KS2 Teacher in Edgware

Join an exceptional school where both staff and pupils thrive. Rated Outstanding in our most recent Ofsted inspection, we are proud to be the top performing primary school in Harrow and within the top 5% of schools nationally. Our success is built on a strong culture of high expectations, collaboration and care – alongside a community of wonderful pupils who consistently demonstrate positive behaviour, respect and a genuine love of learning.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated teacher to join a high-performing and supportive team. As a KS2 Class Teacher, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality teaching and ensuring that every child achieves their full potential. You will create engaging, inclusive lessons that build on pupils’ prior knowledge, adapt teaching to meet individual needs and use assessment effectively to drive progress. With a strong focus on both academic excellence and personal development, you will help foster a classroom environment where pupils feel safe, motivated and inspired to succeed.

You will build positive relationships rooted in mutual respect and contribute to a culture where every child is valued as an individual. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, parents and the wider school to support pupil achievement and wellbeing, while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, safeguarding and conduct.

We are looking for a teacher who has high expectations, strong subject knowledge and a commitment to continuous professional development. You will be reflective in your practice, confident in using data and assessment to inform teaching, and able to contribute positively to a team that is dedicated to excellence. In return, you will join a school that invests in its staff, supports career progression and offers the opportunity to be part of a truly outstanding learning environment.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

The staff at Krishna Avanti Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our pupils. All staff that work at our school subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our children. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both children and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject/s that you teach
• Managing classes effectively, using approaches which are appropriate to pupils’ needs in order to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
• Participating in any relevant meetings/professional development opportunities at the school, which relate to the learners, curriculum or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements and assemblies
• Working collaboratively with others to develop effective professional relationships
• Registering the attendance of and supervising learners, before, during or after school sessions as appropriate

Why should you apply?

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

Qualifications required:

• Qualified to bachelor’s degree level in relevant subject or allied subject
• QTS Qualified
• Able to self-start, work independently and collaboratively as part of a team - whether led or leading
• Shows initiative and takes personal responsibility for their own actions with the motivation to work very hard, embrace any activity that is in the interests of protecting and educating children and to continually raise standards
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to delegate
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and faiths who will promote all aspects of the school’s vision, mission, faith and ethos. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be DBS checked.