Key Stage 2 Class Teacher (Fixed Term)
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School:
Royal Grammar School -
Location:
Newcastle -
Salary:
The RGS has its own salary scale (which is above national pay scales for teachers). -
Hours:
Working Hours - Normal working hours will be those necessary to carry out the duties of the post. -
Contractual Status:
Fixed term -
Closing Date:
2nd Oct 2023
KEY STAGE 2 CLASS TEACHER
(Fixed Term Maternity Cover)
Required from November 2023 until May 2024
For maternity cover, we seek to appoint, from November 2023, an inspiring and committed teacher to our busy and exciting Junior School.
The school is academically selective, and boys and girls are highly articulate, high-achieving and amazingly well motivated, busily involved outside the classroom as well as in it. The role will involve taking over teaching responsibility for, in the main, Year 5 and 6 Maths and English in classes of 24 children but could involve working across a range of subjects in lower Key Stage 2.
A ‘willing to go the extra mile’ approach is a fundamental requirement of all teachers at this school: even the most senior members of staff are actively involved outside the classroom, not merely in their own specialist activities but in a huge range of extra-curricular sporting, artistic, wellbeing and cultural work. Attendance at special events (Open Morning, Y5 Exam Day, Information Evening etc.) is expected. Parts of the job description may change in line with the experience and expertise of the successful candidate. Applications are invited from those who are willing and able to make their own distinctive contribution to this ethos.
The RGS has its own salary scale (which is above national pay scales for teachers).
Closing date for this role is 9.00am Monday 2nd October 2023.
TO APPLY: For full details and an application form please see our website: www.rgs.newcastle.sch.uk/join-us/work-for-us
RGS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Whilst all applications are considered on merit, we would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented in our staff community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, pre-interview references and an enhanced DBS check.
Royal Grammar School
Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525. Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country’s leading schools, and the Sunday Times’ North East Independent School of the Decade 2020. RGS was awarded the Sunday Times’ 2023 North East’s Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance and most recently Independent School of the Year for the whole of England. We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.
RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,340 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 350 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational 20 years ago and girls now comprise 43% of the school.
The school is based in the heart of the city, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station. The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.
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