Vacancies - Assistant Headteacher, EYFS Teacher, ELSA (See below)
Assistant Headteacher
Permanent, 0.8 (full time considered) with teaching commitment
Required for Autumn Term 2024 or sooner
Leadership Spine 1 – 4
NoR: 88
Shaw-cum-Donnington CE Primary school is a successful and continually evolving primary school in a semi-rural setting on the northern edge of Newbury. We are looking to appoint an outstanding and inspirational practitioner with excellent interpersonal skills to join our team as assistant headteacher.
The successful candidate will have class teacher responsibilities; take a leading role in the monitoring and evaluation of standards across the whole school and to be a leading professional actively promoting effective teaching and learning practices.
We can offer you:
- A dedicated team of experienced, supportive and professional staff.
- Dedicated leadership and management time.
- Children who are happy, confident, enthusiastic and love to learn.
- A welcoming, inclusive, family atmosphere.
- Engaged, supportive parents and committed governors.
The successful candidate will:
- Have high expectations of children’s learning and behaviour.
- Have the ability to lead, manage, motivate both children and colleagues.
- Have proven ability in raising standards.
- Be committed to continuous school improvement and self-evaluation.
- Have a responsibility for leading areas of the curriculum.
- Be creative, flexible and able to problem solve.
- Possess energy, tenacity and be able to play a positive and active role within our dedicated team.
- Uphold and promote the ethos and character of the school.
So before you apply to any other schools, come and look around ours and you too will see exactly what makes Shaw-cum-Donnington so special! Simply call the school office to arrange a visit or for any further information.
Please contact the school office on 01635 40971 or email office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Job Description and Personal Specification
Safeguarding Information
Recruitment Privacy Notice
Application Form
Please submit all completed applications to office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Closing date and shortlisting: 12:00noon Tuesday 5th March 2024
Interviews: Monday 11th March 2024
Applications will be considered upon receipt and candidates may be called to interview before the advertised deadline and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable condidate is found. Please apply as soon as possible.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
EYFS Teacher
Permanent Contract, 0.6 Teaching Time
Required September 2024
MS 1 to UP3 (Depending on experience)
NoR: 88
What makes us so special?
We have a unique culture here. The school has a lovely, warm, family feeling and the children are polite, kind and caring. Every child is known as an individual, feels part of the school family and is always keen and eager to learn. Visitors constantly comment on our welcoming and friendly atmosphere. We may be small but we are a dynamic, vibrant and forward thinking school.
Our staff are a brilliant team who not only care about each other and work well together but also strive to give the children their very best.
The successful candidate will:
- Be passionate and knowledgeable about the Early Years Curriculum.
- Put children at the heart of everything they do.
- Have high expectations of all learners and believes only the best will do.
- Have an innovative approach to learning and teaching.
- Ensure excellent outcomes for all learners.
- Uphold and promote the ethos and character of the school.
- Join us on our journey towards excellence
So before you apply to any other schools, come and look around ours and you too will see exactly what makes Shaw-cum-Donnington so special! Simply call the school office to arrange a visit or for any further information.
Please contact the school office on 01635 40971 or email office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Job Description and Personal Specification
Safeguarding Information
Recruitment Privacy Notice
Application Form
Please submit all completed applications to office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Closing date and shortlisting: 12:00noon Monday 18th March 2024
Interviews: Thursday 21st March 2024
Applications will be considered upon receipt and candidates may be called to interview before the advertised deadline and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. Please apply as soon as possible.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant)
To start ASAP
4 hours per week
Term time only, permanent contract
Salary: FTE £22,369 to £24,496 depending on experience.
At Shaw-cum-Donnington CE Primary School we believe that to enable our pupils to learn effectively, they need to feel safe in their environment and be both socially and emotionally ready to learn. We recognise that some of our pupils are not always emotionally ready and require an increased level of support for them to access the wider curriculum.
We are seeking to appoint a qualified empathetic and caring ELSA to promote the emotional, physical and educational development of our pupils. Experience of working in schools with children experiencing emotional, social and behavioural difficulties would also be an advantage.
The successful candidate will:
Work to encourage children to relate to each other
Foster positive relationships and engage with classroom/school life
Be able to use their initiative and be flexible in their approach to best support the needs of the children
Be able to remain highly confidential at all times
Be hard working with a passion about helping children to achieve their full potential
Encourage children to form friendships and engage in positive play at break/lunchtimes
Be calm and patient with a positive outlook
Have high expectation of all children
Be motivated and inspirational
We welcome visits from all prospective candidates to come and look around our fantastic school.
Job Description and Personal Specification
Safeguarding Information
Recruitment Privacy Notice
Application Form
Please submit all completed applications to office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Applications will be considered upon receipt, please apply as soon as possible.
Tel: 01635 40971
Co-Opted Governor Vacancy
Shaw-cum-Donnington is a popular local primary school looking to appoint two enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our effective cohesive team on the school’s Governing Body (GB) with a strong community spirit and an interest in our children’s futures and a desire to make a difference.
What does this involve?
The purpose of the GB is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance. It carries out its role with three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Supporting the Headteacher, but holding them to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils; and the performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure that its money is well spent.
We welcome governors from all walks of life to bring different perspectives and views. What you do need is a strong commitment, an interest in education and the welfare of our children and willingness to get involved. The skills you have, whatever they may be, can be very useful to the GB. Governors also need what is known as ‘soft skills’ – the ability to be able to build relationships with a range of people, able to work as part of a team, able to question and to make connections between different types of information by analysing and understanding data, reports and so driving efficiency in order to hold the school to account.
You will be required to attend approximately two termly meetings of the full GB, visit the school informally at least three times a year and commit to attend training courses, perform additional research and take part in monitoring as required. The term of office for all governors is four years and every school governor must complete a Governor Eligibility Declaration form before commencing in post and undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.
The Rewards of becoming a School Governor
The main benefit from being a school governor is a sense of satisfaction that you are involved in one of the most important volunteering roles. Collective decisions made by the governing body will help shape the future of all children at the school. Other benefits include:
- The opportunity to develop new skills and strengthen existing ones;
- The opportunity to work as part of a team, sometimes with a range of people from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds;
- The opportunity to gain a sense of achievement as an active member of the community;
- The opportunity to improve your negotiation, questioning, time management and financial skills;
- The opportunity to undertake training provided by West Berkshire Education Authority on various aspects of the governor role.
Application Process
Governor Information Pack
Expression of Interest Form
All expressions of interest can be submitted using the above form. Please forward all applications by email to Delia Jones, Clerk to Governors at office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk or by post marked for the attention of: Delia Jones, Clerk to Governors, Shaw-cum-Donnington CE Primary School, Love Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 2JG.
You will then be warmly invited to meet with one or two of our governors to discuss the roles in more detail.
Being a school governor is challenging but helping oversee the development of a school is fulfilling, enjoyable and extremely rewarding work.
We very much look forward to hearing from you!
01635 40971 office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff , governors and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Governor Eligibility Declaration.