KS1/KS2 Classroom Teacher

KS1/KS2 Classroom Teacher (with possibility of TLR role for the right candidate).

• Are you a creative and experienced primary teacher, ready for your new challenge?
• Are you committed and passionate about pupil achievement and progress?
• Are you ready to develop your leadership skills, with a great opportunity to make a real difference to children’s life chances?

If you answered Yes! to these questions the children and Governors would love to hear from you!

St. George’s CE Primary School is a small inner city church school, located within the diverse and exciting Peckham community, within easy reach of Central London, and all it has to offer.

This is an opportunity for an aspirational teacher to join our dynamic team, take the next step in their career and demonstrate their leadership capacity.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced classroom practitioner in either KS1 or KS2 with high expectations of achievement and behaviour.
• Be skilled at closing the gap, ensuring children make progress, and committed to developing them into life-long learners.
• Be committed to working in a church school, upholding our Christian ethos, while respecting the beliefs of all the school community.

In return we can offer you:

• An oasis of well-behaved, enthusiastic, creative and engaging pupils with a thirst for learning, and a real pride and love for their school.
• An exciting location, in Central London, providing dynamic opportunities for outstanding and creative teaching and learning.
• A strong commitment to your continuing professional development, including networking with other schools in the locality.
• Involved and supportive staff, parents and governors.

An informal visit to the school, during the school day, is warmly encouraged and recommended. Please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time and date on 02077034772.

Please find application details attached, or visit our website at www.st-georgesprimary.co.uk where you will find these details and the teaching application form. Alternatively, call into school to collect an application pack. Please return your covering letter and completed application by the closing date.

Closing Date: 5.00pm on Monday 11th May 2015
Shortlisting Date: Friday 15th May 2015
Teaching Observations: Week Beginning Monday 18th May 2015
Interview Date: Friday 22nd May 2015

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is embedded across everything we do at St. George’s CE Primary School, including all stages of our recruitment and selection process. The successful candidate will require enhanced DBS with barred list information clearance.