Class Teacher; Maternity Cover

As a dedicated and passionate teacher, you will play a key role in our mission to ensure every pupil receives an exceptional education and the opportunity to make real choices about their future, whatever their background. You will deliver engaging, high-quality lessons that challenge, inspire and motivate pupils to achieve their very best, while nurturing a genuine love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Please note:

This is a fixed-term position to cover maternity leave.

• Provide a nurturing classroom climate and school environment that helps pupils to develop as learners.
• Help to maintain positive culture across the whole academy.
• Set high expectations so that all pupils are inspired, motivated and challenged to reach their full potential and in doing so meet their progress and attainment targets.
• Plan and teach well-structured, differentiated lessons that are aligned to the agreed curriculum and cultivate every pupil’s intellectual curiosity.
• Use data to inform teaching and learning, identify areas for intervention and provide feedback to pupils, staff and families in order to ensure progress and outcomes.
• Manage behaviour effectively to create a safe, respectful and nurturing environment enabling pupils to focus on learning.
• Work collaboratively with both school and network colleagues as a committed team member, building successful, high performing teams.
• Participate actively throughout the network, by attending relevant meetings, and, as appropriate, delivering network-wide training and initiatives.
• Work with colleagues, pupils and families to develop a strong school community.

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Twice as many training days as standard.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

If you require more information for this vacancy, please speak to Amy Osman ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). or )

Ark Dickens is a lovely school in the heart of Portsmouth. We are a two-form entry primary academy, which became part of the Ark network in September 2014. We are a school with high aspirations and expectations to ‘Be Our Best’ in all that we do. This reflects our ethos of ensuring every child is provided with every opportunity to reach their potential.

At our school, staff wellbeing and support is of paramount importance to us. Staff are given countless opportunities as well as tailored training geared towards individual professional development. We offer a collaborative setting ensuring that staff receive responsive feedback and colleagues are encouraged to learn from one another. Hard work will never go unappreciated at Ark Dickens, where there is a spirit of recognition and reward.

Our school is a rewarding and fulfilling place to work.

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.