Job Description

Start date: 1st September 2022

Closing date for applications whichMUST BE SUBMITTED ON COGNITA APPLICATION FORMto be considered: 8.00 a.m, 16th May 2022

Interview Dates:Wednesday 18th May and Friday 20th May 2022

Contract type: Maternity

We are seeking to appoint a maternity cover KS2 Teacher with Games and PE, including netball and hockey specialism, to join our experienced and dedicated team. The successful candidate will have the talent, enthusiasm, energy and love of learning required to get the best from motivated and delightful children who are taught in small classes. They will also demonstrate the flexibility and commitment that is the hallmark of St Margaret's staff. The successful candidate will deliver excellent classroom lessons to KS2 pupils and also have the ability to coach PE, netball, hockey, cricket and athletics to pupils throughout the school.

The ethos of St Margaret's is to provide a high-quality, all-round education in a happy and caring family atmosphere. We are ambitious for our pupils, and they are at the heart of everything we do. St Margaret's has been judged 'Excellent' by the ISI (October 2021) and we are enormously proud of our children.

St Margaret's is a thriving and highly regarded 2-11 preparatory day school in north Essex. The school is non-selective but academic, performing arts and sport outcomes are excellent. The school is part of the Cognita group, which currently consists of over 90 schools worldwide and invests heavily in professional development.

Cognita Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

For further details and an application pack please contact Mrs Corinne Walker, Head's PA: corinne.walker@stmargaretsprep.com or download a an application form at www.stmargaretsprep.com or www.cognitaschools.com/careers. If you would like a tour of our wonderful school prior to the deadline, please contact Mrs Corinne Walker to arrange this - you will be very welcome.

All applicants must complete a Cognita application form. CV's may be submitted in support of an application form butCV's on their own are not acceptable. Applications by post and email will be accepted. Please send your application, to be received before the deadline of 8.00am Monday 16th May 2022 to:

Mrs Corinne Walker

PA to the Headteacher

St Margaret's Preparatory School

Gosfield Hall Park

Gosfield

Essex

CO9 1SE

Information about the School

At St. Margaret’s Prep School, we make education fun and stimulating. We have a reputation for developing exceptionally well-rounded pupils with a love of learning. Our results speak for themselves, with our excellence in scholarships, sport and the arts, particularly music.

What makes St. Margaret’s so special is the warm and nurturing heart at its core, with every child valued and treated as an individual to bring out the very best in them. Quite simply, we are a family, with traditional caring family values.