Primary Teacher

About The Role

You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student a great education and real choices in life, regardless of their background. A passionate practitioner, you will deliver high-quality, rigorous lessons that drive achievement and inspire a love of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

Benefits

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] 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.

Find out more about the benefits of working for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] at https://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

About Us

We are a primary school and nursery offering a great education for local children of White City. Our school opened in September 2023, bringing together [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] to create one, two-form entry school.

Our new school is a brand-new purpose-built and modern building on the new EdCity site in the heart of White City. We have state-of-the-art facilities including a roof terrace with growing gardens for each year group, a space for outside lessons and a high-quality playground area. It also has a multi-purpose cooking, DT, science and art room and a sensory room. The school has been designed with extra wide learning corridors which can be used as flexible breakout spaces from the classrooms.

Guided by our values of Excellence, Friendship, Courage and Determination, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] strives to build a community committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Our values are important to us and we will ensure that we promote them and recognise where others ‘live the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] values’.

Visit https://www.arkwhitecity.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding Statement

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] 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. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] 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 [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.