At Lambourn, our vision is simple, ‘Let Your LIGHT Shine’ – we work closely together, sharing our common goal of inspiring our children and staff to achieve, to enjoy life and learning. Following our excellent recent Ofsted and SIAMs inspections, we are looking for someone who can continue to strive towards maintaining these high standards.

We would love to hear from you if you feel you could share in this aspiration. We are looking for:

· An enthusiastic and caring teacher

· Experience in trauma informed practice is highly desirable

· A teacher who is reflective, able to use AFL to help pupils improve and use adaptive teaching to meet class SEND needs a person who has high personal expectations as well as high aspirations for all pupils.

· A strong, professional collaborator who works well as part of a team with a willingness to lead on a subject to the required high standard

Lambourn is a large village set in rolling hills with easy accessibility to Swindon (12 miles), Marlborough (13 miles), Wantage (9 miles) and Newbury (13 miles). We are very proud of our facilities - we have well maintained grounds, large and bright classrooms, a minibus, an outdoor multi-gym, a swimming pool and good ICT provision.

In return we can offer you:

· Well behaved children with staff who care deeply for the children and each other

· A wide range of excellent curriculum resources and facilities for all subjects

· A supportive academic team including the wider Excalibur Academies Trust with opportunities for further career development

· A proactive and supportive SENDCo, pastoral and attendance staff team

· Full range of Employee Health and Wellbeing services

· Free on-site parking

1.30 finish on a Friday!

We encourage and welcome informal discussions about the position alongside a visit to the school. Please contact the school office to arrange to come and visit (admin@lambourn.excalibur.org.uk ). As an academy we work within the support of Excalibur Academies Trust, which offers our employees many wide-ranging opportunities for future professional development. For further Trust information, please see Excalibur’s website: www.excalibur.org.uk

We will look forward to hearing from you.

Main Duties 

·         Plan and teach well-structured lessons, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work

·         Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment

·         Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of pupils

·         Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils

·         Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils

·         Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge

·         Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s vision and values

·         Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school

·         Work with others on curriculum and pupil development to secure co-ordinated outcomes

·         Provide cover, in the unforeseen circumstance that another teacher is unable to teach

·         Promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils

·         Maintain good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment

·         Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school

·         Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality

Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out their professional duties and responsibilities 

Safeguarding Statement 

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer.  The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community.  The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.