Job Description

We have an exciting opening for a Key Stage 1 Teacher. Hamford Primary Academy will provide you with both an excellent community to work in but also an opportunity to live close to the beach to enjoy your evenings and weekends.

Hamford Primary Academy is a vibrant school within the Academies Enterprise Trust Group that is developing a curriculum relevant for the 21st century. Over the last five years the academy has undergone a significant transformation with a learning community grounded in our core framework (vision, mission, values and colleague pledges). In addition we place great emphasis on developing children's character in order to prepare them for the challenges that lie ahead in both their education and life. As a result, the six Hamford characteristics of be responsible, be curious, be resilient, have integrity, be compassionate and be reflective, are explicitly taught and embedded through the assemblies and learning opportunities provided across the curriculum.

We pride ourselves on challenging teachers to exceed their potential through effective professional development based on self reflection and self directed learning and active research. Central to this is our teaching and learning blog.

The successful candidate will:

• Share our core framework and characteristics outlined above
• Be innovative, passionate and determined when implementing the school curriculum
• Be an excellent practitioner who is determined to engage and challenge the children with whom they work
• Have a passion for learning and high expectations of children's achievement and behaviour
• Have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Be a strong team member who will work in partnership with staff, governors, parents and the wider community
• Be reflective and take responsibility for their own professional development
• AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life. Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.

Our values are:

• Be unusually brave
• Discover what's possible
• Push the limits
• Be big-hearted

We offer:

• A caring academy with a strong ethos of inclusion and providing the best opportunities for our children
• A professional challenge
• The chance to make a significant contribution to the future achievement and success of our academy
• Our commitment to your professional development
• Excellent career prospects across the network, with a culture of looking to promote from within
• Access to CPD to enable you to grow and development in your role
• Something we take very seriously is staff WELLBEING. That's why we have partnered up with BHSF to provide support and employee benefits, such as a health cash plan scheme to support healthcare, discounted gym membership and a employee assistance programme
• The opportunity to use Google Suite, which allows you to do your best work, all in one suite

Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit or have an informal discussion about this role. Please email Kevin Smith at sbm@hamfordprimaryacademy.org or contact by phone on 01255 673415.

Closing date: Friday 10 May 2019.

Start Date: September

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Find your remarkable, apply today, by clicking the apply now button.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements. Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetinet .org/academies-enterprise-trust/work-at-aet/graduates for further details.

Information about the School

Hamford Primary Academy is a place that strives to ensure that children get the very best opportunities to achieve the highest possible outcomes and where high quality learning is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to nurture the skills needed to cope in the modern world with memories to last a lifetime. Every child deserves the very best we can offer with opportunities to explore and develop as learners and rounded individuals that contribute to the community and society beyond. As a member of Academies Enterprise Trust we access exceptional support for our school from experts within the educational sector.

The academy’s vision is:

Each and every child inspired to choose a remarkable life.

The academy’s mission is:

To gather and motivate an inspirational community committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.

The academy’s values are:

• Be unusually brave
• Discover what's possible
• Push the limits
• Be big-hearted

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Staff Benefits

Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance. Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

OUR TRUST

We are proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).

AET is a national family of 57 schools committed to delivering an excellent education that launches all the children in our care into a remarkable life. It is our deeply held belief that every child has something remarkable to offer and we see it as our duty to help each and every child find this within themselves.

Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At AET, we want all of our employees to feel included bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives innovation.

AET is also an approved Apprenticeship Training Provider (through the ESFA) which allows us to deliver a wide range of apprenticeship programmes across the Trust and our school network. To find out more about what we offer click here.

We also offer teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here.

To find out more about AET please click here.

If you would like to make an appointment to come and look round the academy, please contact Teresa Cooper on tcooper@hamfordprimaryacademy.org