We can offer:

• Enhanced salary
• 3 Personal Days per year which can be taken in term time.
• Free access to schools well-being service.
• A positive working environment 
• The support of a highly professional and committed staff team and the opportunity to expand your professional networks beyond the Trust through our external partnerships
• The opportunity to develop your career within an expanding multi academy trust with a track record of excellent student attainment and achievement
• Exceptional professional development opportunities.

What we require:

• UK Qualified Teacher status (QTS).
• Degree or equivalent
• Understanding of safeguarding procedures and child protection methods and responsibilities.
• Passionate about learning, teaching and assessment.
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children.
• Ability to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences including pupils, staff, colleagues and parents.
• Effective behavioural management skills.
• Ability to create a positive and supportive and effective learning environment

Additional Information:

• The job description is a guide to the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake. It’s not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of the school and the Trust.
• All staff are required to participate in training and other learning activities and in performance management and development as required by the Trust’s policies and practices.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and actively encouraged.  We are proud of our school and would be delighted to show you around; please contact the school office on 01992 467821 to make an appointment.  

For more information about Forres Primary Academy, please visit our website https://www.forresprimary.co.uk/

What is special about Spiral?

We believe that we can offer our staff something distinctive. Key features of our Trust include:

• Creativity / Innovation; thinking outside of “the box”.
• Experienced and nationally recognised staff, especially at  senior level.
• Celebrating and maintaining individual school identities.
• Operating the management principle of “earned autonomy”.
• Providing excellent support when, where and how it is needed.
• Building varied Learning Communities (everywhere, not just in the classroom).
• Minimising paperwork that adds little value provided it is not needed for compliance purposes.

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education The Spiral Partnership Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. Further information on online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.   All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.