Classroom Teacher, KS2 – part time (4 days per week). Fixed term contract until 31st May 2020.
An engaging and enjoyable environment for staff and pupils alike.
Start date: ASAP until 31st May 2020
Salary: Ark Mainscale 2-3 (£26,956 - £29,123 fte – actual salary £21,564 - £23,298)
Location: Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Nearest train station/transport links: Good bus links to Birmingham City Centre
Deadline: 9th December 2019, 12 noon
Ofsted: Good with outstanding Early Years and Leadership and Management (2014)
By having high expectations of our pupils at Ark Tindal and believing they can achieve great results, they start believing it too and rise to meet those standards. Join our team and join us in shaping the young minds of our future.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Primary Teacher with good subject knowledge of Key Stage 2 to join us on our journey towards Outstanding. You will play a pivotal role in a committed team, working across Key Stage 2, making a real impact on the outcomes of our pupils. We are proud of our three-teacher model, which allows our children to make accelerated progress to reach their full potential. The Real Schools Guide 2019 ranked us as the 16th best primary school in Birmingham and our 2018 progress scores placed us in the top 3% of schools in the country.
"Team Tindal" is a strong community and our staff see themselves as one big family. Everyone looks after each other and there are regular staff lunches and social activities for birthdays and special occasions.
By joining Ark Tindal Primary Academy, you will be part of Ark, an education charity and one of the UK's most successful school groups, with a network of 37 schools in four locations across the country. Our aim is to give every child, regardless of their background, access to a great education and real choices in life. Being part of Ark means you’ll have access to a range of high-quality training and development programmes designed to meet the needs of you and your school, be supported by our network of education experts and dedicated central team and have the opportunity to take your career in your own direction.
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Visit our website for more information on the school. Please submit your application online by visiting http://arktindalprimary.org/vacancies. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 9th December 2019. Applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged on an ongoing basis so early applications are encouraged. If you have any technical issues with the application form, please contact our technical team on hrsystem@arkonline.org.
Visits to our school are warmly encouraged; if you would like to see what makes Ark Tindal such a special school, please call 0121 464 3049.
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Job Description: Classroom Teacher, 0.8 fte Reporting to: Senior Leadership Team Start date: September 2019 Salary: Ark Mainscale 2-3 (£26,956 - £29,123 fte – actual salary £21,564 - £23,298) The Role To deliver outstanding teaching and learning in classes across Key Stage 2 and therefore help students achieve excellent academic results, and be a role-model/impact the Academy more widely. To design an engaging and challenging curriculum that inspires children to appreciate a range of subjects and their application. Key Responsibilities · To plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard, that ensure real learning takes place and students make superior progress · To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps students to develop as learners · To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole Academy · To contribute to the effective working of the Academy. Outcomes and Activities Teaching and Learning · Enrich the curriculum with trips and visits to enhance the learning experience of all students · With direction from the Headteacher and within the context of the Academy’s curriculum and schemes of work, plan and prepare effective teaching modules and lessons · Teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and improve pupil attainment · Use regular assessments to set targets for students, monitor student progress and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring · To produce/contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual and groups of pupils · Develop plans and processes for the classroom with measurable results and evaluate those results to make improvements in pupil achievement · Ensure that all pupils achieve at least at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at chronological age level · Maintain regular and productive communication with pupils, parents and carers, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications · Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils · Direct and supervise support staff assigned to lessons and when required participate in related recruitment and selection activities · Implement and adhere to the Academy’s behaviour management policy, ensuring the health and well-being of pupils is maintained at all times · Participate in preparing pupils for external examinations. Academy Culture · Support the Academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures · Help create a strong academy community, characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships · Help develop a culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement · To be active in issues of pupil welfare and support · Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professionals in and beyond the school, covering lessons and providing other support as required · To participate in extra-curricular and community events in line with the community focus of the Academy Other · Undertake, and when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevant training and professional development · Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the line manager or Headteacher. Person Specification: Primary Teacher Qualification Criteria · Qualified to degree level and above · Qualified to teach and work in the UK. Experience · Experience of raising attainment of all pupils in a challenging classroom environment · Experience of reflecting on and improving teaching practice to increase pupil achievement · Evidence of continually improving the teaching and learning in their year group though schemes of work, assessment and extra-curricular activities etc. Knowledge · Up to date knowledge and strong understanding of the primary curriculum · Understanding of the strategies needed to establish consistently high aspirations and standards of results and behaviour. Behaviours Leadership · Effective team member and leader · High expectations for accountability and consistency · Vision aligned with Ark’s high aspirations, high expectations of self and others · Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil · Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence · Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils. Teaching and Learning · Excellent classroom practitioner · Effective and systematic behaviour management, with clear boundaries, sanctions, praise and reward · Has good communication, planning and organisational skills · Demonstrates resilience, motivation and commitment to driving up standards of achievement · Acts as a role model to staff and pupils · Commitment to regular and on-going professional development and training to establish outstanding classroom practice. Other desirable training and skills · Training and practice in Ruth Miskin’s ‘Read, Write Inc.’ · An interest in music and the ability to play an instrument. Other · Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils · Willingness to undertake training · This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.