The Headteacher and Governors of Broomfield Primary School are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic  part time teacher who will contribute to our journey of school improvement for September 2025. This position is a permanent position for either Key stage 1 or 2 depending on the experience of the person appointed. Unfortunately, this is not suitable for a first year ECT as it requires subject leadership responsibility.

Broomfield Primary School is on the edge of the beautiful market town of Northallerton. We are a one form entry school, currently with 203 children on role.  We are a welcoming, inclusive school, with strong parental partnerships and a supportive school staff team. Together, we put our children at the heart of all we do, helping every child achieve their full potential.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner to join our school team, who will bring enthusiasm, high expectations and ambition. 

We are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff where they can develop as exemplary professionals.  In addition we offer a positive, supportive, friendly working environment, recognition of previous service with other schools, academies and local government, CPD, training courses and webinars, expenses and travel costs in addition to a full range of employee benefits.  

Job Details

Contract: 0.6FTE, three full days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Position Type:  Permanent 

Line Manager:  Headteacher

Travel Required:  No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

 What we can offer:

• Happy and welcoming pupils, staff and governors
• A warm, collegiate and supportive environment
• The opportunity to be part of a school which is part of Arete Learning Trust.  The Trust has recently expanded and is currently undertaking an exciting journey.

 You will ideally:

• be a highly effective classroom practitioner who is passionate about education and able to make continuous improvements to your own practice.
• Have high expectations for progress, attainment and behaviour.
• Have a positive, caring attitude with a desire to overcome any challenges that arise.
• Have good organisational and time management skills.
• Be able to lead a subject area, the subject to be confirmed dependent on the experience of the successful candidate.
• Be a team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible, as the job is quite diverse!

If you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact the school office on 01609 774050 or email admin@broomfield.n-yorks.sch.uk

About the Trust

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18.  Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

 To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

Why work for us?

• We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.
• We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.
• In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

• Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
• Are committed to our Trust values.
• Show initiative and are responsive to change.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
• Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
• Are team players.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.  You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process.  Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.  Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.