JOB DESCRIPTION
Class teachers at St Christopher’s, are expected to be open
and willing to teach across both the Early Years Foundation
Stage and Key Stage One. This role will be based in Key Stage
One and the candidate must have experience in teaching in
Key Stage One, ideally with Year 2 experience.
Job Purpose
The class teacher will:
- Be based in Early Years or Key Stage One.
- Be an outstanding teacher who can provide irresistible
learning opportunities for all children in their care.
- Ensure that all planning, preparation, recording, and
assessment are carried out to a high standard.
- Be a team player who works productively and fairly
alongside their job-share and year-group staff team.
- Maintain the positive ethos and values of the school,
both inside and outside the classroom.
- Contribute to constructive team building amongst
teaching and non-teaching staff, parents, and governors.
Duties
The class teacher will:
- Implement and adhere to school policies and guidelines.
- Plan and provide a creative and engaging curriculum,
appropriately meeting the needs of all pupils, through
adaptive teaching and differentiated tasks.
- Work closely alongside their parallel teacher.
- Alongside their team, create medium-term and weekly
planning, which is regularly reviewed.
- Plan every week, plans will be differentiated and will
include challenge for all learners, plans will be evaluated
to identify the next steps in children’s learning.
- Be able to set clear targets, based on prior attainment,
for pupils’ learning.
- Observe children when playing and learning to identify
successes and next steps in learning,
- Provide a stimulating learning environment inside and
outside, where resources can be accessed appropriately
by all pupils to support and extend their learning.
- Maintain good order and discipline amongst pupils,
following the school’s behaviour policy.
- Communicate effectively with parents about their child’s
development, attainment, and progress through termly
parent discussions, parents’ evenings, and written
reports.
- Lead and manage teaching assistants working within
the year group team.
- Lead a subject for the whole school.
- Co-ordinate and implement information evenings for
parents during the year.
- Support and embed new initiatives decided by the
Headteacher and Senior Management Team.
- Be part of the schools’ duty rotas.
- Ensure displays and role play/book corners are extended
or changed regularly; at least termly.
- Regularly consult with the Senior Management Team to
ensure high standards and continuity of provision at the
school.
- Liaise with the Special Needs Co-ordinator or external
agencies when appropriate.
- Attend out-of-hours open days, school exhibitions, and
annual governor social as required.
- Join in the extra-curricular life of the school, organise an
after-school club, attend a residential trip and support
parent association events.
- Participate in meetings related to the school’s
management, curriculum, administration, or
organisation.
- Communication and cooperate with specialists from
outside agencies.
- To meet parents during parent consultation evenings
and when needed during the year to discuss pupil
progress or any concerns a parent may have.
- Participate in the appraisal system.
- Be in school the first 2 days prior to the first day of each
term for classroom preparation and INSET, as well as
during the holidays as required to ensure your
classroom, planning, and preparation are ready for the
start of each term.
- Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably
required by the Headteacher or Governors.
