Teacher - Conifers Primary School

Conifers Primary School are seeking to appoint an outstanding, creative and highly skilled Primary teacher to join our THRIVE school, to cover a Maternity post in KS2. You will be working alongside colleagues who are all highly dedicated to improve the life outcomes of our children and who will always go the 'extra mile'.

The successful candidate will be an excellent practitioner and will readily contribute to the continual improvement of teaching and learning across the school.  Candidates will nurture a passionate and positive attitude to learning, be able to plan effectively to meet the needs of all groups of pupils in the class and accurately assess work across all of the core subjects.  The ideal candidates will be able to work collaboratively and effectively as part of a year team, as well as collectively with staff across the school.  This position is open to candidates who have a sound understanding of the Primary educational journey and who will embrace opportunities to teach across the school.   Applications from NQTs are welcomed.

We can offer you:

• A positive, supportive community of staff, governors and parents.
• As a two-form entry school, we encourage and promote opportunities for shared planning and dissemination of good practice across year teams as well as whole school.
• Opportunities for professional development and flexible career paths throughout the school.
• Excellent TA support.

Visits to the school are encouraged and very welcome – please ring the school office to make an appointment on 01305 771289. For more information about the school please visit our website: www.conifers.dorset.sch.uk.

Conifers Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.