KS2 Teacher

The School seeks to employ an inspiring, child-centred and dynamic individual who will work collaboratively and proactively to celebrate and promote the excellence of Edge Grove’s Mission, its core Values and its pupils’ remarkable progress and outcomes. Edge Grove is proud of its status as a standalone independent prep school serving the North London and Hertfordshire areas and prepares its pupils for a wide range of academically selective day and boarding, 11+ and 13+ schools.

The successful candidate will place children at the centre of their thinking and work with teaching and non-teaching colleagues alike to ensure the best possible outcomes for each child. They will be solution-focused, outstanding oral and written communicators and recognise and celebrate our community’s unique cultural diversity. They will be excellent analytical thinkers and innovators, active learners and strategic thinkers, who are keen to develop their teaching roles in pursuit of future managerial role. They will be critical, creative and original thinkers able to use their initiative. They will demonstrate excellent teamwork and leadership skills and be passionate about influencing communities for the better. They will be resilient and flexible in approach to problems and possess outstanding reasoning, problem-solving and ideation skills. They will lead by example in all of these skills in pursuit of an outstanding future career in education. The successful candidate may have previous experience of working in independent schools, but this role is equally open to applicants who have never taught in independent schools. They will enjoy engaging with prospective, current and former pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff, parents and governors. They will demonstrate excellent administration, leadership, organisational and communication skills, be able to multi-task effectively in a busy and demanding environment, have a high level of emotional intelligence and empathy and be able to work effectively with all stakeholders at all times.

‘Welcome to the Pride’ is the School’s strapline, which articulates the warmth and strength of our diverse child-centred community in which children are at the centre of our thinking. Edge Grove provides children with 60 acres of beautiful estate, heritage buildings, wonderful facilities and the educational space for children to grow and develop. Our pupils feel a strong sense of belonging and pride in our community and devised the 16 core Values of the School, living within them. They develop independence and confidence as they move up through the School and develop the ten core skills identified by the World Economic Forum as those which will future-proof them for a future life and love of learning and fulfillment. We want children to develop their own unique character and creativity in pursuit of future happiness and success and in doing so to make their prep school days the best they can be. 

The candidate specification which follows identifies the scope of the role, including the breadth of activities and personal specifications, but is not exhaustive. I hope that it provides you with all of the information that you need about the role.

Edge Grove School Trust Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies. 

The full policy on Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure and the Data Protection Privacy Notice (Recruitment) are available on our website and should be read before making your application.

Please refer to the ‘Notes for Applicants’ page in the Application for Employment and ensure that you are aware of your responsibilities relating to the declaration of criminal convictions and cautions, as well as periods of more than 3 months living and/or working overseas for any position within the school. The School is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. To enable us to make any reasonable adjustments please let us know at application stage if you have any special requirements.

Please complete an application form which can be found on the About Us / Job Vacancies page on our www.edgegrove.com. Please email the completed form and accompanying letter addressed to Mr Balfour, Head, to hr@edgegrove.com. The closing date for applications is Sunday 14th April at 9am. Applications must arrive prior to the closing date and time. CVs will not be accepted. Interviews will take place soon after. However, we reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date and we encourage early applications.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide individual feedback except to those candidates who are invited to interview.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or refer to the School website at www.edgegrove.com.