Primary Teacher
Ark Dickens Primary Academy
Portsmouth
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2015
- Apply by:
- 11 May 2015
Job overview
Are you a teacher with a passion for raising attainment? Do you want to join a fast growing organisation with excellent opportunities for development and professional growth?
Ark Dickens Primary Academy is a two-form entry primary school in the centre of Portsmouth that is looking for an enthusiastic Primary Teacher to join our committed team of ambitious staff. At Ark Dickens, we are rapidly improving and are at an exciting phase of our development, with a dedicated staff team, committed to providing the best possible education for our children.
In this role you will be responsible for designing an engaging curriculum and delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all their pupils, helping them to achieve the best academic results they can. You will act as a role model to pupils and will strive to inspire a love of learning in all. We welcome applications from teachers with experience of teaching KS1 or KS2.
Ideal candidates will:
- have experience of raising attainment and developing excellence
- be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses
- have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils
By joining Ark Dickens Primary Academy and the wider Ark team, you will have the opportunity to work with great colleagues, and to develop your career through our professional development programme. You will be encouraged to become a reflective and open practitioner, with the ultimate aim of making you the best teacher you can be.
The Ark schools network also gives you access to an exclusive range of benefits including comprehensive CPD, training and best-practice sharing opportunities, reduced gym membership, large retail discounts as well as the unique opportunity to apply for international exchanges and other scholarship prospects.
Interested in this exciting opportunity? Please go to www.arkdickensprimary.org for further information about the academy.
We strongly encourage you to visit the academy if this post is of interest to you. Please contact Mrs A. Dyson on 023 92 826514, info@arkdickensprimary.org to arrange a time and date to visit. For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Rachael Bemrose on 0203 116 6345 and Rachael.Bemrose@arkonline.org.
To apply please go to: www.arkdickensprimary.org.uk/vacancies. The closing date for applications is 11 am on Monday 11 May 2015. Interviews will take place in the week commencing 18 May.
If you have any technical queries relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or at schools.recruitment@arkonline.org.
Closing date: Monday 11 May, 11am
Interviews: Week commencing 18 May 2015
Ark Dickens is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
Ark Dickens Primary Academy
About Ark Dickens Primary Academy
Ark Dickens Primary Academy in Portsmouth is a two-form entry primary academy, which became part of the Ark network in September 2014. Our vision is to provide every pupil with the opportunity to go on to university or pursue the career of their choice. Our motto is learning together, achieving forever.
Ark Dickens offers a collaborative setting ensuring that staff receive responsive feedback and colleagues are encouraged to learn from one another. Every teacher has regular lesson observations to allow reflection and modification towards improvement, guaranteeing our pupils are experiencing the best teaching possible.
Our team at Ark Dickens collaborate on new ideas to ensure our teachers are always learning, as well as our pupils! Every teacher has regular lesson observations to allow reflection and feedback, guaranteeing our pupils are experiencing the best teaching possible. This in-class development is strengthened by the availability of unrivalled levels of CPD through the Ark network.
Staff wellbeing and support is of paramount importance to us and you will be given countless opportunities as well as tailored training geared towards individual professional development. Hard work will never go unappreciated at Ark Dickens, where there is a spirit of recognition and reward. Every Friday morning the headteacher cooks breakfast for the team and then we hold staff 'shout-outs' to commend weekly achievements. Our school a rewarding and fulfilling place to work.
Curriculum
Our curriculum is focused on developing and enhancing our students' skills in reading, writing and maths. These key, lifelong skills are then enriched and developed through as many experiences as possible in science, ICT and the creative arts. To prepare them for secondary school, our Year 6 pupils take part in enrichment activities every Friday afternoon and can choose from cookery, art, sports or drama.
The Ark network
Ark Dickens Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.