English Co-ordinator and KS2 Teacher

Exciting Opportunity: English Coordinator and Class teacher at Windrush Primary School – Thamesmead or Charlton site.

Are you passionate about shaping young minds and fostering a love for language and literature? Look no further! We are seeking an exceptional Teacher and English Coordinator to join our outstanding primary school team.

Why Join Us?

• Weekly half a day Release Time: Enjoy dedicated time each week to focus on curriculum development, planning, and collaboration.
• Team: Work alongside a supportive and experience English team of passionate teachers who share your commitment to excellence in English education.
• Leadership Training: Access ongoing professional development and leadership training provided by our experienced Senior Leadership Team (SLT). We welcome teachers who undertake NPQ training
• Outstanding Resources: Benefit from our extensive collection of teaching materials, books, and technology.
• Talk for Writing Approach: Our school follows the Talk for Writing approach, fostering creativity, communication, and confidence in our pupils’ writing skills.
• Little Wandle Phonics: We adhere to the Little Wandle phonics program, which has consistently produced excellent outcomes for our pupils.
• Established school team: Come and be part of our long standing established team of practitioners who putting teaching and learning at the forefront of everything they do as well as balancing the well-being of our staff. 

About Windrush

We are a split-site, four form entry school based in Thamesmead (1 form entry) and Charlton (3 form entry). We have been graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for the last 13 years. This post will be at our Charlton site (SE7 8FE) and could be in either year group in KS2, depending on a candidate’s preference and experience.

Windrush Primary School is part of the Endeavour Partnership Trust.

We have worked hard and provided a safe and engaging atmosphere for our children to learn and thrive.

Join our great school, where we prioritise the well-being of our teachers. We understand that a happy and healthy teacher leads to a better learning environment for pupils. That's why we have implemented strategies to reduce teacher workload and promote self-care.

Our school offers:

•  2 additional days of leave
• Purposeful meetings- not always weekly-some meetings will be related to reading around a subject or an email sent. Time is precious!
• Emails are only to be sent during working hours of 8-6pm- no contact outside of these hours or weekends
• Medium term planning day for the year group team every half term
• Weekly PPA held as a team of four teachers where workload and resourcing is shared
• No daily planning
• Recognising and valuing everyone's opinions
• Encouraging staff in next career steps
• Support time and training for subject leaders generally within directed time
• Good communication channels- school intranet, daily site updates, business meetings
• A supportive and involved SLT who work together tirelessly for the best interests of the pupils and staff
• High staff morale with two schools working together as one
• Feedback policy where live marking in the lesson is the most important. No whole class marking of books outside of the lesson
• Protected lunchtimes for teachers- not expected to do duties
• Access to on site counsellors
• Well-being working party that meet regularly
• CPD for teachers which is relevant and steeped in research
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Interviews: Friday 19th April 2024

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, 

Please contact Donna Corrigan to arrange a visit or to ask any questions you may

have:  dcorrigan@windrush.greenwich.sch.uk or call 020 8836 9710

The Trust is committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and voluntary helpers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service [DBS] under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required for the successful applicant.