Class Teacher in Bloxham

Knowledge and understanding

• Have a good knowledge of the relevant aspects of theNational Curriculum and other statutory requirements.
• Know how to respond to subject-related questions whichpupils raise and be able to ascertain the real point of the question.

Planning and setting expectations

• Contribute to long-term and medium-term planning to ensurethat the curriculum is broad, varied and relevant to the needs of the pupils.
• Follow the school’s curriculum documentation with regard tolearning objectives, content, lesson structures and sequences.
• Set appropriate yet challenging expectations for pupils’learning and motivation. Set clear targets for pupils’ learning, building onprior attainment.
• Identify pupils who have special educational needs, workingwithin the school’s systems to provide positive and targeted support. Implementand keep relevant records.

Teaching and managing pupil learning

• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groupsand individuals so that teaching objectives are met, momentum and challenge aremaintained, and best use is made of teaching time.
• Ensure teaching follows the school’s BASIC lesson structureand consistently adopts Bloxham CE Primary School’s agreed pedagogy, includingreview and retrieval, small steps, modelling, effective questioning, guided toindependent practice, appropriate scaffolding, purposeful vocabulary developmentand live feedback.
• Ensure appropriate adaptations are planned and implementedso that all pupils, including those with SEND and other identified needs, canaccess learning, experience appropriate challenge and make progress.
• Use teaching methods which keep pupils engaged, includingstimulating pupils’ intellectual curiosity, effective questioning and response,clear presentation and good use of resources.
• Provide opportunities within which pupils increasingly takeresponsibility for their own learning.
• Set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, establishingand maintaining a good standard of discipline through well-focused teaching andthrough positive and productive relationships.

Assessment and evaluation

• Evaluate how well learning objectives have been achievedand use this to determine objectives for future teaching, in accordance withthe school’s assessment policy.
• In line with the school’s Feedback and Marking Policy,monitor pupils’ work and learning, provide effective feedback and ensuremisconceptions are identified and clearly addressed so that pupils can moveforward securely in their learning.
• Use assessment information to identify pupils who requireadditional support and ensure necessary interventions are implemented, recordedand reviewed for impact, with a clear focus on securing progress.
• Enter assessment and other required pupil data accuratelyand within agreed timescales onto the school’s tracking system. Use thisinformation to monitor individual and cohort progress, identify pupils at riskof falling behind and inform appropriate teaching, adaptations andintervention. Keep parents and carers informed about their child’s attainment,progress and next steps in line with the school’s reporting arrangements.

Relations with parents and wider community

• Promote positive relations with parents, carers and thewider community by encouraging a working partnership with the school.
• Ensure reports to parents are provided in line with schooltimescales.
• Recognise that learning takes place outside the schoolcontext and provide opportunities to develop pupils’ understanding by relatingtheir learning to real and work-related examples.
• Understand the need to liaise with agencies responsible forpupils’ welfare.

Managing own performance and development

• Understand the need to take responsibility for their ownprofessional development and keep up to date with research and developments inlearning for the subjects they teach.
• Understand and fulfil their professional responsibilitiesin accordance with the current Teachers’ Standards, school policies, proceduresand agreed professional expectations.
• Uphold the school’s Staff Code of Conduct at all times andact in a way that protects and promotes the good reputation of Bloxham CEPrimary School. Maintain the highest standards of professional behaviour,integrity, confidentiality and communication, recognising that conduct andcommunication, including online and through social media, can affect publicconfidence in the school and the teaching profession.
• Actively contribute to and uphold the distinctive ethos andculture of Bloxham CE Primary School, supporting colleagues and pupils to liveout the school’s vision and values and challenging attitudes or behaviours thatare inconsistent with them.
• Be an exemplary role model for pupils and the wider schoolcommunity, demonstrating through words, actions, relationships and professionalconduct a clear belief in and commitment to the school’s Christian vision, Be.Build. Become. and the iCATCH values of being Inclusive, Caring, Ambitious, Trustworthy,Creative and Honest.
• Evaluate their own teaching critically and use this to improve their effectiveness.
• Attend weekly development meetings and INSET specifiedwithin the directed time calendar.

Managing and developing staff and other adults

Establish respectful and effective working relationshipswith all staff and other adults, contributing positively to the supportive andcollaborative culture of Bloxham CE Primary School.

Managing resources

• Select and make good use of books, technology and otherlearning resources which enable teaching objectives to be met.
• Ensure the safe use of all equipment at all times.

Safeguarding

• Promote the safety and well-being of pupils, adhering toBloxham CE Primary School’s safeguarding and child protection policies and allnational statutory safeguarding requirements.
• Be aware of and follow health and safety procedures for allstaff and pupils at all times.
• Teach all pupils that they also have a responsibility fortheir own health and safety.