KS2 Teacher

School:
Dormanstown Primary Academy
Location:
Redcar & Cleveland
Salary:
M3 to UPS3 (£33,814 to £46,525 Plus TLR2
Hours:
32.5
Contractual Status:
Permanent
Closing Date:
22nd Apr 2024

KS2 Teacher – Year 6

(with additional responsibility for Science, Design Technology and Career Related Learning)

Status: Permanent

Required: 1^st September 2024

Salary: M3 to UPS3 (£33,814 to £46,525) including a TLR2 for additional responsibilities

Hours: Full Time

Reporting to: Executive Headteacher

About the Trust

The Trust was established in 2015 and provides education and enrichment activities to more than 1100 children across five Academies, located in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authority areas. Academies within the Trust are:

Brambles Primary Academy (2 to 11 years),
Discovery Special Academy (2 to 16 years),
Dormanstown Primary Academy (3 to 11 years),
Pennyman Primary Academy (3 to 11 years), and
Wilton Primary Academy (3 to 11 years).

About the role we are looking to appoint:

Dormanstown Primary Academy is a thriving inclusive learning community for 270 pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Within our provision, we have 40 High Needs places for children with complex learning needs from across Redcar and Cleveland. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced KS2 Teacher to join the academy team. We are looking for an innovative and inspirational teacher who can demonstrate excellent practice in teaching, has high expectations for all children and demonstrates a good knowledge of the primary curriculum, assessment for learning and outcomes for the end of KS2. We require an excellent practitioner, who can demonstrate a proven impact on attainment and progress both academically and pastorally. The post holder will be responsible for teaching the Year 6 class within our mainstream provision.

For the additional responsibility element, we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate teacher of science and design technology, to lead the curriculum and provision in these two areas. This links with the career related learning aspect of the role, to develop and promote STEM related learning and skills across the curriculum. This will be through coordinating STEM projects within the Redcar & Cleveland Academies of Dormanstown and Wilton, working with local industry, together with local and national programmes to broaden the horizons for our pupils through designing and delivering a career related learning programme across KS1 and KS2.

The Trust and the academy have a strong inclusive ethos and an inherent drive for quality. At Dormanstown, the best interests of the children are central to our decision making. Our children are proud academy citizens, care for each other and enjoy their learning and achievements in school. We offer:

an excellent learning environment
dedicated pupils who love coming to the academy and demonstrate excellent learning behaviours
a forward-thinking school, which is committed to improvement through evidence-based research
a passionate and high performing team of professionals within the academy and across the Trust to learn from
an enthusiastic and supportive Executive Head Teacher and Head of Academy who put the interests of the children first and are committed to the continual improvement of the academy

an opportunity to be part of working parties across the partner Redcar and Cleveland academies of Dormanstown and Wilton and the Trust within your areas of interest

What the Trust will provide the successful candidate with:

A workplace where all staff are valued and treated with respect as outlined within the Trust’s Diamond Standards
A passionate, enthusiastic and supportive Leadership Team
A listening and learning organisation where all staff are encouraged to be curious and share ideas for the Trust/academies/team to improve
Hard working, committed and dedicated staff who strive to gain the best outcomes for all children across the Trust’s academies
Dedicated approach to children’s learning to encourage them all to be the best they can be
Career enhancement opportunities within areas of interest as well as supporting ongoing professional development and training specific to job role
Dedicated line manager to discuss work streams and capacity
Free access to the Trust’s Wellbeing offer, which includes counselling, access to GP, Mindfulness and so much more.
Free parking
Enrolment into the Teachers’ pension scheme
All teaching contracts are employed on Standard Teaching Pay and Conditions (burgundy book)

Benefits of the Trust’s Staff Charter which can be found at TVED Staff Charter.

Safeguarding requirements for the role:

Tees Valley Education Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and, therefore, all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as “spent” must be declared. The Trust’s Recruitment of Ex-Offender policy can be requested or visit the Trust’s website.

Applications are invited from prospective candidates who demonstrate that they are able to meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification and who have the vision, values and tenacity to join an outstanding team and help continue the journey towards excellence.

