yoga Instructor. Your role will be to teach Yoga across the school to primary aged pupils. Yoga is integral to our school ethos and wider curriculum. We aim the develop the ‘whole child’ and to give them opportunities to be nurtured in all aspects of their life. Avanti House Primary supports each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.

The staff at Avanti House Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our students to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment for our students and we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all students enjoy learning and surpass expectations.

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

What will you do?

• Teach children Yoga across the school
• To liaise with the schools PRE lead and Sports lead to ensure that the sessions are effective and meet the school’s requirements
• Plan Yoga sessions which meet the needs of all children
• Within the area of Yoga teach individuals, groups and whole classes in accordance with the teaching and learning programmes of the school and the relevant curriculum/scheme of work
• Communicate with parents and carers about their child’s achievement and progress in Yoga sessions

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• Proven effectiveness as a coach/instructor/teacher
• Consistently teach good or better yoga/PE sessions that meet the needs of all children and ensure high standards
• An excellent understanding of what makes an effective Yoga session
• Ability to motivate, inspire and support others to achieve excellence
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks 

Avanti Services Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion 

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.