Classteacher with Year Group Leadership

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional school leader and teacher to the role of teacher with Year Group Leadership responsibility. Wyvern School is a thriving and successful infant school that fully reflects the diversity of the neighbourhood. It is at the heart of Wolverton which has a strong sense of community and is in a founding partner of Wolverton Learning Trust, a co-operative partnership with Bushfield School.

We are seeking a classteacher and year group leader who is/has:

• Motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic;
• Highly skilled, diagnostic and creative in their teaching;
• Able to demonstrate a proven track record of helping young children thrive as learners and make really good progress from their starting points.
• Able to nurture each child in their care so that they grow and flourish in every way.
• Welcoming and relishes the chance to work with a strong and dedicated, staff team.
• Strong leadership and management skills. 
• Current/recent experience of teaching and leadership ideally in  Early Years/ KS1/2  
• Current/ recent year group or key stage leadership 
• A proven track record of consistently enabling learners, colleagues and other school leaders to maximise their potential.
• Experience in strategic school development planning, including its implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• The commitment and leadership finesse to work collaboratively with others to help propel our school from good to outstanding.
• A dedication to the inclusive ethos at Wyvern School.

In return we offer opportunities:

• To be part of a school family in which pupils make rapid progress from their starting points to attain highly against local and national measures. 
• To work in close partnership with an innovative and effective leadership team, highly motivated and skilled teaching teams and a committed and active governing body. To have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the strategic development, leadership and management of our school, as we move further on towards becoming an outstanding school.
• To be part of a welcoming, diverse and forward thinking school family, which places outcomes for pupils and teamwork at the centre of all we do.
• To work in a school judged as “Good” by Ofsted in February 2012.

Visits to school: Thursday 26th February 2015 1.30-3.00pm OR Saturday 28th February 2015 10.00 until 11.30am

Closing Date: Friday 6th March 2015 by 4pm 
Recruitment Day: Wednesday 11th March 2015

Wyvern School
...learning together…

Wyvern School is committed to the safeguarding of children                                                
www.wyvernschool.org @WyvernMK12

Wyvern School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS. All applications will be subject to rigorous” Safer Recruitment” principles.

WYVERN SCHOOL     
Aylesbury Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5HU
Tel: 01908 312275
E-mail: office@wyvernschool.org
Headteacher: Mrs. Helen Hann
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Gupta and Mrs Rebecca Morgan