Please see the website for further information about our academy

https://dormanstown.teesvalleyeducation.co.uk/

Visiting the academy process:

Visits to the academy are encouraged, if you wish to visit please contact the academy office on 01642 483696 or email TVEDormanstown@tved.org.uk to arrange a this.. Visits dates are:

Wednesday 10^th April 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday 16^th April 3:30 p.m.
Thursday 18^th April 4:00 p.m.

Closing date: Monday 22^nd April 2024 9:00 a.m.

Shortlisting: Monday 22^nd April 1:00 p.m.

Interview dates: Thursday 2^nd May

Contract start date: 1 September 2024

JOB DESCRIPTION – TEACHER

To carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document. To meet the required standards for Qualified Teacher Status and having regard to the curriculum of the academy: to teach children within the primary age range according to their educational need. This includes all necessary professional duties of planning, preparing courses and lessons, assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils assigned to you. To contribute and participate in the team working ethos of the academy and maintains the positive ethos and core values of the academy, both inside and outside of the classroom.

PLANNING, TEACHING AND CLASS MANAGEMENT

Teach allocated pupils by planning their teaching to achieve progression of learning through:

· Planning and delivering the teaching programme for all pupils within the class in relation to the Early Years or National Curriculum, PSHE and Citizenship and the Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education with regard for the academy’s aim statement, own policies and schemes of work.

· Providing clear structures for lessons and for sequences of lessons, which maintain pace, motivation and challenge.

· Setting tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest.

· Setting appropriate and demanding expectations.

· Plan appropriately to meet the needs of all pupils, through differentiation of learning tasks.

· Setting clear targets and next steps in learning, building on prior achievements.

· Making effective use of assessment information on pupil’s progress in lesson planning.

· Ensuring effective teaching and best use of available time.

· Maintaining positive behavior management in accordance with the academy’s procedures and encouraging positive learning dispositions.

· Using a variety of teaching methods to:

o Keep all pupils purposefully engaged;

o Match approach to content, structure information, present a set of key ideas and use appropriate vocabulary;

o Use effective questioning and feedback addressing any errors and misconceptions in a timely manner

· Evaluate own teaching critically to improve effectiveness.

· Ensure the effective deployment of learning support assistants.

· Encourage pupils to think and talk about their learning.

· Provide a classroom environment and ethos that is supportive of learning for all pupils.

MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, RECORDING, REPORTING

· Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this information to improve specific aspects of teaching.

· Use assessment of and assessment for learning to support pupil learning.

· Prepare and present information on the development, progress and attainment of pupils in the class/groups or for individuals through progress reviews.

OTHER GENERAL PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

· Have a working knowledge of teachers’ professional duties and legal liabilities.

· Operate at all times within the stated policies and practices of the academy and Trust.

· Establish effective working relationships and set a good example through presentation, personal and professional conduct.

· Endeavour to give every child the opportunity to reach their potential and meet high expectations.

· Take responsibility for own professional development and duties in relation to academy and Trust policies and practices.

UPPER PAY SCALE RESPONSIBILITIES

· Have an extensive knowledge and understanding of how to use and adapt a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies, including how to personalize learning to provide opportunities for all learners to achieve their potential.

· Have a more developed knowledge and understanding of your subjects/curriculum areas and related pedagogy including how learning progresses within them

· Have sufficient depth of knowledge and experience to be able to give advice and support to colleagues on the development and well-being of pupils

· Be flexible, creative and adept at designing learning sequences within lessons and across lessons that are effective and consistently well-matched to learning objectives and the needs of learners and which integrate recent developments, including those relating to subject/curriculum knowledge.

· Provide coaching and mentoring to other teachers, give advice to them and demonstrate to them effective teaching practice in order to help them meet the relevant standards and develop their teaching practice

OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and UK GDPR Data Protection, reporting all concerns to appropriate Trust and/or academy personnel Ensure confidentiality and professionalism is upheld at all times.

· Ensure equal opportunities for all including promoting differences

· Contribute to upholding the Trust’s Diamond Standards and the Trust’s overall ethos, values, aims and objectives

· Establish constructive relationships and communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders

· Attend and participate in relevant meetings

· Participate in training and other learning activities to improve professional and personal development

· Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others

· Any other duties consistent with the grading of the post

SAFEGUARDING

All staff must adhere to the Trust’s safeguarding training (appropriate for job role) including policies, procedures, latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance and Working Together to Safeguard Children DfE 2023

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The job holder may be required to undertake additional duties as could be reasonably required in exceptional or emergency situations. These may include:

– to work flexibly between the hours of 8am and 6pm including weekends.

