Dorset Council

Classroom Teacher at Wimborne First School

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Job Description

Wimborne First School and Nursery are seeking to recruit a dynamic and enthusiastic class teacher who is committed to providing high quality teaching and learning opportunities for all. We are looking to appoint an inspirational teacher who will relish the challenges and excitement of teaching in our nurturing, caring and child centred school. This post is Part time and offered on a Fixed Term Contract basis.Both applications from ECTs and more experienced teachers are welcome.Wimborne First School and Nursery is part of HAMWIC Education Trust. HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with many academies across the South Coast.This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, professional and passionate teacher to join our teaching team at Wimborne First School and Nursery.We are a unique school where the children are at the heart of everything we do. We have a strong school community and are committed to enabling children to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.‘All about the Child’At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.‘What About Sam’Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.Job/person Summaryyou should be driven to developing children, utilising effective curriculum planning to treat each child as unique with unlimited potential to overachieve across all areasa teacher who puts the children at the forefront of everythinga teacher that can inspire and motivate our learnersa teacher with high expectations and a drive to enable pupils to be the best that they can bea teacher that promotes high standards of behaviouran effective and strong communicator who is committed to the schoolprovide a positive learning environment that offers choice, experiences, independence and meets all the children needsensure a safe, secure and caring environment for the well-being of the childrena fun sense of humourself-motivationFurther InformationApplication ProcedureShould you wish to apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found at www.hamwic.org and return to [email protected].Where applicable, potential candidates may benefit from a tour of the school. Please note, any candidates requesting a tour will be asked for their current place of work which will allow the school to verify, where possible, the name and place of work given. Potential candidates will be asked to bring their current school ID and/or photographic ID as proof when they visit the school for a tour.Successful candidates will be subject to online searches.SafeguardingAll schools within HET are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.About UsThe Hillary PartnershipThe Hillary Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education.We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people.We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders.Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust in order to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.We Can Offer Youexcellent CPD opportunities and training and development programmesin-house teaching schoolan individual induction programme supported by a mentornetworking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staffeligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Schemegenerous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of servicefree eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment (where all conditions are met)opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategyaccess to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pagesaccess to a staff benefits portal through Vivupfree confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members

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