Senior Teacher

Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided School is seeking an exceptional Senior Teacher to join the leadership team, balancing substantial classroom practice with a defined senior leadership role.

The post combines four days as a class teacher and one day for senior leadership responsibilities; the successful candidate will deputise for the Headteacher, oversee day-to-day life, and lead school improvement, staff performance, and subject leadership to maintain a safe, ambitious

Qualifications

• High expectations of yourself and of our pupils
• The ability to motivate and inspire our pupils
• A desire to actively take part in the wider aspects of the school
• The ability to recognise the uniqueness of every pupil
• An understanding of how and why children behave in differing ways
• A commitment to upholding the Christian Values and Ethos of the school

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Headteacher in their absence and maintain an overview of day-to-day life in the school
• Lead people, practice and improvement across the school
• Take responsibility for the performance management of support staff
• Lead a subject or subjects and manage day-to-day operational matters
• Help ensure that the school continues to provide a safe, positive and ambitious environment for all pupils and staff

Job description

We are seeking an exceptional and committed Senior Teacher to join ourteam and work closely with the Headteacher in driving the next phase of ourschool's development. This is a uniqueopportunity for an experienced teacher who wishes to combine significantclassroom practice with a defined senior leadership role.

Thisis a key strategic role for an experienced teacher and leader who is ready totake on whole‑school responsibility. The role comprises four days per week as aclass teacher and one day per week dedicated to senior leadershipresponsibilities. The successful candidate will deputise for the Headteacher intheir absence, maintain an overview of day‑to‑day life in the school, and playa central role in leading people, practice and improvement.

Youwill take responsibility for the performance management of support staff,contribute significantly to school improvement priorities, lead a subject orsubjects, manage day-to-day operational matters and help ensure that our schoolcontinues to provide a safe, positive and ambitious environment for all pupilsand staff.

This role is ideal forsomeone who is passionate about teaching, values strong relationships and isready to take on wider leadership responsibility, while remaining firmly rootedin the classroom. This role is forsomeone who has the ability to see both the detail and the bigger picture ofschool life.

You musthave:

• Highexpectations of yourself and of our pupils
• The abilityto motivate and inspire our pupils
• A desire toactively take part in the wider aspects of the school
• The abilityto recognise the uniqueness of every pupil
• Anunderstanding of how and why children behave in differing ways
• Acommitment to upholding the Christian Values and Ethos of the school