Class Teacher

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:

• Be able to work effectively within the team to ensure there are high quality and effective learning opportunities for all children.
• To plan programmes of work for pupils in co-operation with teaching colleagues within the team in order to ensure that all children are taught by members of that team experience similar learning opportunities
• To plan work matched to the individual needs of children and within the school’s agreed policy and schemes of work
• To produce written records of such planning in accordance with Trust policy
• To assess and record pupil’s achievements and progress within the statutory requirements and Trust’s assessment policy and report to parents
• To contribute to meetings, discussions and management systems necessary to ensure the co-ordination of the work of the school as a whole
• To ensure that the classroom is kept tidy and attractive, with children’s resources readily available for them to find independently
• To contribute to the ideas within and the implementation of the School Improvement Plan
• To supervise the use of support staff relevant to the class.
• To contribute to the provision of a safe and secure learning environment.
• Work closely within the school team and contribute to the school community
• Be a motivational communicator for children of all abilities ensuring learning is engaging and inclusive
• Be very flexible and adapt quickly to change

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• To pursue the aims of the school in a positive manner and promote the agreed ethos
• To work co-operatively within a whole staff team, and within the year/teaching and learning group to achieve continuous improvement with constant regard to quality in both learning and teaching
• To teach pupils according to their individual needs, including the planning and assessment of work in line with agreed policies of the Trust/school
• To monitor and assess children’s progress and report to parents
• To implement and maintain the school’s policy on discipline and behaviour
• To support the school’s endeavours to meet the needs of its community
• Participate in the school’s performance management process
• To promote and monitor the organisation of the learning and teaching through a particular subject throughout the school