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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.
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Gad’s Hill is an independent day school for boys and girls aged three to sixteen years, located near Rochester, Kent. Based within the former home of Charles Dickens, the School is ideally situated with easy access to the M2 motorway and high-speed rail connections to London. The School combines modern facilities with timeless values. The Kindergarten and Junior School occupy purpose-built accommodation opened in 2013. The Senior School occupies Charles Dickens’ former home, along with a range of other buildings including accommodation for specialist and practical subjects. At the present time, the School has 318 pupils on roll and employs around 90 staff, approximately 40 of whom are qualified teachers.
Although we are approaching our first centenary as a school, having been founded in 1924 in the richly historical family home of Charles Dickens, Gad’s Hill is refreshingly free of many of the trappings of other, more overtly traditional private schools. Indeed, Gad’s is a wonderful place to work; the children are genuinely enthusiastic and there is a very positive and welcoming atmosphere. Our challenge is to make the most of our small class sizes and supportive atmosphere to add significant value to every individual.
At present there is no sixth form education at Gad’s and pupils currently depart for local grammar schools (80%) or colleges (15%) or other independents (5%). In the last year we have partnered with the University for the Creative Arts and several of our leavers have commenced Extended Diploma courses with them.
The school operates a good number of after school activities and would welcome new additions to the extra-curricular programme.
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