Job Description

Senior Teacher (KS1)

Briscoe Primary School & Nursery seeks applications from experienced teachers to be curriculum lead at our friendly and welcoming school. The successful candidate will teach a KS1 class, with generous release time to implement the changes in the new Ofsted Framework. We welcome applications from you if you have integrity, creativity, stamina and promise for this rewarding role.

Briscoe Primary School and Nursery is an academy belonging to the HEARTS Academy Trust. The school has a highly inclusive ethos and provides a broad and enriched education for its pupils. We have a highly skilled staff who prioritise the support of their colleagues as well as having very high aspirations for their pupils.

Are you:

• committed to educational excellence?
• passionate about learning?
• dedicated to your chosen profession?
• aiming to move forward in your career quickly?
• understand of the importance of emotional and social well-being?
• professional and responsive?
• willing to do whatever it takes to ensure an outstanding education for the community that you serve?
• able to share the strong values of the HEARTS Trust?

The school can offer:

• highly skilled staff who will support you and help you to develop quickly
• professional development opportunities across the Trust and in schools that we partner
• wonderful pupils and families
• highly committed governors and trustees who support and lead the school in its values and development
• a warm and friendly team who work together
• a service driven ethos with a focus on pupils' outcomes
• an innovative pay policy that rewards accelerated progress including opportunities for a HEARTS Award

Information about the School

Briscoe Primary School and Nursery is a school that is at the heart of the community it serves. We strive to meet the needs of every child and are lucky to have small class sizes. We pride ourselves on the way in which we balance the highest expectations for all of our children within an environment that nurtures and supports all members of our community. We are well served by transport links and are close to major road networks.

Briscoe Primary School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, achievement, self-esteem, respect & responsibility, truth, spirituality & service. The trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.

The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies

We can offer you:

• access to the HEARTS Extra Programme (Rewards and Benefits)

• an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights throughout the year

• a two-week October half-term

• supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils

• a highly effective learning environment

• a responsive and involved leadership team

• The HEARTS four-day face-to-face teaching week model whereby all teachers in the trust receive 20% non-contact time. This goes above and beyond the national entitlement of 10% PPA.

• a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values

• access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions

For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk