EYFS Class Teacher – Temporary 1 year contract 0.4 FTE (2 days)
Do you have a passion for working in EYFS? Are you a great team player with the best interests of children in the Early Years at heart? The Governors at Lovers’ Lane Primary School wish to appoint a dynamic teacher for our Foundation Unit this coming September who…
- Is a fabulous, reflective classroom practitioner
- Has great ideas for engaging, effective learning indoors and outdoors
- Keeps up to date with latest developments in EYFS best practice
- Has a proven track record of accelerated progress and attainment outcomes in Early Years teaching
- Has a good knowledge of high quality phonics and child development
- Has experience of teaching Talk4Writing and White Rose Maths
- Shows a commitment to creating and participating in a strong community where everyone feels valued, safe, able to achieve their potential and where diversity is celebrated and everyone has a voice
- Has very high expectations about what children can achieve and the subject knowledge to enable children meet their potential
- Has the ability to promote a classroom ethos that supports children in developing effective inter-personal skills, independence and confidence to take a risk in developing their learning.
- Will demonstrate our school values in all you do.
- Shows resilience and has a proven track record of behaviour management, underpinned by a high expectations and a nurturing approach.
- A proactive team player, who can use their initiative and who makes things happen
- Is willing to go the extra mile for our children!
If you like a challenge, like to take risks with your teaching and are willing to take children to exciting places in their learning, like support and encouragement and are keen to continue your professional development, we want to meet you.
We can offer you:
- Fantastic children, who are keen to learn and are a pleasure to work with
- A well-planned EYFS curriculum and good standards provision in the unit.
- Strong systems for planning and assessment
- A commitment to CPD and providing the best provision possible for our children
- A brilliant space to work in both in the classroom area and outside
- A welcoming, friendly and supportive staff
- Strong leadership of teaching and learning
- Well-behaved children who are keen to learn
- An established coaching culture where everyone works together to improve childrens’ opportunities and staff skills and confidence
- A strong sense of community and belonging where everyone is valued
- Strong working partnerships with Together for Newark, local EYFS hubs, local Children’s Centres, Language Networks and a very strong area group for SEN-D provision and sharing between local primaries and settings.
- Excellent wider CPD opportunities through our links with local providers, hubs and the Local Authority
- Opportunity to work with an excellent EYFS consultant
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something special. We are a friendly, nurturing school with a strong aspiration to ensure all our children get the best education possible. Our recent Ofsted judged the behaviour and attitudes of our children as good and Personal Development is also a strength of the school. Lovers’ Lane has a very strong family feel and an ethos which centres around our TEAM SWAN values to Show Respect, Work Together, Aspire and Nurture. Our outlook affords teachers the chance to be creative, collaborative and develop the skills, passions and attributes of all children. We are building a great team of people who are innovative, practical and determined to deliver for our children.
We want all our teachers to teach excellent and innovative lessons consistently and be able to coach others to do the same. Successful candidates will be excited at working collaboratively across disciplines to deliver rich learning experiences and be keen to develop different pedagogies.
Prospective applicant visits are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school to arrange these or to request an application pack by emailing office@loverslane.notts.sch.uk or contacting the school office on Tel: 01636 683353.
Closing date: Tuesday 9th July 2024
Interviews: TBC
Contact Name: Jenny Hodgkinson
Telephone number: 01636 683353
Email address: head@loverslane.notts.sch.uk
