KS1 Teacher

Job Summary

Contract Type:

Fixed Term

Working Pattern:

Please see advert text

Advert Start Date:

17/02/2023

Advert End Date:

Closed for applications on 09/03/2023 12:00

Salary:

MPS

Job Category:

Schools - Teaching

Vacancy ID:

240211

Employment Location:

Wylam First School

Number of posts:

Closing date:

9 Mar

Further Information

KS1 Teacher

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (initially 1 term: Summer 2023)
Working Pattern/hours: Full-time
Salary range: MPS
Required: 17 April 2023
Closing date: Thursday 9 March, 12noon
Shortlisting: Friday 10 March
Interview date: week commencing 13 March

Wylam First School is a successful, small, inclusive first school, set in the historic Tyne Valley. We have enthusiastic, hardworking and friendly pupils, together with dedicated and hardworking staff and governors. Wylam First School is part of the Tyne Community Learning Trust which comprises of six first schools, two middle schools and a high school, and we work closely with our partnership schools to provide the very best educational experience for all pupils.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher on a fixed term contract for 1 term in the first instance, to start 17 April 2023 (summer term). We are committed to supporting the development of ECTs and would offer a full term of the induction programme.

As a school we have invested heavily in the creation of our innovative and challenging curriculum and are looking for a Teacher who is able to enhance our curriculum offer, delivering in a knowledgeable and skilful way. The main duties of this role are set out in the Job Description available from this website.

We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post.

Application forms can be downloaded from this website and are also available from the school by contacting the school office. A curriculum vitae will only be accepted alongside an application form. Applications are invited from prospective candidates who are able to demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Please include in your covering letter and statement of additional information, your strengths as a teacher, your beliefs about what a high quality and challenging education for all looks like, and the experience you have that would make you a perfect candidate for the position at Wylam First School. ECTs are welcome to apply.

Visits to our school are welcomed and strongly encouraged prior to shortlisting. Please contact the school before the closing date to arrange.

Applications to be in by Thursday 9 March, 12noon.
Shortlisting will take place on Friday 10 March.
Interviews will take place the week commencing 13 March.

Wylam First School
Bell Road
Wylam
Northumberland
NE41 8EH
Tel 01661 852771
Email admin@wylam.northumberland.sch.uk