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This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic teacher to join Piddle Valley CE First School and take responsibility for a small class of Year 1 and Year 2 children initially. You will be joining a supportive and dedicated team that has high expectations of what young children can achieve. We welcome applications from Early Career Teachers as well as experienced teachers.
About the role
The Wessex MAT is made up of a family of 12 schools based in West Dorset. We cover the full age range from nursery through to post-16 and we are fiercely inclusive. Although we work together closely and collaboratively we do not believe in cloning schools or working to a formula. Schools retain a unique position in their local community pursuing common values and aspirations. We encourage innovation and we want staff to feel confident about testing boundaries. That is the route towards great schools for all.
Our mantra is ‘learning is everything’. What goes on in the classroom is the most important part of our work and everyone who works for Wessex MAT, in whatever role or capacity, contributes towards that vision. That is why we put so much time and effort into continuous professional development. Everyone is encouraged to be involved in some form of learning or development, which may or may not lead to formal qualifications.
We are ambitious to become both an educator and employer of choice. Therefore, we work hard to create the best possible working conditions where staff feel supported and valued. Richard Branson said that we should, ‘train people well enough so they can leave for any job they want, but treat them well enough so they don’t want to’. That is something that resonates with our own philosophy.
Piddle Valley CE First School is located in purpose-built accommodation in the village of Piddletrenthide, just 8 miles north of the beautiful county town of Dorchester. Built in 1999, the school benefits from wonderful grounds and inspires us to develop links with outdoor learning. Piddle Valley CE First School was originally part of the Greenwood Tree Academy Trust (GTAT) from 2015 until September 2022, when the schools of GTAT joined Wessex.
The school’s strong values permeate its community, curriculum and pastoral identity and we are looking for someone with a passion for teaching within Key Stage 1.
Additional information
Wessex MAT values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Wessex MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, an Enhanced DBS check Child Barred List check and satisfactory references.
We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children.
As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offence to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
Closing date on Monday 19th June 2023 at 9am. Interview date on Tuesday 27 June 2023.
