Permanent, starting 1st January 2025

Shiphay Learning Academy is seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher with a passion for engaging learners and helping them achieve their best. We are excited to appoint a full-time KS2 Classroom Teacher starting on 1 January 2025. We are ideally looking for a Teacher who can Lead on PE, so an interest in sport or outdoor activities would be advantageous.

Shiphay Learning Academy is a happy and healthy place to learn. We are very much a ‘family’ school; we cultivate and nurture our Core Values of Respecting, Contribution, Creativeness and Aspiration in all our activities and relationships for all our children and staff.  Shiphay Learning Academy is a place where children learn to be part of a diverse community, where they are prepared for life beyond Primary School, and where learning is an experience to be enjoyed.

Under the leadership of a passionate and supportive Head, Shiphay Learning Academy is an inclusive school with high expectations of what our pupils can achieve. We work at the forefront of education, supporting local schools, and working collaboratively with schools across the South West to ensure that children at Shiphay – and our schools within Riviera Education Trust - get the very best education available; this is reflected in our consistently high standards of attainment in academic subjects.

We are looking for a teacher who:

• Is extremely motivated, enthusiastic and creative in their approach to teaching and learning
• Is committed to delivering the highest quality teaching and learning and ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child
• Has high expectations of themselves and the children they work with
• Is able to create a high-quality, stimulating, interactive and creative learning environment
• Is able to work effectively within our hard-working, talented and friendly school
• Is enthusiastic about the opportunity to work in partnership with team colleagues to plan high quality lessons across the curriculum
• Is reflective and committed to developing their own practice
• Is committed to developing the whole child and has the skills and interests that allow them to offer extra-curricular opportunities for pupils

We can offer you:

• Happy, enthusiastic, creative children and colleagues
• A welcoming, supportive and inclusive school ethos
• A hard-working, positive team who are dedicated to improving the lives of children and ensuring every child achieves their full potential
• A commitment to high quality continued professional development
• Practice informed by full, evidence-based CPD opportunities for all our staff
• An opportunity to be part of a collaborative Multi Academy Trust and work alongside a range of outstanding teachers, practitioners and professionals
• Opportunities to develop your career within our Trust

Regardless of where you are in your teaching journey, whether you are an Early Careers Teacher or an experienced Teacher, we would love to hear from you! 

Salary will be in accordance with the Teachers Pay Spine, dependent upon qualifications and experience. 

Further details are included in the Job Description and Person Specification below.

Deadline for applications:  Wednesday 16 October 2024 @ 09.00

Interview date:  Week commencing 21 October 2024

Start date:  1 January 2025

The application form can be downloaded below and completed applications should be sent to:

HR Department,
Riviera Education Trust, 
Oldway Primary School, Higher Polsham Road, Paignton, TQ3 2SY
Email address: applications@rivieraet.co.uk 

Please note, in line with our Safer Recruitment policy, references will be requested after shortlisting as part of the selection process.

Riviera Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils. As this post meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and references before the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.