Class Teacher

About the role

Are you a motivated, enthusiastic and highly skilled Class Teacher?  An opportunity exists for a strong practitioner to join our primary school team.

We are growing are staff team and are looking for someone who:

• is caring, patient and enthusiastic, with good communication skills and high expectations
• thrives when working as part of a team
• subscribes to our therapeutic approach to supporting pupils
• is able to plan for and deliver exciting learning for all pupils
• is highly motivated and keen to contribute to our school community

We can offer:

• An opportunity to request a preferred age range across the primary age range
• A tailored range of professional development opportunities, including NPQ opportunities
• Happy, enthusiastic, keen and well behaved pupils
• A friendly school community with a distinctive ethos

• An attractive learning environment indoors and outside
• A growing and supportive staff team where effort, encouragement and excellence are celebrated

If you are an excellent teacher with a passion for learning please contact Miss Williams or Miss Whetlor, on 01223 207382 or email office@petersfield.cambs.sch.uk to arrange a virtual visit and receive an application pack. Virtual visits are strongly encouraged and welcomed.
Closing date for applications: 9am Wednesday 15th May.
Interview date: from 16th May.

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What will you be doing?

Petersfield Church of England (Aided) Primary School is a small, rural school serving families from within the parish boundaries of Orwell, Arrington, Croydon, Tadlow, Whaddon and Wimpole and from many other locations outside of our school catchment. Our vision inspires us to 'Live life to the full'. We are committed to ensuring each pupil thrives from their own individual starting point by providing a high quality education within a Christian context and we work hard to create a caring environment, both inside the classroom and out. Motivated by our Christian values of friendship, trust, creativity, peace and love, we provide a rich and diverse education focusing on excellence, enjoyment, perseverance and building relationships to support and inspire our pupils throughout this stage of their lifelong learning journey.

About you

We actively promote equality of opportunity in employment to reflect the communities we serve. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be offered an interview. This school is committed to safeguarding including the Prevent agenda and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. Giving false information is an offence and could result in the application being rejected and referred to the police. Any appointment made will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, right to work in the UK and qualifications check, satisfactory references and medical clearance. The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers