Morningside Primary School
Teacher Application Pack
Contents Page
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Welcome
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About us
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Working in partnership
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Working with the community
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School development plan
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Job description
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Key Skills and Competencies
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How to apply
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Contact information
Morningside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.
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Welcome Dear applicant,
Thank you very much for your interest in becoming Teacher at Morningside Primary School. I hope you will find this information a useful introduction to our school.
Morningside is a lively two-form entry primary school in the London borough of Hackney, located very close to Hackney Central in the heart of a diverse, vibrant and exciting community. Our children come from truly diverse backgrounds, many different languages are spoken. Our school has been through a period of considerable change over the last few years and our aim is to build on the hard work that enabled the school to make rapid improvements and to secure excellent learning opportunities for all of our families.
We are looking for a year 3 Teacher with enthusiasm for literacy and who share our vision. Our new teacher will join a very committed and hard-working staff body who all want to ensure that every child fulfils its potential, both now and in the future. If you are committed to helping children to make progress in every lesson, every day, we would like to hear from you.
Please find further guidance on Morningside School, the type of teacher we are seeking to appoint and details on how to apply for the post within this pack.
We welcome and encourage school visits. Please contact the school office on 020 8985 5382 and speak to Danielle Maddison to arrange a suitable date and time.
Yours sincerely, Janet Taylor Headteacher
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About Us Morningside is a two-form entry primary school with a Children's Centre. The community is culturally and ethnically diverse and we pride ourselves on being an inclusive school.
Our age range is from 3 to 11 years old and we have 444 children on roll. There are two classes in each year group with 30 pupils in each class. We have two Nursery classes with sessions in the morning afternoon. Our Children’s Centre strives to support children and families in our community. 36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. 65% of pupils speak English as an additional language.
Our vision is for the school to be:
A place where children can achieve their full potential in academic, creative, personal, physical, moral and spiritual development;
A caring place where children and adults feel they make a contribution and are valued as individuals; A place where everyone is aware of their rights and responsibilities and where children learn respect for themselves and others.
A partnership between children, parents, staff and the community as a whole. 4
Working in Partnership Primary Advantage Federation Morningside Primary School is a part of the Primary Advantage Federation. We are a group of schools working together because we believe our schools can gain many benefits from working collaboratively and can achieve more by working together. We have made a commitment to a shared responsibility to the wider education community, the provision of good quality education and the improvement of life chances for pupils in the community beyond that of our own schools. Teachers, support staff, school leaders and Governors have added expertise in working alongside colleagues to improve provision and outcomes for pupils. WHAT IS OUR APPROACH?
WHAT OUTCOMES DO WE WANT?
Every teacher is a good teacher; every school is a good school Teachers who use the most effective teaching methods to motivate learners and raise aspirations. As a result all pupils will make good or better progress
Quality learning environments where pupils feel safe and secure, known and valued and motivated to learn. Robust teaching and application of ICT skills ensure our pupils are properly equipped for the next stage of learning
Curriculum provision which inspires and motivates pupils and broadens their horizons. Our curriculum supports community cohesion through an international curriculum strand
We work in partnership, pooling our expertise and resources
We work with precision and move incrementally towards
in order to achieve collectively what we may not be able to achieve individually
achieving outstanding grades in the majority of aspects of each school’s work
We believe passionately in improving the life chances for our
Through pupil partnership work we continue to break down
pupils
We do not tolerate low expectations We match tried and tested strategies that we know work to the needs of the schools and use our experience of supporting schools in successfully implementing them
We promote a collaborative approach whilst developing the capacity of each school to serve its own community and retain its distinct identity
locally perceived boundaries and help pupils to work harmoniously with pupils from other areas of Hackney
We seek to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of each school by capitalising on centralised services and sharing systems and
We recognise the importance of individuality, spontaneity and creativity in developing innovation
Find out more about Primary Advantage Federation by visiting www.primaryadvantage.co.uk
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Working With the Community WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS The move to secondary school is an important step for pupils and parents. We work in partnership with our local secondary schools and the Hackney Learning Trust to ensure our children and their families are well-informed about the transfer process. The children participate in visits to local schools and we invite secondary teachers to visit our school for specialist lessons.