– to work across the Trust if required.

– to undertake additional training e.g. first aid, Positive Handling.

ADDITIONAL TEACHING AND LEARNING RESPONSIBILITY (TLR)

· To play a full part in the life of the academy community

· Contribute to the Leadership Team decisions on aspects of policy development and organisation through implementation of the school development plan

· Attend Leadership meetings as required, reporting on responsibility areas.

· To lead and manage science and design technology areas across all phases of the academy

· Have an impact on the educational progress of pupils within responsibility areas

· Lead, develop and enhancing the areas of teaching and learning through supporting staff knowledge and development

· Coordinate STEM projects, working with local industry and local/national programmes to design and deliver a career related learning programme across KS1 and KS2.

· Contribute at a Trust level to the development of STEM and career related learning across TVEd academies

This job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks, but sets out the main expectations of the Trust in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.

Elements of this job description and changes to it may be negotiated at the request of either the line manager.

Signed (Employee)
Date:
Signed (on behalf of employer):		Name and Role:
Date:

PERSON SPECIFICATION
QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE	AM	E/D
Degree or relevant qualification and experience.	A	E
Qualified Teacher Status	A	E
Proven teaching experience within primary education	A, I, R	E
Experience of teaching in KS2	A, I, R	E
Experience of leading a subject area to impact on whole school provision	A, I, R	E
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS
An understanding of the current National Curriculum for KS1 and KS2	A, I	E
Knowledge of the characteristics of high quality teaching in primary education, in particular for the Y6 cohort	A, I, R	E
A sound understanding of strategies to support all children’s learning	A, I, R	E
Ability to plan effectively to meet the needs of all groups of children	A, I, R	E
The use of a variety of techniques for assessment for learning in order to impact positively on children’s progress	A, I, R	E
Ability to inspire and motivate all children to learn and realise their potential	I, R	E
Understanding of positive behaviour management strategies	I, R	E
Evidence of good classroom management skills.	I, R	E
Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to self-direct as well as work successfully within a team.	A, I, R	E
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels.	I, R	E
A commitment to further professional development.	A, I	E
Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people	I, R	E
Understanding of the science of learning teaching principles	A, I,	D
Understanding of how to use comparative data, together with information about pupils’ prior attainment to set targets for improvement.	A, I, R	D
Understanding of meeting the needs of vulnerable pupils including those with SEND and in receipt of PPG.	A, I, R	D
Experience and understanding of leading science and design technology subject areas and knowledge of STEM/career related learning principles	A,I	D
Ability to be proactive, use initiative and show a creative approach	I, R	D

AM (Assessment Method), A- Application Form, I – Interview, R – Reference,

E – Essential, D – Desirable

Important: In the first instance, applications are assessed against the criteria listed above, in addition to overall presentation, use of standard English and grammatical accuracy.

Where applications do not meet the expected standard, they will be rejected before being matched to the person specification.

HOW TO APPLY AND EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE PROCESS

An application form is attached below. Application packs can be downloaded or printed directly from the Trust website www.teesvalleyeducation.co.uk or requested from the academy. Only applications via the Trust’s official application form will be accepted. Please do not submit a CV as substitute for part or full application form, the information will not be accepted or considered.

If you are submitting your completed application form by e-mail to TVEDormanstown@tved.org.uk – please add Dormanstown Teacher Application in the subject box. Please be aware the academy cannot be responsible for any formatting anomalies when printing. If you are unable to submit an electronic application form, hand written or electronic printed copies should be posted or hand delivered to the following address for the attention of Mrs Alison Hill.

Dormanstown Primary Academy

South Avenue

Dormanstown

Redcar

TS10 5LY

Shortlisting Process

After the closing date, short listing will be conducted by a panel, who will match your skills/experience against the criteria in the Person Specification. You will be selected for interview entirely on the contents of your application form, so please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully before you complete your form.

Shortlisted candidates will receive:

Letter confirming interview details.
Details of original ID documentation is required to confirm candidates. Photocopies or certified copies are not accepted.
Criminal Record Self-Declaration Form, which must be brought on the day of the interview in the sealed envelope provided.

