Class Teacher – Elangeni School

Job title:

Class Teacher – Elangeni School

Company

Buckinghamshire Council

Job description

OverviewStarting with us in September 2024, we will offer our successful teacher the opportunity to embrace Elangeni’s positive and enthusiastic ethos. We aim to give every child the very best start to their education through lively and engaging teaching using an exciting, broad and balanced themed curriculum.We want our children to enjoy a wide range of experiences which bring the curriculum to life and make learning fun, active, meaningful and relevant. All our staff work hard to ensure the best possible quality of education for every pupil in each class. We plan stimulating, challenging and enjoyable activities which provide children with unforgettable learning opportunities.If you too are passionate that all children deserve the very best learning opportunities and want to impact positively on the lives of young children, we would love to hear from you! Ultimately, we are looking for someone who is up for a challenge and wants to get stuck in with all aspects of Elangeni’s life!Term time onlySalary details: MPS/UPSContract type: PermanentHours: 32.5Closing date: 22nd May 2024 12:00Interviews to be held: Friday 24th May 2024About usElangeni is a two form entry junior school and we are seeking a full time KS2 teacher to join our team. At Elangeni, we are passionate about supporting our children to help them reach their full potential. We strive to provide an exciting environment that encourages life-long learning, where every child feels listened to and equally valued. In our friendly and caring community, we set challenging but realistic goals to ensure that the specific learning needs of each child are met through a personalised teaching approach.Elangeni is located in Chesham Bois, Amersham and we are very fortunate to have ample space for both outdoor learning and play. We have a large playing field and playground for sports as well as a well resourced log cabin for outdoor learning. We offer our children a range of additional experiences and support, including regular trips and visitors, sports coaching, after-school clubs and are passionate about promoting good mental health and emotional wellbeing.Our school is a happy, caring and vibrant community which offers a stimulating learning environment. By developing potential, drive and self-esteem we help everyone to become a unique, responsible, respectful, motivated and successful individual.Please take the opportunity to visit our website –About the roleStaff are supported and enjoy working within our friendly and collaborative environment. We are able to offer the opportunity to work with amazing, well behaved and motivated children. We are a school that thrives on team work, recognises the importance of high quality support for all our staff and offers CPD for all staff. We also give you PPA time with your year group colleagues so that you can plan together, share and learn from one another to promote and facilitate teamwork. You will be working with a friendly leadership team committed to staff wellbeing, balancing your workload and professional and personal development and with a supportive and friendly whole school staff team.We are seeking a teacher with the vision and enthusiasm to work collaboratively with our pupils, staff, SLT, Governors, and parents to build on the strengths of this successful school which offers a supportive and friendly atmosphere in which to work. We pride ourselves on our nurturing approach to education striving for each of our pupils to reach both their academic and social potential. By the time they leave our school and embark on next step of their educational journey, our aim is to ensure each pupil has become a well-rounded, resilient, happy individual.About youTo be successful you need to be a qualified teacher who is passionate and knowledgeable about primary teaching, in particular KS2 (ideally upper KS2), and possess the ability to teach consistently at an excellent level. We will focus on what attributes you will bring to Elangeni and most importantly what impact you will have on our children.As a school we feel it is important to be a positive, fun and a real teamplayer. Our successful candidate will be an outstanding and enthusiastic practitioner committed to delivering a high quality provision for all children. You will also be expected to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within our school. We are looking for a friendly and positive person who enjoys working with children and making a difference to their future life chances!Other informationVisits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on – Tel No: 01494 721436Once completed, please send your application form to the school office email address – Email:At Elangeni we believe that a policy on child protection is founded on the right of all children to be safe and feel safe, and that it is the fundamental obligation on all schools to robustly secure this right.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to and the (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Expected salary

Location

Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Job date

Thu, 16 May 2024 07:53:34 GMT

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