Primary Teacher in Enhanced Resource Facility

Springfield Primary School; Hilcote; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Staffroom with tea/coffee

Long service award

Wellbeing sick pay

Eye care

Flu jabs

Occupational health

Counselling

Ill health retirement

Discounts for staff

Job summary

Springfield Primary School in the United Kingdom is seeking an excellent teacher to join our small, nurturing ERF classes, with a strong commitment to SEND and ensuring every child’s needs are fully met. You will be pivotal in building positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues and in adapting and scaffolding learning so all learners are engaged and supported.

You will be a reflective practitioner, able to contribute to a calm, well-ordered classroom and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of SEND, with the belief that all children can succeed when needs are met.
• Ability to build effective relationships with children, parents and colleagues.
• Skilled in adapting and scaffolding learning to engage and support all learners.
• Reflective practitioner focused on meeting every child’s needs.
• Strong organisational and behaviour management skills in the classroom.
• Effective team player with strong communication across staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching in ERF classes with a SEND focus.
• Build positive relationships with children, families and staff to support learning.
• Adapt lessons and provide scaffolding to ensure inclusive participation.
• Maintain a calm, positive classroom environment and manage behaviour effectively.
• Collaborate with colleagues to share best practice and improve outcomes.
• Contribute to a nurturing, wellbeing-focused school culture.

Skills

SEND knowledge

Relationship building

Scaffolding learning

Reflective practitioner

Classroom management

Team player

Job description

• Recognise the importance of employee wellbeing, mental health and a managed workload, and the place that wellbeing plays in the recruitment and retention of employees.
• Encourage employees to undertake training and development including apprenticeship opportunities, and where appropriate, to explore new challenges within the Trust. Professional development is central to the annual professional performance review framework.
• Are open to ideas which help to improve the employee experience and encourage the sharing of good practice between schools.
• Are clear about our expectations of employees and offer a transparent and supportive working culture in return.
• Conduct regular employee wellbeing surveys and review feedback to celebrate our successes and monitor areas for improvement.
• Promote professional development including secondment options and opportunities for career development across our family of schools.
• Provide a Trust Newsletter and employee wellbeing updates.
• Provide guides to managing stress, support for symptoms of menopause and domestic abuse
• Recognise the importance of mental health champions in our schools and the provision of mental health training for managers.

We are looking for an excellent teacher to work with our small and nurturing ERF classes. This teacher will:

1. Have excellent knowledge and understanding of SEND, alongside the unshakeable belief that all children can be successful in their learning when their needs are fully met
2. Have a calm and positive disposition, able to build effective relationships with children, parents and colleagues
3. Be skilled in adapting and scaffolding learning, ensuring that all children are engaged and supported
4. Be a reflective practitioner, who strives to strives to ensure that all children's needs are fully met
5. Show high level of skill in classroom organisation and behaviour management
6. Be an effective team player with excellent communication skills

Springfield Primary School has a supportive working culture which is designed to support our employees. Together, we share a mission to improve educational standards, and work in collaboration to deliver on our goals. Above all, we understand that we all benefit from creating a working environment in which teachers and education support professionals feel valued and able to derive satisfaction from their work., At Springfield we offer a range of employee benefits, we believe that by involving, developing and valuing employees and by supporting them to look after their wellbeing that our employees feel a sense of belonging to our school.

• Springfield offers free on-site secure parking and safe cycle storage.
• We have a warm and friendly staffroom where you can help yourself to tea, coffee and whatever you need to brew the perfect cuppa at no cost to you.
• A long service award for employees who have reached the goal of 25 years' service across one or more of our schools.
• Wellbeing Occupational sick pay: For those times when you are not well enough to be with us, we provide occupational sick pay to help you financially.
• Eye care and Flu jabs: As a valued employee, you can claim reimbursement for an eye test for regular Visual Display Users (as defined by HSE), claims are limited to one claim per 12-month period.
• We work with an occupational health provider to ensure that employees are safe and well in the workplace and that we are providing wellbeing support for employees wherever we can.
• Counselling and other therapies can also be secured through occupational health for employees where needed.
• Where our employees are unable to work for health reasons and meet specified criteria, we support applications for ill health retirement under the LGPS and TPS.
• For further information please visit their website; Shopping discounts Discounts for Teachers, Cycle to Work scheme, Blue Light Card and Uni Days provide a variety of benefits and money saving opportunities for all Springfield employees.