Junior School Teacher (Ks2) - Full-time

Gad's Hill School, Rochester

Ref:KCC886-6007-73T
Posted:23/04/2019
Pay:Gad's Hill School pay scale
Start Date:Aug 2019
App Close Date:17/05/2019 at 16:00
Interviews:w/c 20th May

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Gad’s Hill School requires a talented and passionate primary school teacher to join our team and to teach children in Key Stage 2. Full details of responsibilities can be found within the job description but, in summary, the successful candidate will provide effective teaching, as part of an efficient and collaborative Junior School team, so that pupils learn and make good progress.

In our school, all children are nurtured and educated as individuals. Teachers know the children well enjoy wonderfully strong relationships with their classes. As well as teaching Junior subjects to a high standard across Years 3 to 6, you will be required to demonstrate exceptional Form Tutor abilities, including maintaining behaviour through our reward system, providing pastoral care and tracking individual academic progress. You will be able to communicate effectively with parents via email, telephone and face to face.

Our children are encouraged to take part in after-school clubs provided by all teachers. Additionally, teachers are required to attend some evening musical performances to assist with pupil supervision, pupil social events run in conjunction with our excellent parent helpers, whole school evening events such as Prizegiving and Carol Concerts and to also attend the annual evening performances of our Junior Production.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide effective and efficient teaching so that pupils learn and make good progress, including quality planning, preparation, marking, recording data, schemes of work and differentiation.
Maintain an awareness of curriculum, educational, social and welfare issues at school, in Kent/Medway and nationally to ensure that the curriculum, programmes of study and teaching methods are up-to-date.
Communicate with pupils, parents and other stakeholders as necessary to keep them informed of progress and developments.
Meet published deadlines with respect to assessment data, marking & recording, reports, registration/attendance data, coursework schedules, schemes of work, planning or any other tasks, to ensure that pupils, parents and the school are kept informed of progress and that the school has data available to track performance.
Engage in teacher assessment & appraisal systems. Observe colleagues’ lessons. Engage in training in order to maintain and improve personal skills and departmental performance.
Undertake supervisory duties out of the classroom in order to maintain pupil safety & welfare.
Perform Form Tutor duties in order to support the pastoral development and welfare of pupils.
Enhance learning opportunities for pupils using events (e.g. assemblies, plays, after school activities or clubs, subject revision sessions, visits, debates, parents’ evenings etc.) to extend pupil learning experiences.

Information about the school

Gad’s Hill School operates as three distinct departments within one school. The Kindergarten takes children from age three in our Nursery through to Year 2. Here, alongside the foundation in literacy, numeracy, sciences and humanities, there is a strong emphasis on play, physical education, music and drama with all pupils performing in a number of short productions each year. The school places particular emphasis on communications and therefore pupils from Reception upwards receive twice weekly lessons in Spanish and also Computing.

The Junior School is two-form entry from Years 3-6. Our Junior pupils receive a high proportion of lessons with subject specialists; in particular Modern Languages (Spanish), DT, Computing, Art, Music, Science & Games. By Years 5 and 6 nearly all lessons are delivered by specialist tutors. In sport our students have the opportunity to represent the school in fixtures against other schools.

Our school is located geographically within a selective secondary system and historically many of our pupils would leave to attend grammar schools at the end of Lower Shell (Year 6). However, in the last few years, the growing success of our Charles Dickens Scholarship Award, providing financial assistance to the most able pupils from our own Junior School and many from the wider community, has resulted in the development of highly capable and aspirational cohorts at Key Stage 3. Our strength is to make the most of our small class sizes and supportive atmosphere to add significant value to every individual.

The Upper School generally has a two- or three-form entry. The curriculum is relatively broad, with all pupils taking a spread of subjects including Art, DT, Food & Nutrition, Spanish, Computer Science, Music and Drama. Students choose a range of options at the conclusion of Year 8. They follow a core of Maths, English (Literature & Language), Separate or Combined Science and CCF (comprising BTEC Teamwork & Personal Development and Institute of Leadership & Management diplomas). As options they may choose from History, Geography, Spanish, Art, Food & Nutrition, DT, Computer Science, Music, Drama and PE, and in recent years we have supplemented these options with Psychology and Statistics exam courses for our increasingly able cohorts.

At present there is no sixth form education at Gad’s Hill and pupils currently depart for local schools, colleges or other independents. In recent times we have partnered with the University for the Creative Arts and several of our leavers have commenced Extended Diploma courses with them.

Job Contact Information

Name:Tracy Barker
Address:Higham, Rochester, Kent, ME3 7PA
Telephone: Tel: 01474 822366
Email: information@gadshillschool.org

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