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Early Years Teacher - Willenhall Community Primary School

Employer
Coventry City Council
Location
Coventry.
Salary
TMS
Closing date
30 Jun 2022
Reference
coventrycc/TP/503/5162

Job Details

Are you passionate about teaching and learning? Do you have experience in EYFS enabling you to facilitate academic and personal growth?

The Affinity Federation comprises of Willenhall Community Primary School and Whitmore Park Primary School.

The Affinity Federation believes that every child should attend a school that values both personal and academic growth and places great emphasis upon children becoming valued members of the diverse community to which they belong. 

Willenhall Community Primary School is a two-form entry school with a nursery, located on the south edge of Coventry. The school is set within an economically disadvantaged community but a community with a strong spirit.

Willenhall Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Early Years' teacher who has high aspirations for all pupils in their care.

The right candidate will be an outstanding teacher, with the knowledge, personal qualities and commitment needed to further improve outcomes for our children and ensure they are motivated, inspired and happy learners.

We can offer:

Enthusiastic, welcoming and hardworking children.

Effective and supportive collaboration working across the two schools in our federation.

Supportive colleagues and a friendly, hard-working environment.

A school that is committed to the well-being, work life balance of all staff.

A team that cares and puts the children at the centre of all that they do.

The opportunity to be part of an aspirational school and contribute to its Early Years development.

A supportive governing body committed to excellence.

Commitment to an exciting and effective programme of professional development.

We are looking for someone who will

• Be an experienced practitioner who will help to promote high standards of behaviour and attainment.

• Be a dedicated practitioner, seeking to improve their own practice

• Have a clear understanding of the new EYFS curriculum and assessment

• Take an imaginative and creative approach to curriculum planning that captures the children’s interest

• Be forward thinking, innovative and highly energetic

• Have a passion for quality teaching and learning, enabling the best outcomes for our children.

• Be able to work well as part of our whole school team and school community

• Take part in the wider school life

• Enjoy working as a team and share and collaborate with colleagues

• Be flexible and adapt to the needs of the school and its pupils

• Able to contribute to the development of the learning environment both inside and outside

Every person in our school strongly promotes the values of kindness, honesty, respect, responsibility and growth. These values are encompassed by the value we place on community; belonging to and contributing to the school and wider community.

‘As individuals we are unique. Together we make a community’.

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and can be arranged through the school. Please contact Mrs Lucy Smedmore, Office Manager on 024 76302004

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS is needed for this post. Two references will be taken up for all short listed candidates prior to interview.

Closing date: midday 30th June 2022

Interviews: week beginning 4th July 2022

Application forms to be returned to mailto: jobs@willenhallprimary.org or direct to the school.

Fixed term for one term (with a possibility of extending for the ideal candidate).

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Company

About Coventry City Council

Coventry

At Coventry City Council we never want to hear the words – ‘but that’s the way we’ve always done it!” We are a Council that’s looking for new ways of working to tackle new – and old – challenges. We have had great success already and made great strides in changing the way we deliver services and in the way we work with colleagues. We have brought in a new flexible approach to working – giving staff the power, skills and tools to work from the best place at the best time to get the job done. We have a new Customer Service Centre, more online services for residents, a new Council office building, and a city that is changing to meet a new age of driverless cars and superfast broadband. There’s never been a more exciting time to be a part of Coventry.

The City

Coventry

Coventry is a city that is changing fast – and we are looking for candidates with the right skills and personality to join our team and help take us into a bright new future. We are a city that is going places - with an inspiring, world-famous history and exciting times ahead. We are UK City of Culture 2021; home to award-winning universities, top level sport and concerts and famous brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Severn Trent. We are a part of the ‘Midlands-Engine’, the home of the UK motor industry and a proud multicultural city. Major developments are taking shape around the city, including a new-look shopping centre, a water park, new business quarter, restaurants and a modernised rail station. More and more firms and families are relocating to our city as they see what we have to offer. Coventry is a great place to live and work, and it’s getting even better!

The Council

Coventry

Our city is changing – and the Council is changing too. Headed by Chief Executive, Martin Reeves – who has assisted in bringing in the new WMCA - the Council is committed to improving the quality of life for residents – and its workforce. The Council is bringing in new, streamlined ways of working and making more use of technology to deliver services in new ways – helping residents to do more for themselves online and to do business with us when and how they want.

Coventry City Council is a modern council for a new age, embracing technology and flexible working to continue to rise to new challenges. It’s a council that’s not afraid to try something new!

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Telephone
02476 97 5500
Location
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Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 2GN
United Kingdom

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