KS2 Teacher - Sandford St Martin's CE VA Primary School

Posted on 27 January 2025
Applications close on 02 February 2025

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All Locations:

Wareham

Salary Details:

£31,650 - £43,607 Annual Salary

Vacancy Type:

Fixed Term

Fixed Term End Date:

Not Specified

Function:

Teaching

Employer:

Dorset Council - Sandford St Martin CE Primary

Job Working Pattern:

Full time

Closing time of advert

Not Specified

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KS2 Teacher - Sandford St Martin's CE VA Primary School

About the role

LEARN – LOVE – LAUGH: at Sandford St Martin’s CE VA Primary.

Sandford St Martin's CE VA Primary School is seeking to appoint a passionate and skilled KS2 teacher as soon as possible to teach one of our KS2 classes. The role is for a full time teacher (8.45am – 3.15pm Monday – Friday) until the end of the summer term 2025.

We are looking to appoint a teacher who is committed and passionate when it comes to teaching and nurturing children well. Our school is big on relationships so you need to be approachable, friendly and have strong teamwork skills alongside genuine passion for supporting children to be their best. We can offer modern, purposeful classroom spaces and extensive outdoor facilities (including a dedicated Forest School space).

We also offer a genuine commitment to reducing your workload, whilst supporting your wellbeing, job satisfaction and professional development. You would be ably supported by a dedicated teaching team, support staff team, senior leadership team and admin/site staff.

Most of all – we can offer you delightful, captivating and sparky children. Ofsted said our children are 'exceptional' leading to behaviour and attitudes being graded as Outstanding (Nov 2022). This takes daily effort, excellent modelling from adults and consistent compassion.

For a fuller introduction to our school, please visit http://www.sandfordprimary.dorset.sch.uk/

Further Information

Arranging a visit to Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email [email protected].

Please contact the school to find out more. We'd love to meet you and show round if you can get to us.
This job will be advertised in other places and may be closed sooner than advertised if this means we can secure the right person for these classes mid-year.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 2nd February 2025 and interview will be held the following week – final date to be confirmed with the successful applicants.

Sandford St Martin's Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Sandford St Martin's Primary School is 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.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

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

Sandford St Martin's Primary 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.

About Us

What skills and experience we're looking for

Able to deliver high quality English and Maths lessons to Key Stage 2
Able to plan, implement and resource the full primary national curriculum within a well-equipped school
Able to build and sustain clear, consistent boundaries with unwavering commitment to strong, positive relationships (relational practice)
Record/evidence of being a reliable, skilled, committed professional who is willing to go the extra mile to make their class 'buzz'
Committed to supporting children with SEND by making reasonable adjustments, understanding a range of neuro-diversity and implementing quality provision with understanding and compassion

What the school offers its staff

We are a 2 form primary school with dedicated, weekly, PPA time
We encourage our teachers to share the workload and play to their strengths
Dedicated, experienced and available admin and leadership team
SENDCo and Assistant SENDCo to guide, advise and support class practice
Experienced, committed team of support staff who want the best for our children and school
Extensive outdoor environment and grounds in a beautiful setting
Modern, purpose-built building which promotes a calm learning environment
A supportive team with regular CPD
Dedicated, experienced and available governors
A team of excellent teachers, subject leaders and generally fun-loving, supportive humans!

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