KS1 Teacher - Full-time

Oaklands School, Chatham

Ref:MED887-2433-73T
Posted:21/09/2017
Pay:MPS
Start Date:Jan 2018
App Close Date:06/10/2017 at 12:00
Interviews:10 October 2017

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Year 1 Class Teacher (full time and fixed Term for maternity) required for January 2018.

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 time at the school and pleased that we are one of the highest performing primary schools in Medway with our KS2 children leaving significantly above the national average.

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

Happily, one of our teachers is expecting her first baby and so will be leaving for maternity leave at the end of the year. We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled teacher. We need someone who has high aspirations of what children can achieve to join our friendly team and hopefully carry on the great work in Year 1. Being a proactive team player is key for our team and the successful applicant will have to be this as well as 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'd 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 high performing school with good track record of results
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.

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.

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:Mr Barry Symons
Address:Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0QS
Telephone: 01634 333820
Email: symob007@medwaymail.org

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