Early Years Teacher Maternity Cover

OUTSTANDING EARLY YEARS TEACHER
Temporary for 12 months for Maternity Cover

Governors, staff and children would like to appoint an Early Years outstanding practitioner to teach in our friendly and welcoming Church of England Primary school.

We are looking for an outstanding practitioner who is:
•    Motivated and enthusiastic with high expectations.
•    Reflective, proactive and innovative practitioner.
•    Have high standards in all their work.
•    Can actively work as part of a team.
•    Able to inspire and motivate young learners.
•    Can bring new ideas and experiences to our team.
•    Have experience of teaching in an Early Years Setting.
•    Can support and promote the Christian ethos of the school.
•    Have an interest and ability to lead an area of the school curriculum

We can offer:
•    A warm, welcoming Church School ethos.
•    Enthusiastic and energetic children.
•    A motivated, caring and supportive staff team committed to raising standards for the benefit of all our children.
•    Opportunities to develop high quality teaching and leadership skills.
•    An active partnership with parents and the local community.
•    A supportive Governing Body. 

Westwoodside Church of England Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS and a barred list check.

This post is suited to new and recently qualified teachers as well as those with more experience. Westwoodside is situated in a desirable village location approximately 20 minutes from Scunthorpe, Doncaster and Gainsborough. There are easy links to the M180, M18, A1. Visits to the school are recommended. Please contact us on 01427 752355 or by email: 
businessmanager@wws.academy

More information about our school can be found on our school website: https://westwoodsidecofeacademy.co.uk

Applications must be submitted on line through the North Lincolnshire Jobs 
Website.

Closing date for applications: 
Monday 29th January 2024 at noon 

Interviews will be held week beginning 5th February 2024
 

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.