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Teacher - Full-time

The Stour Academy Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F9-39-T
  • Posted:12/03/2019
  • Pay:MPS
  • Start Date:Sep 2019
  • App Close Date:31/03/2019 at 21:00
  • Interviews:Thursday 4th April

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The Stour Academy Trust are looking to recruit two enthusiastic and resilient class teachers to work in EYFS and KS1 starting in September 2019.

Due to the collaborative nature of the Trust, these vacancies could be at any one of the following schools:

Adisham CE Primary School, Sturry CE Primary School and Hersden Village Primary School.

At interview we will be able to discuss with you about the potential opportunities available at each school.

Find some more information about each school below:

Adisham CE Primary School

Adisham was rated as Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in September 2017, with inspectors praising the school’s “clear and ambitious leadership” and “polite and respectful” pupils.

An Outstanding half-form entry school, Adisham is oversubscribed in early years for 2019 and remains a popular primary school in the Canterbury area. With small year group sizes, Adisham benefits from the Trust’s high-quality training and opportunities for staff whilst maintaining its ‘community and family’ atmosphere.

Hersden Village Primary School

Hersden was rated as Good by Ofsted in March 2018 and with plans for a new housing development opposite the school, the school’s infrastructure is set to change for the better with the addition of four new classrooms and a new library, opening in September 2020. This is the perfect opportunity to join a team that is soon to begin a new chapter in the history of the school.

Sturry CE Primary School

Having been the sponsor school of The Stour Academy Trust since its formation in 2012, Sturry CE Primary School remains at the forefront of providing outstanding teaching and learning. An Outstanding two-form entry school, Sturry is oversubscribed in early years for 2019 and remains a popular primary school in the Canterbury area.

 

Under the ‘strong and inspirational leadership’ of The Stour Academy Trust, this is the perfect opportunity to join an outstanding team of likeminded staff who want to provide the best education possible for its pupils.

Our clear staffing structure allows multiple opportunities for applicants to take on roles with greater responsibility e.g. Curriculum leads, Teaching and Learning Advisors. View our staffing structure here.

We are encouraging applications from both experienced teachers and NQT’s.

We can offer all successful applicants:

  • permanentcontract
  • Opportunity to move to other schools within the Trust
  • Full induction process
  • Ever evolving work-life balance package
  • Support from a network of experienced teachers
  • Excellent career development opportunities

We can offer experienced teachers:

  • More responsibility
  • Greater professional development
  • Opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities
  • Rapid career progression

We can offer NQT’s:

  • Support from experienced mentors
  • Frequent opportunities to observe best practice from other teachers within the trust
  • Clearly focused training schedules
  • Extensive support from our Lead Practitioners 

We recognise that people work more effectively when they are able to strike a healthy work-life balance. All staff are able to take their PPA time at home (1 full day every fortnight). 

Information about the trust

Join a supportive and collaborative network of staff at The Stour Academy Trust.

The Stour Academy Trust recognises that our education system needs to quickly and more radically shift to close equity gaps and to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. We are transforming our schools from passive forms of learning focused on direct instruction and memorisation, by moving towards interactive methods that promote the critical and individual thinking needed in today’s innovation-driven economy.

Our pedagogical model combined with the intentional deployment of technology will help us deliver personalised learning in an enabling environment. Technology will accelerate our progress but will not be the driver of our vision.

We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.

By limiting routine or unnecessary tasks we allow professionals to focus on learning behaviours and interactions which will promote emotional intelligence and the development of children as life-long, curious learners.

There will be no barriers to achievement within our learning community and our teachers will build strong relationships that facilitate the learning of others. Collaboration will open doors, minds and possibilities and enable individuals to meet their personal goals. .

We are looking for people that:

•Recognise that our current education system needs to radically change to better prepare our young people for the 21st century

•Want to move away from passive forms of learning and move towards interactive teaching methods that promote critical and individual thinking

•Are able to take advantage of the latest technology to deliver personalised learning that is accessible for all children, irrespective of their language skills, reading ability or any other factors that may present learning challenges

•Want to work with other staff as a community of learners that challenge traditional thinking

•Want to develop their own practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system

•Want to develop children as life-long, curious learners

•Want to build strong relationships with children that facilitate their learning

•Want to teach in enabling environments that promote flexibility, collaboration and independence

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.