Newly Qualified Class Teacher

Vacancy Summary

Newly Qualified Class Teacher
MPS1
Permanent - Full Time

Are you a talented, passionate and enthusiastic teacher currently completing your training towards becoming a Newly Qualified Teacher with Qualified Teacher Status?  Are you currently on track to become a Good or Outstanding NQT?

St John’s is a very special place and we need a very special teacher to join our family.  We are a supportive school renowned for its development of NQTs with an exceptional induction programme for NQTs which is further enhanced by excellent support from our Trust BDAT.

As a valued member of our team, you will play a vital role in the delivery of our curriculum with a commitment to raising standards.    You will work closely with the Phase Leader and the Senior Leadership Team to secure outstanding provision and to engage our children in a love of learning.  

Vacancy Information

Our ideal candidate will be a team player.  You should have the ability to build positive relationships with pupils in order to support them to be successful, happy learners.  You should also be committed to developing your own teaching practice and share the school’s high expectations for all pupils.  For the majority of the teaching week, you will be working with your own class supported by an experienced Teaching Assistant.

“St John’s is a special place and we need a special sort of person; someone with sparkle in their eyes.”

School Councillor, Year 4

You will:

• Deliver interesting and inspiring lessons for your children, fostering a love of learning
• Have the capacity to bring innovative ideas to the classroom
• Play a fundamental role in shaping the direction and future of our children
• Be part of a highly successful network of schools both locally and nationally
• Receive bespoke training and support in order to be the very best teacher you can be
• Be part of a Trust wide collaborative network

“Here at St John’s, within the context of Christian beliefs and practice, our children and their families always come first.  We value our children’s feelings, creativeness and success in their learning equally, helping each child’s love of learning grow, whilst also developing their interior posture.”

Andrew Knight, Headteacher

You must:

• Have a warm smile that makes every child feel special
• Be able to make every child feel safe when their world outside school might not always feel that way
• Have the fire in your belly that fuels your desire to help children to learn and grow
• Be prepared to deal with the lump in your throat when the children make progress
• Be able to laugh at some of the jokes our children share even though you don’t understand them or find them funny
• Be prepared to feel loved, special and important to our children and their families
• Be prepared to kick start your career to a flying start

“From the moment I walked in the door on my visit,

I knew this was the place I wanted to work.”

NQT 2019

If you would like to know more about our school, feel free to email lesley.burton@stjohnsceprimary.co.uk and Lesley will be able to arrange for you to have a chat with our Headteacher Andrew Knight and a tour.

St John’s CE Primary School is an Academy within Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust.  If you are successful in being appointed, the Trust will be your employer.

Application Instructions:

Due to safer recruitment guidelines, applications will only be considered on our official application forms which are available from the Career Opportunities tab of our website www.stjohnsceprimary.co.uk. Completed applications must be returned directly to the school by email.  CVs will not be considered.

Closing date for application is Thursday 20th May 2021 at 5pm but we reserve the right to close the process earlier should an exceptional candidate be found. 

Trust details can be obtained from www.bdat-academies.org

All posts involving direct contact with vulnerable children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

St John's Church of England Primary School is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

St John’s

Life in all its fullness at its heart

John 10:10