Ks1 Teacher (0.4 FTE Thursday & Friday) - Job Share

St Michael's Prep School, Otford

Ref:KCC886-6016-99T
Posted:09/05/2019
Pay:£24,462 - £35,039 paid pro rata
Start Date:Sep 2019
App Close Date:20/05/2019 at 09:00
Interviews:23/05/2019

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Working within the Pre-Prep, the successful candidate will have QTS and will be able to offer skilled and inspiring teaching, perhaps refined through experience or perhaps as a relatively new entrant, and be excited by the prospect of working in a close-knit team with an outstanding record and reputation. Pre-Prep staff are committed to giving our children the best start in their education. You will be encouraged to enhance our range of after school activities with your additional skills in music, sports, languages, IT or something new!

As part of the St Michael’s staff you will have responsibility for the safeguarding and the welfare of the pupils in your care.

You will be highly organised and confident in dealing with parents. You will have bags of initiative and will be a reliable, positive, team player.

Our new teacher needs to be:

Passionate about teaching our Pre-Prep children and able to inspire them. A teacher with a sense of fun and bags of energy and enthusiasm who is also creative and caring would be just right!

Information about the school

St Michael's Prep School is a co-educational day school, rated ‘Excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in our last inspection. We have recently celebrated our 150th anniversary and provide a wonderful learning environment to approximately 480 children aged 2-13, enjoying a beautiful location, overlooking one hundred acres of land. Our state-of-the-art Pre-Prep building sets each child on a learning journey that is rich, active, and inspiring.Children continue into the Prep School, taught by a large number of specialist professionals who work throughout the school to provide a rich array of curricular and co-curricular opportunities.

We can offer you:

A first-class working environment within a welcoming team, modern and well-maintained IT infrastructure; a stafflaptop (where appropriate); supportive colleagues; competitive salary; small class sizes; free meals provided during term time; free parking on site; sick pay scheme; annual salary review; automatic enrolment in the teachers’ pension scheme (TPS) for teaching positions, and our support pension scheme for all other staff (both subject to scheme criteria) and opportunities for continuous professional development. We believe in providing a rounded education where children can pursue their passions, challenge themselves and enjoy a creative and innovative environment. We are continually looking for ways to improve our curriculum and facilities, making them more vibrant, inspiring and in step with our ever-changing world.

Our school motto: perseverantia, sapientia, gratia (perseverance, wisdom, and gratitude) encapsulates our ethos of striving for success and using our skills to make a difference. These values are instilled daily throughout the St Michael’s journey for our pupils, and we strongly believe that to teach our children about the importance of lifelong learning, we must first model this ourselves.

St Michael’s actively manages the inclusion of its people and values diversity, believing that our different ways of being and thinking adds value to our school community. We are committed tocreating and sustaining a more ethnically diverse workforce. In this regard, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who share our values in this area.

If you would like to apply for this role, we look forward to receiving your completed application.

For further enquiries please contact the HR department at recruitment@stmichaels.kent.sch.uk or telephone us on 01959 522137.

Job Contact Information

Name:Carol Hughes
Address:Otford Court, Row Dow, Otford, Kent, TN14 5RY
Telephone: 01959 522137
Email: recruitment@stmichaels.kent.sch.uk

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