KS1/2 Teacher - Full-time

Oaklands School, Chatham

Ref:KCC887-2433-66T
Posted:17/01/2017
Pay:MPS
Start Date:Sep 2017
App Close Date:01/02/2017 at 12:00
Interviews:06 February 2017

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Class Teacher (full time and fixed term) required for September 2017.

At Oaklands we are passionate about making sure that every one of our children realises their potential. We believe that together everyone achieves more; therefore, only the very best will do for our team. We are enjoying an exciting new chapter for the school with a new direction for the school and we are looking to continue all the good work of this rapidly improving school.

“I like coming here because I like working hard” Year 1 child.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled teacher who has high aspirations of what children can achieve to join our friendly team and hopefully carry on their great work in Key Stage 2. Whether an NQT or more experienced teacher, the applicant will have to be an enthusiastic and imaginative teacher. Do you have the skills and desire to make a difference to our children?

“We want a good teacher who is kind but helps us learn” Year 3 child.

Visits to the school are essential so you can come and see if we are the team you would like to work in.

Can you:

Inspire our children to become independent learners with a thirst for acquiring new skills and knowledge?
Demonstrate consistently high expectation and behaviour management techniques?
Help them to develop as confident individuals?
Become a strong team play member of Team Oaklands and share your ideas with colleagues?
Demonstrate effective teaching and creativity in your teaching?

“This school’s great as there’s lots of space to play and to learn” Year 5 child.

We can offer:

A school which is rewarding to work in.
Friendly and enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
Strong team support within a positive and welcoming ethos.
Wide range of resources and support, such as full time LSAs, tablets and laptop and the great facilities throughout the school
Thorough Professional Development to enable you to further develop your knowledge, skills and understanding in a variety of ways such as Read, Write Inc; Middle Leadership Development or a range of teaching experiences from EYFS up to KS2.
Possible July start for candidates to help with the induction process.

Our school is committed to equality and take the safeguarding our children very seriously. Therefore all references will be rigorously taken up, no open references will be accepted and an enhanced CRB.

Closing Date: Wednesday, 1 February 2017 at 12 noon.

Interveiws: Week beginning 6 February 2017.

Information about the school

Oaklands School is a Good school ( July 2023 report ) with results which are at or above national averages. We are a two form entry primary school situated in Walderslade.

The school is set in extensive grounds and is well resourced, including our own swimming pool offering swimming from Year R through to Year 6, a Forest School, our very own Farm, training kitchen, Art & Design Room, Radio Station, Running Track other superb opportunities for outside learning.

We offer wrap around care including breakfast and after school facilities to support working families. At Oaklands there is a very strong sense of being a team with dedicated staff whose aim is to offer our children a first class education.

At Oaklands we are committed to safeguarding and so there will be a range of checks which we will carry out with you including taking two professional references before interview; requesting a self-disclosure criminal record history and then several pre-employment checks for the successful candidate.

We are part of the Westbrook Trust and enjoy the support and freedoms of being in a family of supportive schools who all share common values and ethos.

Job Contact Information

Name:Louisa Jones
Address:Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0QS
Telephone: 01634 333820
Email: headteacher@oaklands.medway.sch.uk

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