KS2 Teacher - Oakridge School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Are you a KS2 teacher who is looking to work in a positive forward thinking school with wonderful families, children and staff? Do you want to make a real difference to the life chances of young children? We are looking for a permanent teacher in KS2.
Term time only
Salary Type: MPS
Salary details: MPS 1 - 6 (£31,650 - £43,606) depending on experience
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: FULL TIME
Closing date: 07/02/2025 10:00
Interviews to be held: 14.02.2025
About us
Oakridge is a wonderful two-form entry school, just outside the centre of High Wycombe. We cater for children from 2 to 11 years old. The diversity at Oakridge makes it a really exciting place to work. The school has amazing, polite and respectful children who love being at school and learning. The staff all share the school’s vision of ‘Enhancing the life chances of all our children.’ We feel strongly about wellbeing and workload, which is why we have developed the attached, ‘Wellbeing and Workload Charter.’ The Leadership Team is forward thinking and won ‘Primary School Leadership Team of the Year,’ in the 2024 Buckinghamshire School Awards.
Website: www.oakridgehighwycombe.co.uk
About the role
We are looking for a full-time class teacher to work with our supportive staff team and our enthusiastic, kind children. They will have a through induction and will be supported by their phase leader and partner teacher. We make sure that all our teachers have more PPA than the statutory entitlement and some of this can be taken at home. Our teachers are not expected to run clubs but are expected to be forward thinking and open to developing further as a teacher.
About you
We want to employ someone who is passionate about enhancing the life chances of children. We are looking for someone who wants to develop, is positive and forward looking. We want someone who is excited about the impact education can make to the lives of children.
We are not looking for the ‘perfect’ candidate, but someone who has the right attributes and attitude to succeed.
Please see the Person Specification for more details.
Other information
If you wish to visit our wonderful school and find out more about the role, we would love to see you.
We reserve the right to conduct interviews before the published interview date, if circumstances require.
To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 520341
Email: [email protected]
Oakridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure. Social media checks on candidates will be undertaken.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions 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, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (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.
