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Primary Teacher of Maths and/or Literacy Subject Specialist

Primary Teacher of Maths and/or Literacy Subject Specialist

Mayflower Community Academy

Plymouth

Salary:
M/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
10 May 2015

Job overview

Role: Non class based Subject Specialist – Intervention Teacher

‘Together we can …’

As a newly formed forward thinking Academy with Plymouth University as our sponsors, we seek to appoint an outstanding qualified Teacher.  This role would most suit a Teacher who is passionate about a core subject and be able to specialise in their chosen area of learning.  This role could also suit teachers working in Secondary, Higher Education and Primary phases. They will be:

  1. highly experienced and secure in their teaching practice and subject knowledge;
    and/or
  2. highly motivated by the prospect of working alongside Plymouth University to raise standards in core subjects.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and creative practitioner with proven classroom/teaching skills to take responsibility for non class based intervention and CPD of staff in English and / or Maths. Exact year groups to be decided based on the individual talents of candidates and the outcomes of interviews. The successful candidate could be expected to work across all phase areas of the Academy. Equally there could be opportunities to focus within a key stage.

The successful candidate will play a key role in driving forward Academy improvement and will be responsible for supporting Subject Leaders to ensure the continued development of standards in their area. They will become an integral part of Mayflower Academy’s intervention and CPD team and will rigorously work to raise standards, raise pupils’ confidence as well as eradicate any underachievement in pupil progress. 

This is a hugely exciting opportunity that would suit an energetic and forward-thinking individual who is inspired by the prospect of raising attainment, developing areas of action research whilst creating the highest standards of learning experiences for our community.

The successful applicant will:

  • be an experienced classroom teacher, who will model outstanding practice and lead by example;
  • be motivated by challenge and passionate about raising standards in order to secure the best possible outcomes for each child;
  • have the ability to be an inspirational educator;
  • have a proven track record of classroom, subject and/or key stage improvement (subject knowledge of reading and phonics, grammar and / or maths);
  • be enthusiastic and eager to contribute and enhance pupil progress;
  • be passionate and enthusiastic about developing research based strategies for improving teaching and learning;
  • be highly motivated and enthusiastic about enhanced CPD opportunities through partnership work with Plymouth University.

We can offer:

  • enhanced opportunities to develop and share best practice. As a University sponsored Academy we work directly in partnership with Plymouth Local Authority, Plymouth Teaching Schools Alliance and its National Leaders of Education. The successful candidate will have opportunities to develop and share best practice whilst working in tandem with Plymouth’s most talented and proven practitioners;
  • dedicated weekly PPA;
  • high quality development and CPD for example, through University linked Academy action research;
  • opportunities to develop the pedagogy of less experienced colleagues;
  • the opportunity of being part of an Academy on a rapid journey to ‘outstanding’;
  • enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn;
  • a friendly, caring school with a vibrant community based in the heart of Plymouth and its exciting regeneration;
  • a dedicated and hard-working staff;
  • an excellent opportunity to work with a motivated, highly driven and supportive team;
  • the opportunity to work within our forward thinking Academy that is already recognised as being a Beacon School for Learning in the Natural Environment.

Visits to the school are welcomed and recommended so please contact Mr David Sammels, Headteacher, for further details or to arrange a tour.  To apply and for further details please go to: http://www.mayfloweracademy.org/about/vacancies

Closing date for applications: 10th May 2015
Interviews will take place: Week beginning 18th May 2015

We actively support equality and opportunity. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

‘Together we can …’
Mayflower Community Academy
41 Ham Drive
Plymouth, PL2 2NJ
Tel: (01752) 365730
Email: school.office@mayfloweracademy.org
Website: www.mayfloweracademy.org
Plymouth University Website: www.plymouth.ac.uk

About Mayflower Community Academy

Mayflower Community Academy and Nursery is a non-selective, non-denominational, co-educational primary school for children aged 3-11. Sponsored by Plymouth University, the academy caters for 420 pupils. It has a support centre for 12 children who have autistic spectrum/complex communication disorders. Mayflower Community Academy was judged “outstanding” after its most recent Ofsted inspection. 

Headteacher 

Dave Sammels 

Values and vision 

Mayflower Community Academy strives to be an inclusive school with aspirational values, committed to meeting the needs of its pupils and providing an outstanding education to help all achieve the best possible opportunities in life.

The primary school aims to offer a broad, exciting curriculum that embraces literacy, mathematics, science, technology and the environment. There is an emphasis on access to opportunities for education outside the classroom. Teachers promote an inclusive learning culture that values and respects all people equally. Diversity is seen as a source of learning and all children demonstrate tolerance and mutual respect. 

Ofsted report 

“The most able pupils are challenged, both by the tasks that are planned and by being able to work at their own pace. In a computing lesson, where some pupils needed help with the new program, pupils who understood how to get on carried on with their poster design. They did not ask permission to do this because it is the expectation in all lessons. In mathematics lessons, when practice tasks were completed, the most able pupils moved quickly and independently on to the tasks which required them to think through mathematical problems and explain their reasoning.” 

View Mayflower Community Academy's latest Ofsted report 

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