EYFS or KS1 Teacher in Taunton

An opportunity has arisen at Orchard Grove Primary School for an enthusiastic and committed EYFS or KS1 Teacher to join our team and contribute positively to our wider school environment by taking a key role in delivering high quality lessons for our pupils.

Role overview

You’ll provide a supportive and welcoming learning environment in the classroom, play a significant part in the ongoing development of all areas of the children’s education, and put assessment techniques into practice in line with the school’s ethos and principles. In order to deliver teaching and learning at a consistently high level, you’ll help with lesson planning that achieves the needs of all students.

Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Understanding of relevant curriculum requirements
• Effective use of differentiation strategies to meet all pupil’s needs
• Ability to use data and assessments to note areas for improvement and sustaining positive educational outcomes

At Orchard Grove Primary School, you’ll play a rewarding part in the early educational development of our young pupils, supported by our wider staff team with opportunities for professional development and guidance in your Primary teaching career.

Safeguarding Statement: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.

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