CHILDRENS CENTRE Morningside Children’s Centre is a place where families can access a range of different services, based under one roof, to help and support. The Centre brings all the different support agencies together to offer a range of services to meet parents’ and children’s needs, all in one place. Our Centre is somewhere children can make friends and learn as they play. Families can get professional advice on health and family matters, learn about training and job opportunities or just socialise with other people. There are a range of activities available at the Morningside Children’s Centre each day. These change on a monthly basis. Below is an overview of our current provision. PRIMARY ADVANTAGE NATIONAL TEACHING SCHOOLS Teaching schools are outstanding schools that work with others to provide high-quality training and development to new and experienced school staff. They are part of the government’s plan to give schools a central role in raising standards by developing a selfimproving and sustainable school-led system. Morningside plays an instrumental role in the work of our three teaching schools. Morningside Primary School is one of the lead schools in part of a multiple teaching school alliance in Hackney. The school works in partnership with primary schools across the borough and beyond and plays a key role within the Primary Advantage National Teaching schools Alliance. Primary Advantage is a federation of schools working together because we believe our schools can gain many benefits from working collaboratively. We have made a commitment to a shared responsibility to the wider school community, the provision of good quality education and the improvement of life chances for pupils in the community beyond that of our own schools. Our work on improving provision for children will continue to see us working in partnership with schools in Hackney across London and into the County of Suffolk. We will be working closely with our strategic partners The Institute of Education and Hackney Learning Trust to effectively deliver ITT (School direct and PGCE), CPD, talent management, school to school support, the brokering of SLEs and research and development. Primary Advantage National Teaching School Alliance will see all schools within the alliance achieving more together. 6
School Development Plan Our key priorities for 2014-15 are as follows: Criteria 3 - Behaviour and Safety of Pupils Criteria 1 - Achievement for Pupils
To ensure that attainment at the end of KS2 and KS1 is at least in line with national in reading, writing and maths.
To ensure that progress from KS1 to KS2 is in line with national expectations.
To increase the % of pupils achieving L3 in KS1 and L6 in KS2.
Ensure outcomes at end of EYFS demonstrate good progress, particularly in reading.
To accelerate progress in reading in Y5 so that the attainment gap closes rapidly.
Criteria 2 - Teaching and learning
To ensure 100% of teaching is Good and 40% is Outstanding. To ensure robust induction systems are rapidly improving the quality of teaching and learning for early stage. To ensure SFA is fully embedded: pupil and teacher engagement is high. To ensure outdoor learning in EYFS is effectively organised and facilitates clearly planned learning opportunities and assessment.
To ensure learning behaviours are embedded throughout the school community.
To develop an aspirational suite of rewards.
Ensure new pupil inductions are effective.
To encourage parents to engage with school policies and expectations.
Criteria 4 - Leadership and Management
PPG is deployed efficiently and reviewed accurately.
To ensure the new SEN Code of Practice is embedded.
Accurate monitoring leads to well managed CPD that is closely matched to the needs of all staff.
Self-evaluation continues to be robust, concerted and effective.
Cultural differences to be celebrated.
Subject leaders to drive teaching.
MLT to develop robust work logs, driven by progress.
School readiness for Nursery and Reception; secondary transfers.
Parental engagement impacts positively on the children.
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Class Teacher Job Description Role Summary:
Job Title: Classroom Teacher Reports to: Governing Body, Executive Principle/Head of School and members of Senior Management Team
The current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document describes duties which are required to be undertaken by Direct Reports: Ancillary staff when based in their classroom teachers in the course of their Scale - Scale: Inner London MPS & TLR 2b £4455 employment. In addition certain particular duties are reasonably required to be exercised, and completed in a and materials behaviour and mutual respect satisfactory manner. It is the between pupils and all members of Plan and implement a curriculum to contractual duty of the class teacher to the school community meet the needs of all pupils in the ensure that his/her professional duties class and develop personal and social To promote and facilitate parental are discharged effectively. involvement in teaching and learning aspects of learning This job description sets out the duties through a shared school/home to be undertaken and performed to the Develop effective ways of overcoming approach barriers to learning and sustain satisfaction of the Executive Principal/ To work with support staff and other effective teaching through the Head of School and governing body by teachers in the classroom to assessment of learning the class teacher. The duties set out effectively plan for a range of needs below relate to the overall class teaching To keep under review the methods of and be supportive of and sensitive to requirements and related expectations planning and delivery of the the needs of other colleagues. of a class teacher. curriculum, recording pupils’ progress Encourage interaction and teamwork and make any required assessments. Key Tasks and activities: within the school, share ideas and To monitor and report the quality of new initiatives and identify new ways Within the class: to ensure the full pupil attainment in all subjects to the of teaching the curriculum. When implementation of the National Executive Principal/Headteacher and required, take a leading role in an Curriculum Orders for all subjects, or governing body area of school development the Foundation Stage content as defined in current DCSF To assist in the selection of resources To advise other staff including NQTs, documentation (as applicable to the for the curriculum and students on teaching practice, year group) and in accordance with Monitor and assess own performance and to assist with inset for staff and school policies. Create a positive, and take a proactive approach to governors when required to do so. stimulating and innovative professional development To work with Hackney LEA on local environment for learning. Maintain a Effectively manage pupil behaviour, and national initiatives for all subjects well organised classroom with encouraging a high standard of of the National Curriculum. appropriate displays, resource areas 8
