KS2 Teacher

KEY STAGE 2 TEACHER

Apply by: 12.00 pm on Friday 10 January 2025

Interview on: Thursday 16 January 2025 or Friday 17 January 2025

Employment commences: 24 February 2025 (after February half-term)

Location: Twickenham

Contract type: Full-time

Contract term: Fixed-term until 31 August 2026 with prospects for extension and permanency.

Salary: School’s Own Scale 

The school is seeking a professional and motivated teacher who will be responsible for the planning and delivery of the curriculum for a Key Stage 2 class. Experience of teaching all subjects at KS2 is preferred and candidates should be confident and proficient in planning and teaching lessons appropriate to the needs of the pupils, in consultation with parallel teachers.  In addition, they will be required to set and maintain high educational and moral standards, undertake other appropriate duties as may be required and  participate in and support the school in all its many and varied activities.  

As a teacher at Newland House School, you will support the school’s aim in ensuring that we provide a curriculum that is broad and balanced, covering the academic, artistic and physical elements that are crucial for the development of the whole child. We set high standards of learning for all the children in a caring and supportive environment, and you will help to promote our ethos in encouraging enquiring minds and building pupil’s strengths, interests and experiences. We pride ourselves in fostering excellent home/school relationships with parents and the candidate will be expected to have strong communication skills.

The teacher will work as a member of a year group team.

The post merits a salary commensurate with the role and the successful applicant's relevant experience. 

Newland House School is a successful, flourishing co-educational independent day school for children from 4 to 13 years, based in Twickenham in South West London.

Candidates will be invited to interview and to be observed teaching a one to one lesson.

Please ensure you review the job application pack for detailed information about the role and application process.

Safeguarding

Newland House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in accordance with the guidelines of the government document, Keeping Children Safe in Education. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Newland House School values diversity, equity and inclusion for its pupils and staff. We want our community to feel valued and respected, so we are working hard to build an inclusive culture which celebrates diversity in different forms to reflect the community we serve. We believe that having a diverse workforce offers different perspectives which helps us to work towards our shared vision and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join our School.