References for successful Candidate/s

We may seek references for shortlisted candidate/s and we may also approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before the interview. Finally, we may also undertake a social media search in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Any relevant issues arising from references will be taken up post interview.

Interview process

In addition to candidates’ ability to perform the duties of the post, the interview will also explore issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including:

Motivation to work with children and young people
Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
Attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline

Conditional Offer: Pre-Employment Checks

Any offer to a successful candidate will be conditional upon:

Verification of right to work in the UK
Receipt of at least two satisfactory references (if these have not already been received)
Verification of identity checks and qualifications
Satisfactory enhanced DBS check
Verification of professional status such e.g. QTS Status, NPQH (where required)
Satisfactory completion of a Health Assessment
Satisfactory completion of the probationary period (where relevant)
Where the successful candidate has worked or been resident overseas in the previous five years, such checks and confirmations as may be required in accordance with statutory guidance.

For your information, the recruitment timetable is detailed below:

Closing date and Shortlisting: Monday 22^nd April 2024 9:00 a.m.

Teaching task observations within the week proceeding interview date

Interview date: Friday 3^rd May

Contract Start Date: 1^st September 2024

EQUALITIES INFORMTION AND OBJECTIVES STATEMENT

As an academy we ensure that our vision, values and ethos meet the expectations of the equality and diversity guidelines and legislation set out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. This includes the following 9 protected characteristics:

Age
Disability
Gender Reassignment
Marriage and Civil Partnerships
Pregnancy and Maternity
Race
Religion or belief
Sex
Sexual Orientation

Objectives Statement

To support children’s sensory, academic and communication skills to enable them to develop holistically.
To ensure high expectations across all aspects of the academy (as outlined in objective 1) to ensure children make the best progress according to their individual starting points.
To continue to monitor attendance of all groups of children in the academy.
To review levels of parental and pupil engagement in learning and academy life, across all activities and ensure equality and fairness in access and engagement.
To ensure the academy environment is as accessible as possible to pupils, staff and visitors.

Supporting documents

Application Form

Dormanstown Primary Academy

Tees Valley Education’s foundation and journey to date

In 2005, following 5 years of working in partnership, Brambles and Pennyman Academies formed Tees Valley Education multi-academy trust. As sponsors, Dormanstown joined in the same year, followed by Wilton in 2018. Additionally, Discovery Special Academy, the first free school in Middlesbrough, opened to the inaugural group of children in the same year. Having moved into its new, purpose designed building in August 2022, welcoming children in September 2022, it has now grown to a 128-place special school for Nursery, primary and, as of September 2022, the Trust also welcomes its first secondary age children. Discovery looks forward to growing to full capacity by 2027-28.

The Trust continues to grow and expand both in terms of the quality and range of educational provision, as well as the number of academies and children and young people, it serves.

Vision

The Trust pledge is:

Delivering educational excellence so that all Tees Valley Education children can achieve their dreams, hopes, aspirations and a great sense of self worth.

By doing this, our children will become outstanding citizens able to contribute to society with the skills, ability, confidence and voice, to shape a better future for all.

Values

Guided by the Aristotle motto of “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit” the Trusts Diamond Standards are the values which underpin everything.

COMMITMENT

To achieve, succeed and create the best life and future.

COURAGE

To face our challenges and the unknown.

CURIOSITY

Be inquisitive, be brave and learn.

CARE

For ourselves, each other and our communities.

They were developed by the children, staff, Trustees, Members and communities across the Trust and they celebrate individuals, groups and organisations demonstrating and living these values. Celebrated termly in each academy, with an annual awards ceremony designed to champion all of the diamonds collectively – our values are demonstrated, lived and seen regularly. They also recognise that with the right environment, time and support everyone can be brilliant!

Areas of strength and expertise in practice and knowledge

Tees Valley Education is comprised mainly of primary academies sited in some of the most significantly deprived areas in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.

Inclusion, pastoral support and equity of life chances are therefore some of the biggest areas of practice and strength across the Trust. Within this area, there is also a significant strength in serving a range of children and young people with SEND and additional physical, medical, language and learning needs. More can be seen on the Trust Specialisms page.

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