Early Years/Nursery Class Teacher - The John Hampden School
Location: Wendover
Overview
The Governing Body of The John Hampden School Wendover is offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, committed and hardworking individual to become the Early Years/Nursery Class Teacher at our inspiring, well-resourced and friendly school.
Term time only: No
Salary Type: MPS
Salary details: £31,650 to £43,607
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 8.45am to 3.15pm each day
Closing date: 06/01/2025 00:00
Interviews to be held: 16/01/2025
About us
The John Hampden School Wendover is a highly successful infant school for pupils between the age of three and seven years, with a very good reputation in the local community. We are a three form entry school with our own Nursery provision and a strong commitment to ensuring a happy and positive start to school life for our pupils. We provide excellent resources and a commitment to offering high quality teaching and learning in our thoughtfully designed and engaging learning environment. ‘Loving to Learn’ is central to our ethos and this is a vision shared by all. Visits from potential candidates are welcomed.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2024) stated:
Pupils ‘love to learn’ at this school, fully reflecting the school’s motto. They are highly motivated and behave very well. High expectations permeate every aspect of school life, and pupils flourish, both academically and socially.
The love of learning starts in the early years. Children get off to an exceptional start in both their learning and their personal development. Staff do not waste a moment. They seize every opportunity to support children’s communication and language development. Every learning activity is purposeful in the carefully designed, high-quality indoor and outdoor environments. Children are deeply engaged in tasks. Staff are well trained. They check children’s starting points and move learning on exceptionally well.
Website: www.johnhampdenwendover.co.uk
About the role
The John Hampden School Wendover is a large infant school for children aged between three and seven years. We are looking to appoint an excellent teacher to teach our Early Years/Nursery class of 26 children, ideally from 24th February 2025 or alternatively from 22nd April 2025. The ideal candidate should be an experienced teacher and someone who is able to work as part of a team, deliver the curriculum in an exciting and enjoyable way and provide our early years pupils with an outstanding start to their school life. This is a permanent contract, teaching the class from 8.45am - 3.15pm each day.
This permanent role provides the opportunity to work within a friendly, hardworking and supportive school team. We can offer you enthusiastic, hardworking children and a very welcoming and caring school community and a vibrant and engaging learning environment.
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About you
The ideal candidate will:
· be a highly effective and reflective practitioner
· be an enthusiastic, committed and creative individual
· enjoy working as part of a team and exhibit excellent interpersonal skills
· be able to provide an inspirational learning environment
· be able to motivate and engage pupils
· strive for continuous improvement
· be experienced and talented with EYFS aged pupils
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Other information
We welcome and encourage visits to the school before making an application. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and John Hampden School Wendover reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Full details and application forms available from the school by telephoning 01296 622629 or by email [email protected]
The successful candidate will have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as stipulated by the Child Protection Policy. Safer recruitment procedures are in place and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory references and statutory checks including an enhanced DBS check. We will also complete an online search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
