Primary Teacher (Maternity)

Primary Teacher (Maternity Cover) – more than one position available

It is an exciting time to be joining Oasis Academy Don Valley as we expand our team in the primary phase of our Academy. As a Primary Teacher, you will play an important role in ensuring there is clarity in progression allowing all of our students to make outstanding progress leading to exceptional outcomes.

We are looking to recruit someone with a firm belief that all children can achieve. A belief supported by the fact that we improve at a faster rate than the national average transforming lives and learning. Over 90% of parents whose child attend an Oasis Academy believes that their child is happy, well-taught and learning. And that a wonderfully positive endorsement that we must be doing it right.

Oasis Academy Don Valley is a coeducational Academy, which admits students between the ages of 2 to 16 years, situated in Sheffield where we celebrate diversity and relentlessly focus on the attainment of all of our children. At Don Valley we thrive in an environment full of different thinkers and burgeoning potential. A multi-cultural hub of learning with fantastic facilities and a newly formed team of professional educators and support staff that have the best interests and safety of our young charges firmly at the centre of everything we do.

We now need an experienced Primary Teacher who can step into an enthused and ambitious team of like-minded educators and make an impact on young lives.

We recognise that teaching is not always easy and as an academy we deal with any challenging situations as a collaborative team that supports and helps out as needed. It’s what makes us strong and confident about our future and that of our young people.

What’s in it for you?

If you really are the sort of person who is motivated to want to make a genuine positive impact to young lives and has ambition to develop your expertise further – we can help you get there in an environment where how we treat others is paramount with an underlying ethos that includes

• A passion to include everyone
• A desire to treat everyone equally, respecting differences
• A commitment to healthy and open relationships
• A deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed
• A sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul

The Don Valley team is ambitious, enthused and determined to deliver the very best education for our young people and being part of a motivated and inspired team makes for great results and brings personal reward and satisfaction.

The role and requirements:

There is a full job description attached, but as well as excellent written and communication skills, including ICT we are interested in evidence of other experience and personal attributes, including:

• You will have a good knowledge of phonics and how to deliver phonics to students and will have a good working knowledge of ways to enhance literacy and numeracy skills.
• You are able to set clear expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students and are experienced at promoting good progress and outcomes .
• As an experienced qualified teacher you will demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge and will naturally adapt your teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students including EAL children
• Organised and adaptable you will be a natural collaborator and possess good literacy and numeracy skills.

If this sounds like you and you can’t wait to change lives – we would love to hear from you. We encourage school visits so you can see and experience life at Don Valley – please get in contact with us by calling on 0114 220 0400  to arrange a visit. You can read more about our school at www.oasisacademydonvalley.org