Job ref: CLM/24-25
Full Time, Term Time, Permanent
Grade 5, Scale Points 11-14
Actual Salary: £23,855 - £25,881
FTE: £27,933 – £30,305
37 hours per week, Term Time (38 weeks per year) plus 3 Professional Learning Days
Start Date: 6th January 2025 or sooner if possible
Monday to Thursday 8:00 to 4.00pm
Friday 8.00 – 3.30 pm (with ½ hour lunch daily)
We are looking to appoint a confident, flexible, and enthusiastic individual. Work will include the supervision of whole classes during short-term absences of class teachers under the guidance of teaching/senior staff; delivery of pre-prepared exercises; managing student behaviour and assisting students in relevant activities in line with school policies and procedures.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable working experience for anyone considering wanting to join the teaching profession via SCITT, PGCE, Schools Direct or Teach First. You will have the opportunity to work and learn in a variety of faculty areas, where you will be supported by experts in their subjects.
Consider joining our high achieving academy where:
• strong, positive relationships are a strength of the school;
• students are generally taught in mainstream lessons which allows them to thrive in a positive and productive learning environment;
• students of all ages and abilities readily demonstrate an eagerness to learn and make progress across the curriculum;
• outstanding behaviour is apparent throughout the school; students are polite, open and articulate, making it a pleasure to engage with them in lessons;
• the school’s progress 8 score is significantly above average at +1.0 for two consecutive years and ranked in the top 5% nationally;
• Professional Learning is a priority and time for this is integrated into the school day;
• all students, teachers and parents share a common vision to "make a positive difference".
“We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a high achieving and forward-thinking department within a highly successful school. You will be able to take advantage of their evidence led practice and learn from them to aid you contribute to a department which regularly achieves above the national average.
We look to improve, not because we are not good enough but because we can always do better.
Rushey Mead Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) which is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. The Trust draws its educational excellence from the established track record of the high-quality education provision of Rushey Mead Academy, the Trust's convertor academy.
TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that together we make a positive difference.
Please see the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.
How to apply:
If you are interested in this post, please complete the application form online.
A letter detailing why you are a suitable candidate for the position should accompany your completed application form.
Please see the documents listed below, which may assist you in making your application:
• Applicant Pack
• Job Description
• Application and Recruitment Process document
Should you have any queries regarding your application please contact school.
Closing date: Wednesday 4th December 2024 9am
Interview date: WC 9th December 2024
Rushey Mead Academy is committed to:
• safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
• equal opportunities and equal value for staff and students, prevention of discrimination in its many forms
NO AGENCIES OR CV’s PLEASE
This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.