KS2 Teacher

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32.50 hours per week

Salary: Teachers Pay Scale £30,000 - £46,525 per annum

Closing Date: 2^nd May 2023 9.00 am

Devonshire Primary Academy wishes to appoint a permanent Key Stage 2 (KS2) Teacher from 01/09/2024.  The successful candidate will fully engage children in their learning and make a positive contribution to the planning and delivery of quality learning experiences.

At Devonshire Primary Academy every child is important and everyone is treated as an individual.  We place great emphasis on our ability to provide a secure, caring and welcoming environment in which everyone has pride in themselves and strives to achieve the highest possible standard of learning, behaviour and attitudes.  We endeavour to ensure that all children leave our care with a love of education and with the building blocks they need to become confident, life-long learners. 

Our newly-designed curriculum provides a balance of core skills, enriched within a wide range of experiences and opportunities which enable all of our children to succeed, irrespective of circumstance. 

Our dedicated staff, parents and governors all work together as a team to make Devonshire Primary Academy the best environment for our children to thrive. 

At Devonshire Primary Academy, open methods of communication are well-established so that a shared responsibility for the development of the academy are much in evidence.  The candidate appointed will be joining an imaginative and mutually-supportive team where opportunities for professional development are given high priority and where the creative teacher can contribute to the academy as a whole.  We are looking for candidates who are:

• Dedicated and reflective practitioners, who recognise their professional obligation to improve as a teacher through their commitment to professional development in line with the school’s ongoing and supportive CPD programme;
• Resilient teachers who embrace school improvement with passion and vigour, knowing that learners are at the heart of everything that we do;
• Dynamic practitioners who are passionate about teaching and learning and use a range of assessment strategies, teaching pedagogies and curriculum knowledge effectively to engage learners and accelerate progress;
• Flexible, with the ability to adapt to and accommodate changes at short notice on a day to day basis; and
• Conscientious, caring and committed teachers who strive to do their very best, every day, and believes that hard work is the key to success for staff and learners.
  
  

We are a happy, exciting and productive school with a wealth of opportunities for our children and staff.  We can offer you: 

• The chance to be part of a closely connected, dedicated and hardworking staff;
• A friendly and supportive whole school staff team;
• Opportunities for professional development;
• A commitment to reducing staff workload and prioritising staff wellbeing – The Sea View Trust has recently signed up to the DfE Wellbeing Charter and Devonshire Primary Academy was named as Active Workplace of the Year 2023 at Active Lives Community Awards;
• A consistent, supportive and fair approach to dealing with staff absence, which applies to all employees and covers all types of absence;
• Enrolment into a pension scheme – employees do not pay tax or national insurance on their pension contributions and the school add a generous employer contribution;
• Free onsite parking;
• The option to purchase a new bicycle and cycling equipment via salary sacrifice making tax and national insurance savings; and
• The opportunity to work in a school which is at the heart of its community and always looking for innovative ways to provide the best education. 

Visits to the academy are encouraged and have been scheduled for Friday 26^th April at 9.30am and Tuesday 30^th April at 4.00pm.  If you wish to visit, please arrange this by calling the office on 01253 478271.  We would also invite you to peruse our school website: https://www.devonshire.blackpool.sch.uk/ and our Facebook Page: Devonshire Primary Academy to gain an insight into our wonderful school.

For full details please see the attached Job Description.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 2^nd May at 9.00am and interviews are scheduled to take place during the week beginning the 6^th May.

Application forms can be downloaded here.

Kindly return completed application forms to Mr Dan Simm (Headteacher), preferably by email at admin@devonshire.blackpool.sch.uk, or by post to:

Devonshire Primary Academy

Devonshire Road

Blackpool

FY3 8AF

If you wish to discuss the post, or find out more about Devonshire Primary Academy, I would be delighted to hear from you.  Please do contact me directly via email: dan.simm@devonshire.blackpool.sch.uk or telephone: 01253 478271.

We very much look forward to receiving applications from outstanding practitioners with relentless drive, enthusiasm and resilience, who would enjoy working with a talented and supportive staff team.

Our Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to volunteer to share this commitment.  Appointment is subject to successful references and an enhanced DBS.  The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful, you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'.  Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs.

Safer Recruitment

The Sea View Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting our students and staff and therefore have a rigorous recruitment process that includes assessing candidates’ suitability to work with children.

The settings within our Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be required to hold an enhanced DBS Disclosure. To ensure compliance with Safer Recruitment Guidelines, CVs will not be accepted.

Equal Opportunities

 At our Trust we believe that all individuals are of equal value, and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief.

Please note: To ensure compliance with Safer Recruitment Guidelines, CVs will not be accepted.