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Position – Early Career Teacher
Hours – 32.5 per week
Grade – M1 -M6
Salary – FTE £30,000 TO £41,333
Are you looking to begin your career in an environment focused on doing whatever-it-takes to help vulnerable children be the best they can possibly be?
St. Mary’s Partnership of three schools works closely together, across the city of Southampton, changing the life-chances of over 1500 children.
St. Mary’s is a 3-form-entry primary that serves the St Mary’s ward of Southampton’s City Centre. Our demographics are very different – of 612 pupils over 81% speak English as a second language. Almost 60% of our children are eligible for free school meals. Our families travel distances across the world before arriving.
Mason Moor is a 1-form-entry primary in Millbrook – on the west side of the city. We serve an increasingly diverse population, on the doorstep of the General Hospital. Over 55% of our children receive free school meals.
Valentine is a 3-form-entry primary that sits in Sholing – east of the city. It is a large primary school of almost 600 pupils from Reception to Year 6. Over half of the pupils attending are in receipt of free school meals
The successful candidate will be presented with the opportunity to progress within the school if demonstrating the right impact.
We are very keen to receive applications from Early Career Teachers as we know they add a dynamic to school that will support our continued growth and development.
Our offer to every teacher:
• Bespoke professional development opportunities.
• Cutting-edge technology for the planning and delivery of lessons. Use of multi-collaboration platforms to simplify the process of lesson planning.
• A device to help your planning, preparation and assessment.
• A ‘Staff wellbeing charter’ with perks including, a paid days leave throughout the year for personal wellbeing. A commitment to reduce planning.
• The introduction of a new curriculum for non-core subjects that includes the sequential planning, learning resources and visuals.
• A feedback policy that focuses on providing children with a dialogue to support improvement - not onerous marking!
Application information:
For further information on how to apply for the role and a candidate information pack please look under the vacancies section of the school websites or contact the school operations manager at k.brown@smpartnership.org.uk
Your interview day is a mutual process aligned to helping you to decide if this is the school to advance your career in. We aim to make the day as supportive as possible. Any questions pre or post application along with the application form should be sent can be sent to Kevin Brown, our school business manager. (kevin.brown@stmaryspri.org.uk).
NQTs/ECTs Interview: To be decided based on your schedule.
Start Date : July 2024
Tours with the Headteacher are welcomed and can be arranged via email.
On behalf of our governing body, and staff, we look forward to hearing from you.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references, health checks and DBS clearance.
