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KS2 Teacher
| Posting date: | 14 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2025 |
| Location: | B65 9NF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Blackheath Primary School |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Job Description for Teacher
Core Purpose
The Teacher will:
• Provide a high quality educational experience for all children;
• Teach a class of pupils and ensure that planning, preparation, recording, assessment and Reporting meet their varying learning and social needs;
• Maintain and foster the positive ethos and core values of the school, both inside and outside the classroom;
• Contribute to constructive team building amongst teaching and non- teaching staff, parents and governors.
Have a working knowledge of:
• The national conditions of employment for school teachers as set out in the current copy of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document;
• The national standards for Qualified Teacher Status.
General Duties and Responsibilities
The Class Teacher will:
• Meet all teacher standards
• Implement agreed school policies and guidelines, including the Health and Safety and Child Protection Policies.
• Support initiatives
• Plan appropriately to meet the needs of all pupils, through differentiated tasks
• Be able to set clear targets, based on prior attainment, for pupils’ learning;
• Provide a stimulating classroom environment, where resources can be easily accessed by all pupils;
• Keep appropriate and efficient records, integrating assessment into planning
• Report to parents on the development, progress and attainment of pupils;
• Maintain good order according to the school’s behaviour policy
• Make part in and contribute to meetings that relate to teaching /curriculum
• When appropriate advise the head teacher and other colleagues in the development of subjects within school;
• Communicate and cooperate with specialists from outside agencies
• Plan for, organise and direct the work of support staff
• Participate in the performance management system for the appraisal of their own performance
Knowledge and Understanding
The Class Teacher will:
• Have knowledge of, and keep up to date with, the National Curriculum, the Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education and the new EYFS Framework.
• Understand how pupils’ learning is affected by their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development and to understand the stages of child development;
• Select and make good use of IT skills for classroom and management support;
• Understand and know how national, local comparative and school data, including National Curriculum test data, can be used to set clear targets for pupils’ achievement.
Planning, Teaching and Class Management
• Plan and deliver in relation to the National Curriculum etc the teaching programme for all children within the class.
• Make effective use of assessment information on pupils’ attainment and progress and in planning future lessons.
• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groups and individuals, establishing high expectations of behaviour and attainment, so that teaching objectives are met.
• Monitor and intervene when teaching to ensure sound learning and discipline and maintain a safe environment in which pupils feel confident.
• Use a variety of teaching and learning styles to keep all pupils engaged.
• Be familiar with the Code of Practice and identification, assessment and support of pupils with special educational needs.
• Evaluate their own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
• Manage additional adults effectively.
Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability
• Assess and record each pupil’s progress systematically with reference to the school’s current practice, including the social progress of each child, and use the results to inform planning.
• Mark and monitor children’s work appropriately, providing constructive feedback and setting targets for future progress.
• Provide reports on individual progress to the Head Teacher and parents as required.
Core Purpose
The Teacher will:
• Provide a high quality educational experience for all children;
• Teach a class of pupils and ensure that planning, preparation, recording, assessment and Reporting meet their varying learning and social needs;
• Maintain and foster the positive ethos and core values of the school, both inside and outside the classroom;
• Contribute to constructive team building amongst teaching and non- teaching staff, parents and governors.
Have a working knowledge of:
• The national conditions of employment for school teachers as set out in the current copy of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document;
• The national standards for Qualified Teacher Status.
General Duties and Responsibilities
The Class Teacher will:
• Meet all teacher standards
• Implement agreed school policies and guidelines, including the Health and Safety and Child Protection Policies.
• Support initiatives
• Plan appropriately to meet the needs of all pupils, through differentiated tasks
• Be able to set clear targets, based on prior attainment, for pupils’ learning;
• Provide a stimulating classroom environment, where resources can be easily accessed by all pupils;
• Keep appropriate and efficient records, integrating assessment into planning
• Report to parents on the development, progress and attainment of pupils;
• Maintain good order according to the school’s behaviour policy
• Make part in and contribute to meetings that relate to teaching /curriculum
• When appropriate advise the head teacher and other colleagues in the development of subjects within school;
• Communicate and cooperate with specialists from outside agencies
• Plan for, organise and direct the work of support staff
• Participate in the performance management system for the appraisal of their own performance
Knowledge and Understanding
The Class Teacher will:
• Have knowledge of, and keep up to date with, the National Curriculum, the Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education and the new EYFS Framework.
• Understand how pupils’ learning is affected by their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development and to understand the stages of child development;
• Select and make good use of IT skills for classroom and management support;
• Understand and know how national, local comparative and school data, including National Curriculum test data, can be used to set clear targets for pupils’ achievement.
Planning, Teaching and Class Management
• Plan and deliver in relation to the National Curriculum etc the teaching programme for all children within the class.
• Make effective use of assessment information on pupils’ attainment and progress and in planning future lessons.
• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groups and individuals, establishing high expectations of behaviour and attainment, so that teaching objectives are met.
• Monitor and intervene when teaching to ensure sound learning and discipline and maintain a safe environment in which pupils feel confident.
• Use a variety of teaching and learning styles to keep all pupils engaged.
• Be familiar with the Code of Practice and identification, assessment and support of pupils with special educational needs.
• Evaluate their own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.
• Manage additional adults effectively.
Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability
• Assess and record each pupil’s progress systematically with reference to the school’s current practice, including the social progress of each child, and use the results to inform planning.
• Mark and monitor children’s work appropriately, providing constructive feedback and setting targets for future progress.
• Provide reports on individual progress to the Head Teacher and parents as required.