Early Years - Lead Practitioner

37.5 hours per week (52 weeks per year)

Are you an Early Years Teacher with a real passion for Teaching and Learning?

We are looking to appoint an Early Years Lead to model excellent teaching and learning practice across our well-established Early Years Department. As Lead Practitioner you will maintain a clear focus on maintaining outstanding provision and practitioner facilitation with our young learners – ensuring that High Hazels is a centre of best practice and excellence.

You will take a lead role on behalf of our Academy in a cross schools EYFS network, working closely colleagues and other leading practitioners to develop, implement and evaluate the impact of policies and practice that lead to school improvement.

The successful applicant will:

• Be determined to make a difference;
• Have the ability to work across KS1 and KS2;
• Be a skilled primary teacher;
• Motivated and passionate about learning;
• Be a team player;
• Have a commitment to high quality primary school education;
• Be able to contribute to the wider school community.

We can offer:

• Positive, happy children who are eager to learn;
• A supportive, forward thinking leadership team and governing body;
• A welcoming and vibrant local community;
• Hard working, experienced and committed staff;
• Exceptional support for your continued professional development.

High Hazels Academy is a supportive and forward thinking school, where the children are positive, happy and eager to learn. The school became part of United Learning on the 1st January 2015. We are an inner city school with approximately 710 pupils on roll currently from

Nursery to Year 6. 97% of our pupils have English as an additional language  and some are in the early stages of language acquisition. There is a high level of  deprivation in Darnall and 40 % of pupils are in receipt of free school meals.

United Learning is a unique group of independent and state schools working together to achieve the best in everyone. Our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives and, if we are to realise this vision, we need to make sure we attract, develop and reward the key ingredient - you.

For further information and to apply please visit: http://www.unitedlearning.org.uk/Jobs?ref=ULJOB_121_HHA

Closing date: 20th April 2015

.If you would like to visit school please contact Mrs W Gourlay – Business Manager -Telephone; 0114 2442189 to arrange a date and time.
http://highhazelsacademy.org.uk