TLR for Literacy Job Purpose: To support and report to the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher in creating, developing and evaluating the aims of the school in partnership with pupils, staff, governors and parents. As a curriculum leader the responsibility of the Literacy Leader is considerable and the expectations of their performance will be high The Literacy Leader will ensure that there is consistency in Literacy of high quality teaching, continuity in context and skills, and high standards of learning throughout the school. Duties: The Literacy Leader will: contribute effectively to and be a supportive member of the Senior Management Team display a high standard of professional behaviour and integrity at all times, show initiative, be proactive and flexible and act as a role model for other staff and pupils; coordinate the development of a cohesive and effective long-term plan in Literacy; ensure that medium-term planning meets all National Curriculum requirements; review, monitor and evaluate current practice (including schemes and policies) and provide feedback to the Senior Management Team support, motivate and advise staff, and work alongside them in the development of their classroom practice, where appropriate; lead by example, through good classroom practice; disseminate information to the staff and parents and to provide INSET to promote staff development and improve classroom practice and attend Pupil Progress Meetings contribute action-planning in Literacy for the School Improvement Plan maintain an up-to-date knowledge of local and national initiatives, by attending relevant courses and using other sources for professional development in liaison with the School Business Manager be responsible for keeping within the budget allocated to the Literacy, maintain and order resources and prioritise needs as indicated in the School Improvement Plan
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problem making referrals as appropriate
Key Skills and Competencies Qualifications Degree level qualification. Postgraduate professional Qualification e.g.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education. Willingness to continue professional development. QTS (including skills tests)
Anticipates workload and plans ahead
Monitors progress against key performance indicators
Enthusiastic and positive attitude
Awareness of the needs of children who have a variety of needs
Understand the nature of a Church of England Primary School and be willing to teach R.E. and attend collective worship to meet the expectation of the Governing Body
Communication Applies effective verbal communication skills Presents information and ideas clearly, by using
language appropriate to the audience Positively influences the opinions of others through
factual discussion
Accountability/Freedom to act
Makes routine decisions based upon guidelines and procedures laid down in the established framework
Contributes towards the effective delivery of performance targets, objectives and standards
Leads by example in standards of behaviour in the work environment
Adapts personal style to suit individual situation and
needs Creates an environment of trust by delivering on
promises Utilises report-writing skills to accurately reflect a
situation through positive language Confident in leading staff meetings as appropriate
Leadership/Management skills.
Ability to lead school based projects or developments
Other Skills Required for Role
Demonstrates excellent classroom practice
Exercises flexibility in order to accommodate changes in work priorities
Balances tasks and resources in the organisation of a wide range of activities
Provides contingencies to deal with the unexpected
Thinks clearly and logically in working through a
To Note: Applicants for the role of literacy co-ordinator Please consider the requirements of the literacy co-ordinator job description when writing your supporting statement demonstrating your experience and enthusiasm for the role.
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How To Apply Applicants are asked to complete all the standard information required on the Primary Advantage application form, to submit a supporting statement, addressing all the criteria identified in the person specification.
Please specify the role you are applying for and reference Lit Teacher Candidates are advised that when completing the references section on the application form to please ensure that: • Your first referee is your current, or most recent, employer • You provide a referee who can confirm your ability for the role
Completed application forms must be received by 9am on Monday 20th October 2014. Interviews will take place on Thursday 23rd October 2014. If you have any queries or would like to arrange to visit our school, please contact Danielle Maddison on 020 8985 5382 dmaddison@morningside.hackney.sch.uk or email
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to teach an activity or lesson and will be advised of the details of the lesson observation prior to interview.
Successful Candidates Candidates must ensure that if they are successful at interview, that they are able to provide evidence of their Right to Work and Remain in the UK. The school is not able to employ any person who cannot validate their Right to Work and Remain in the UK in the line with the Asylum, Immigration and Nationality Act 2000. Successful candidates will be required to apply for an enhanced Criminal Record Check via the DBS. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment.
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Where to find us
Morningside Primary School Chatham Place Hackney London E9 6LL Tel: 0208 985 5382 Email: admin@morningside.hackney.sch.uk Website: www.morningside.hackney.sch.uk
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