Classroom Teacher

St Mary’s is a thriving and successful one form entry primary school. Our ambitious, inclusive ethos and supportive learning environment enables all members of our school family to flourish in their lives within school, the local community and beyond.

We can offer you:

• A school built on strong relationships and trust
• A positive, caring and inclusive culture
• Creative, unique and inspiring children
• A dedicated, supportive and highly motivated community of staff, governors and parents who do everything possible to ensure our children succeed and demonstrate a genuine love of learning
• A forward thinking, committed and skilled team of professionals to learn alongside
• A commitment to improving and supporting teacher well-being
• Opportunities for continued professional development and collaboration within our school and with staff across Initio Learning Trust schools.

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and creative class teacher to join our committed, inclusive staff team who can:

• Ensure high standards of education and achievement within the classroom.
• Demonstrate experience of teaching across the primary age range.
• A passion for meeting the needs of all children
• Work closely with the rest of the staff team and support all aspects of school life.
• Motivate, challenge and inspire staff and pupils.
• Commit to working in partnership with the Headteacher and other staff both at St Mary’s Primary and across Initio Learning Trust.
• Support the Christian ethos of the school.

St Mary’s CE Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange a meeting with our Headteacher, Kate Batorska

For further details and an application form contact the office on 01308 423065 or office@stmarybridport.dorset.sch.uk otherwise apply online via https://jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/

About Us

Newly formed from a partnership between The Minerva Learning and Wimborne Academy Trusts, Initio Learning Trust comprises 17 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. We offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form, and pride ourselves on offering genuine professional development opportunities for our support and teaching staff, enabling every person to thrive within their role.

Details and an application form can also be found on the school website www.colfox.org or you can apply directly at https://jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/

Closing Date: 12.00pm Friday 12 May 2023

Interviews: Monday 15 May 2023

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

In accordance with the “fluency duty” (Immigration Act 2016) fluency in English is required for all student and public-facing roles (refer to the Job Description & Person Specification for further details).

The Trust values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Unfortunately, we are not always able to contact unsuccessful applicants individually. If you have not heard from us by 14 days after the closing date of this advert, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

The Trust will accept a range of evidence of spoken English language ability:

• competently answering interview questions in English;
• possessing a relevant qualification for the role attained as part of education in the UK or fully taught in English by a recognised institution abroad,
• passing an English language competency test or possessing a relevant spoken English or Welsh qualification at CEFR Level B1 or above, taught in English or Welsh by a recognised institution abroad (and from September 2017 this includes Welsh second language GCSE).

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.