Orchard Learning Alliance is recruiting a Key Stage 2 class teacher for Gorse Ride Schools on a one-year fixed-term maternity cover contract. The post centres on planning and teaching a class, assessing each child's progress and reporting to parents and colleagues. It suits both experienced and newly qualified teachers, with a focus on vulnerable learners and a chance to lead a curriculum area across the schools. Visa sponsorship is not available and the post starts in February 2027.
What the job involves
- Plan and deliver Key Stage 2 lessons to a class
- Monitor and assess the progress of each child
- Provide feedback on pupil progress to parents and colleagues
- Use a range of teaching methods and resources for different learning styles and abilities
- Nurture pupils' emotional wellbeing
- Foster a positive, inclusive classroom environment
- Collaborate with teachers and staff on whole-school initiatives
- Meet safeguarding responsibilities by providing a safe learning environment and acting on children at risk of significant harm
What’s required
Experience
- Proven record as a class or trainee teacher, particularly with vulnerable learners
- Interest or experience in a curriculum area to drive forward across the schools
Skills & knowledge
- Creativity in motivating, engaging and challenging children
- Optimism about children and high expectations of standards
- Varied teaching methods to suit different learning styles and abilities
- Monitoring and assessing pupil progress with feedback to parents and colleagues
- Nurturing pupils' emotional wellbeing
- Collaborating with staff to plan and implement whole-school initiatives
Checks & eligibility
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Enhanced DBS disclosure
- Full references, including one from the most recent employer
Other
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
What’s offered
- Quality professional development
- Training and networking opportunities through the partnership with local schools
- Supportive, experienced senior leadership team
- Senior leaders working to reduce teacher workload by refining school processes
- Staff ideas welcomed to improve the school
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
