Key Stage 2 Teacher

Wellesley Prep School in an independent co-educational school set in 100 acres of beautiful Hampshire countryside with 300 children from 2 to 13 years old. Wellesley Prep offers a healthy environment for children to grow and prosper as individuals. Teaching groups are small, which affords teachers the opportunity to understand pupils’ individual needs and to provide the appropriate levels of educational support.

We are looking to appoint a full-time KS2 teacher to work in this exceptionally friendly and high achieving school. In this post you will deliver our enriched KS2 curriculum via appropriate schemes of work, providing a stimulating and caring environment for the children. 

This job description describes the practical purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they exist currently, but it is not intended as a wholly comprehensive schedule.

The principle responsibilities include the following:

Teaching

• Teaching all subjects as required, in particular English and Maths to a range of year groups.
• Taking games lessons and fixtures for the major sports, including hockey and netball.
• Planning, preparing and giving lessons in line with the agreed syllabus and scheme of work of the department.
• Adhering to short, medium and long term plans.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of available techniques, resources and developments in your subject area(s).
• Reviewing your personal teaching methods and programmes to ensure that your own teaching is effective, stimulating and in line with current good practice.
• Ensuring that pupils provide an appropriate quantity of work, present it carefully and preserve it in a suitable manner.
• Providing an attractive and interesting classroom with changing displays of children’s work in the classroom and around the school.
• Stimulating and encouraging pupils to achieve excellence in your subject.
• Ensuring you are aware of any pupils in your class who have learning difficulties and what their needs are. You should liaise regularly with their Learning Support and Form Teachers.
• Being aware of those pupils who have been identified as requiring Learning Support or are Gifted and Talented and differentiate accordingly.
• Organising trips and events to support the curriculum.
• Liaising with other teachers in the Pre-Prep and Prep School to ensure a smooth transition at the beginning and end of each academic year.

Service to the school

• Being actively involved in promoting the well-being of pupils.
• Maintaining, with the rest of the staff, acceptably high standards of behaviour both in and out of the classroom.
• Advising the tutor of any pupil whose standard of behaviour, dress or co-operation fall below required standards and who does not respond to immediate correction.
• Assisting in supervision duties as requested by the SMT and maintaining high personal standards of appearance, behaviour and punctuality.
• Maintaining open lines of communication with parents.
• Requesting approval from the Head for any absence from school and give notice to appropriate people, especially the Cover Coordinator, in good time.
• Completing any tasks or duties as reasonably requested by the SLT.
• Being actively involved in the school’s extra-curricular provision.
• Staff are expected to be onsite and work normal school hours unless granted leave of absence by the Head.

Service to the school:

• To maintain, with the rest of the staff, acceptably high standards of behaviour both in and out of the classroom;
• To advise the Form Tutor of any pupil whose standard of behaviour, dress or co-operation fall below required standards and who does not respond to immediate correction;
• To assist in supervision duties as requested by the Deputy Head and maintain high personal standards of appearance, behaviour and punctuality;
• To complete pupil reports and assessments as and when required;
• To request approval from the Head for any absence from school and give notice to appropriate people, especially the Cover Coordinator, in good time;
• To complete any tasks or duties as reasonably requested by the Head or members of the Senior Leadership Team;
• To work Monday to Friday (8:00am – 5:00pm) while the School is in session and at any other time (including during school holidays, at weekends and before and after the School’s normal starting and finishing times) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Headmaster for the proper performance of duties. 

Working at Wellesley:

• Immediately responsible to: Director of Studies
• Hours of work: 8am – 5pm Monday - Friday
• Full Time
• Commencement Date: 1st January 2025
• School Term time only (to include working days prior to the return and after the departure of pupils as may be necessary for the proper performance of your duties).
• Notice Period: One school term.
• Salary: Depending on experience.  
• Pension: Auto-enrolment into the School Pension Scheme.
• School lunch provided
• On-site parking
• Discounts across the Wellington Estates’ businesses, including the Wellington Farm Shop, Wellington Country Park, Wellington Riding, and the Wellington Barns.