Job Description: Reception Class Teacher

Reporting to: Principal

Start date: January 2024 (fixed term maternity cover)

Salary: Ark MPS (Inner London), £35,368-£45,876, depending on experience

The Role:

To deliver outstanding teaching and learning and therefore help students achieve excellent academic results and be a role-model/impact the academy more widely.
To design an engaging and challenging curriculum that inspires children to appreciate the range of subjects and their application.

Key Responsibilities

To plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard that ensure real learning takes place and students make superior progress
To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps students to develop as learners
To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
To contribute to the effective working of the academy.
Potential to lead a subject

Outcomes and Activities

Teaching and Learning:

Have a strong understanding of the EYFS framework
Teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and improve pupil attainment
Use regular assessments to set targets for students, monitor student progress and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
To produce/contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual and groups of pupils
Develop plans and processes for the classroom with measurable results and evaluate those results to make improvements in student achievement
Ensure that all students achieve at least at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at chronological age level
Maintain regular and productive communication with pupils, parents and carers, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications
Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils
Direct and supervise support staff assigned to lessons and when required participate in related recruitment and selection activities
Implement and adhere to the academy behaviour management policy, ensuring the health and well-being of pupils is maintained at all times
Participate in preparing pupils for external examinations.

Academy Culture:

Support the academy values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies practices and procedures
Help create a strong academy community, characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships
Help develop a culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement
To be active in issues of student welfare and support
Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professional in and beyond the school, covering lessons and providing other support as required.

Other:

Undertake, and when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevant training and professional development
Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal.

Reception Class Teacher Full Time