Class Teacher
| Posting date: | 26 March 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 April 2025 |
| Location: | Chatham, Kent, ME5 0QS |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 27251ee3-a279-46bb-8a67-ac7dcc8e7e60 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
This role will be in Key Stage 1 or 2 , joining an enthusiastic and creative team. We are looking for an inclusive and skilled teacher. We need someone who has high aspirations of what children can achieve to join our friendly team
The role would be suitable for an ECT as we have an established and successful record of working with ECTs.
Being a proactive team player is key for our team and the successful applicant will have to be this as well as an enthusiastic and imaginative teacher.
Do you have the skills and desire to make a difference to our children?
“We want a good teacher who is kind but helps us learn” Year 3 child.
Visits to the school are essential. Please make sure you can come and see if we are the team and the school which you would like to work in.
Can you:
• Inspire our children to become independent learners with a thirst for acquiring new skills and knowledge?
• Demonstrate consistently high expectation and behaviour management techniques?
• Help them to develop as confident individuals?
• Become a strong team play member of Team Oaklands and share your ideas with colleagues?
• Demonstrate effective teaching and creativity in your teaching?
• Support high levels on inclusivity through strong class room practice and work with our SEND team
“This school’s great as there’s lots of space to play and to learn” Year 5 child
What the school offers its staff
We have an exciting opportunity for a teacher within the Oaklands TEAM. At Oaklands we are passionate about making sure that every one of our children realises their potential.
We believe that TogetherEveryoneAchievesMore, therefore, only the very best will do for our team. We are a good school and pleased that we are consistently well achieving with our KS2 children leaving with good levels of attainment as well as being rounded citizens of the future.
“I like coming here because I like working hard” Year 1 child.
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We can offer:
• A Good, high performing school with good track record of results
• Friendly and enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
• Strong team support within a positive and welcoming ethos.
• High focus on staff well being including a Trust Well being day, a school Well Being team and termly well being drop in sessions. We reduce work load whever possible and have one well being staff room a term ( wellbeing = go home !)
• Wide range of resources and support, such as full time TAs, iPads and laptop.
• Fantastic ground and facilities including Forest School, Running Track, Science Lab, Training Kitchen, Arts Room, Swimming Pool and Library.
• Thorough Professional Development to enable you to further develop your knowledge, skills and understanding in a variety of ways such as Read, Write Inc; Middle Leadership Development or a range of teaching experiences from EYFS up to KS2.
• Cross trust support and opportunities
Our school is committed to equality and take the safeguarding our children very seriously. Therefore all references will be rigorously taken up, no open references will be accepted and an enhanced Disclosures and Barring check .
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
This role will be in Key Stage 1 or 2 , joining an enthusiastic and creative team. We are looking for an inclusive and skilled teacher. We need someone who has high aspirations of what children can achieve to join our friendly team
The role would be suitable for an ECT as we have an established and successful record of working with ECTs.
Being a proactive team player is key for our team and the successful applicant will have to be this as well as an enthusiastic and imaginative teacher.
Do you have the skills and desire to make a difference to our children?
“We want a good teacher who is kind but helps us learn” Year 3 child.
Visits to the school are essential. Please make sure you can come and see if we are the team and the school which you would like to work in.
Can you:
• Inspire our children to become independent learners with a thirst for acquiring new skills and knowledge?
• Demonstrate consistently high expectation and behaviour management techniques?
• Help them to develop as confident individuals?
• Become a strong team play member of Team Oaklands and share your ideas with colleagues?
• Demonstrate effective teaching and creativity in your teaching?
• Support high levels on inclusivity through strong class room practice and work with our SEND team
“This school’s great as there’s lots of space to play and to learn” Year 5 child
What the school offers its staff
We have an exciting opportunity for a teacher within the Oaklands TEAM. At Oaklands we are passionate about making sure that every one of our children realises their potential.
We believe that TogetherEveryoneAchievesMore, therefore, only the very best will do for our team. We are a good school and pleased that we are consistently well achieving with our KS2 children leaving with good levels of attainment as well as being rounded citizens of the future.
“I like coming here because I like working hard” Year 1 child.
.
We can offer:
• A Good, high performing school with good track record of results
• Friendly and enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
• Strong team support within a positive and welcoming ethos.
• High focus on staff well being including a Trust Well being day, a school Well Being team and termly well being drop in sessions. We reduce work load whever possible and have one well being staff room a term ( wellbeing = go home !)
• Wide range of resources and support, such as full time TAs, iPads and laptop.
• Fantastic ground and facilities including Forest School, Running Track, Science Lab, Training Kitchen, Arts Room, Swimming Pool and Library.
• Thorough Professional Development to enable you to further develop your knowledge, skills and understanding in a variety of ways such as Read, Write Inc; Middle Leadership Development or a range of teaching experiences from EYFS up to KS2.
• Cross trust support and opportunities
Our school is committed to equality and take the safeguarding our children very seriously. Therefore all references will be rigorously taken up, no open references will be accepted and an enhanced Disclosures and Barring check .
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.