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Class Teacher
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2025 |
| Location: | South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 0EQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0a5017d0-4a97-4095-9974-50a89a4a6461 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
General duties:
To be responsible for the education and well-being of a designated class/group of children in accordance with the requirements of the Conditions of Employment of School Teachers, having due regard to the requirements of:
• The Early Years Framework or National Curriculum programmes of study and the school’s curriculum plans and the school’s pedagogic principles and contexts for learning
• The school’s ethos, core values and School Development Plan
• School policies
Specific Responsibilities:
• To work closely with a range of professionals - external agencies alongside teachers, teaching assistants, SLT, and the wider staff - to ensure continuity and progression in children’s learning across the whole school, in accordance with the Teaching and Learning Policy / Early Years Foundation Stage Policy
• To produce medium and short-term plans in collaboration with year group partners to ensure continuity of teaching across a year group, and in accordance with the school’s policies
• To effectively use assessment (in line with school policy) to identify misconceptions, to track children’s understanding and to effectively plan for next steps in learning
• To create an inspiring and well managed learning environment where: children are motivated and actively engaged in learning; where lifelong learning skills are introduced, practised and mastered; and where behaviour is managed effectively (in line with policy)
• To lead a subject area (once the ECT programme is achieved). These roles will be subject to negotiation as part of the annual review [CT1]and development cycle, set out in the Performance Management Policy
• To act as a member of a task team from time to time, developing new curriculum initiatives, implementing and monitoring aspects of the Teaching and Learning Policy, and working on aspects of curriculum development within the School Development Plan
• To be aware of the well-being of others and share in the responsibility for managing our own well-being, and for supporting the well-being of other staff and children
• To manage the behaviour of all children in the school, working closely with teacher colleagues, teaching assistants and other support staff
• To commit to, and promote, the home-school partnership in order to ensure that all those involved in children’s learning and development work closely together within agreed policies
• Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, in particular: Health and Safety Policy, GDPR policy, and Safeguarding and Child Protection policy
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• High morale and an atmosphere of trust and respect where quality relationships are at the heart of what we do, to enable everyone to feel safe, valued and happy here.
• Motivated, independent learners who are full of ideas and questions and enjoy being challenged so that they can achieve well across our creative curriculum and in life.
• We aim for our children to become the innovators who will go on to shape our world positively in the future, and with this in mind, we equip them with the necessary life skills and develop their social responsibility.
• A well-planned, broad, balanced, and inspiring curriculum which develops the whole child.
• All practitioners are encouraged to be creative, collaborative, responsible, resilient and reflective in everything they do.
• Ridgeway is a stimulating and supportive environment for all staff, where diversity is valued and celebrated and where everyone is a learner.
• A supportive community where close home-school partnership is a key feature.
• A stimulating school environment where everyone: is a learner; talks about pedagogy and research; and regularly reflects on their own practice and that of others.
• Excellent CPD and distributed leadership opportunities with a clear focus on pedagogy, research, training and development.
• Quality teaching assistant support which positively impacts on our learners.
• Excellent systems to manage teachers’ workload and well-being including: planning, preparation and assessment alongside year group partners; verbal feedback policy; minimal paperwork; and a focus on working hard on the things that make a real difference to children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ridgeway Primary School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references. Promoting equality and diversity.
General duties:
To be responsible for the education and well-being of a designated class/group of children in accordance with the requirements of the Conditions of Employment of School Teachers, having due regard to the requirements of:
• The Early Years Framework or National Curriculum programmes of study and the school’s curriculum plans and the school’s pedagogic principles and contexts for learning
• The school’s ethos, core values and School Development Plan
• School policies
Specific Responsibilities:
• To work closely with a range of professionals - external agencies alongside teachers, teaching assistants, SLT, and the wider staff - to ensure continuity and progression in children’s learning across the whole school, in accordance with the Teaching and Learning Policy / Early Years Foundation Stage Policy
• To produce medium and short-term plans in collaboration with year group partners to ensure continuity of teaching across a year group, and in accordance with the school’s policies
• To effectively use assessment (in line with school policy) to identify misconceptions, to track children’s understanding and to effectively plan for next steps in learning
• To create an inspiring and well managed learning environment where: children are motivated and actively engaged in learning; where lifelong learning skills are introduced, practised and mastered; and where behaviour is managed effectively (in line with policy)
• To lead a subject area (once the ECT programme is achieved). These roles will be subject to negotiation as part of the annual review [CT1]and development cycle, set out in the Performance Management Policy
• To act as a member of a task team from time to time, developing new curriculum initiatives, implementing and monitoring aspects of the Teaching and Learning Policy, and working on aspects of curriculum development within the School Development Plan
• To be aware of the well-being of others and share in the responsibility for managing our own well-being, and for supporting the well-being of other staff and children
• To manage the behaviour of all children in the school, working closely with teacher colleagues, teaching assistants and other support staff
• To commit to, and promote, the home-school partnership in order to ensure that all those involved in children’s learning and development work closely together within agreed policies
• Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, in particular: Health and Safety Policy, GDPR policy, and Safeguarding and Child Protection policy
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• High morale and an atmosphere of trust and respect where quality relationships are at the heart of what we do, to enable everyone to feel safe, valued and happy here.
• Motivated, independent learners who are full of ideas and questions and enjoy being challenged so that they can achieve well across our creative curriculum and in life.
• We aim for our children to become the innovators who will go on to shape our world positively in the future, and with this in mind, we equip them with the necessary life skills and develop their social responsibility.
• A well-planned, broad, balanced, and inspiring curriculum which develops the whole child.
• All practitioners are encouraged to be creative, collaborative, responsible, resilient and reflective in everything they do.
• Ridgeway is a stimulating and supportive environment for all staff, where diversity is valued and celebrated and where everyone is a learner.
• A supportive community where close home-school partnership is a key feature.
• A stimulating school environment where everyone: is a learner; talks about pedagogy and research; and regularly reflects on their own practice and that of others.
• Excellent CPD and distributed leadership opportunities with a clear focus on pedagogy, research, training and development.
• Quality teaching assistant support which positively impacts on our learners.
• Excellent systems to manage teachers’ workload and well-being including: planning, preparation and assessment alongside year group partners; verbal feedback policy; minimal paperwork; and a focus on working hard on the things that make a real difference to children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ridgeway Primary School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and references. Promoting equality and diversity.