Part-Time Year 1 Maternity Cover - Part-time

St John's CEP School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-3372-60T
• Posted:13/10/2020
• Pay:MPS
• Start Date:January 2021
• App Close Date:01/11/2020 at 15:00
• Interviews:Week beginning 9th November 2020

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St. John’s is excited to announce that we are looking to recruit a talented and dynamic Year 1 teacher to provide maternity cover starting January 2021 until January 2022.

St John’s is a Single Academy Trust with Voluntary Aided status. We welcome candidates who value our Christian ethos while contributing individual flair to our evolving school.

The successful candidate will need plenty of drive, creativity and energy to join a very strong Key Stage 1 team. They must have super inter-personal skills and the ability to build excellent relationships across the whole school community.

St. John’s remains a school of contented staff, well satisfied parents and most importantly, full of happy children who love learning.

Our ideal candidate will:

• be a qualified and excellent teacher
• have an effective knowledge and experience of best practice and be happy to develop further
• have a passion to inspire children and do their very best for them
• have the resolve, enthusiasm and positivity to make a real difference to the lives of children
• be able to build excellent relationships with all stakeholders

As a valued member of our team, you will:

• be positive, nurturing, patient, calm, organised and adaptable
• have a strong desire to belong and contribute to an excellent phase team
• use your own initiative as well as accept direction
• be enthusiastic and have a positive outlook
• have excellent communication and people skills
• love being imaginative and creative to enrich the curriculum and develop exciting learning opportunities

 In return we offer you:

• delightful, responsive children, who are eager to learn
• a fantastic learning environment set within beautiful grounds
• very supportive colleagues, parents and Governing Body
• further opportunities for continued professional development
• strong links with other schools in our Maidstone school’s consortium

The Year 1 maternity cover position is a part-time (2 days), fixed-term role starting January 2021 until the end of January 2022 with the possibility of continuing. Remuneration is within the MPS scale. Visits are positively encouraged. Please telephone or email the school office to arrange a visit and send your application form via the 'Kent-Teach' website.

Information about the school

St. John’s School is a very successful ‘stand-alone’ two form entry Church of England Primary Academy. We have an excellent reputation in our community as a school where our pupils enjoy a nurturing, respectful, fun and friendly place to learn. We take pride in our high achievements and as a school we are passionate about the environment; this has been recognised by Eco Schools through being awarded the prestigious Green Flag.

We opened in September 1987 and serve primarily the Grove Green and Bearsted Park areas. Our most recent full Ofsted inspection (July 2015) rated us Outstanding in all areas; in 2019 we were also rated highly in our Church Schools inspection as well as by Ofsted in their inspection of our History curriculum.

St. Johns is well resourced and set in extensive grounds where pupils can enjoy plenty of outdoors space to play and learn. We are supported by a strong governing body and have an active ‘Friends’ parents association, who bring our school together to host events throughout the year.

Job Contact Information

• Name:D Smith
• Address:Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5TZ
• Telephone: (01622) 735916
• Email: office@st-johns-maidstone.kent.sch.uk