Job Description
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Widford Lodge School is seeking a friendly and caring individual to join their Reception class team starting in April 2025. This is a full-time permanent position, with an option to work part-time during the summer term.
Widford Lodge is a unique and special learning environment. We have been inspiring a love of learning in pupils between the ages of 2 ½ and 11 for over 80 years. Today we are proud to provide a caring, inclusive and diverse environment for our school community, offering a broad and balanced academic curriculum in a stimulating setting full of opportunities in which children can thrive.
Job Purpose:
Responsibilities will include supporting pupils' physical, emotional and intellectual needs, planning and preparation of activities, observing, assessing and writing evidence of their development, supporting and liaising with teachers and working as part of a team.
Applicants should be enthusiastic, caring and have an excellent understanding of the Early Years Foundation stage requirements.
We are a supportive and caring team, working in a collaborative environment. We can offer you an attractive rate of pay, on-site parking and high-quality free lunches.
Salary of £20,070 (would be pro-rated for part time).
Applicants should be organised, good communicators and have experience of working with children.
How to apply
For further details of the position, information about the School and application and recruitment procedures, please visit our website www.widfordlodge.co.uk
Any application must be made using our application form.
Applications can be emailed to headteacherpa@widfordlodge.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Midday on Friday 21st February 2025
Interview date: Thursday 27th February 2025
It is the School's policy to employ the best qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, religion or religious belief, disability or age. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the DBS. All new posts within the School are subject to a probationary period.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Information about the School
At Widford Lodge we have around 220 pupils and have been instilling a love of learning in pupils between the ages of 2 ½ and 11 for over 85 years.
Today we are proud to provide a caring, inclusive and diverse environment for our school community, offering a broad and balanced academic curriculum in a stimulating setting full of opportunities in which children can thrive.
Our children go on to grammar, independent and state senior schools. We are a supportive and caring team, working in a collaborative environment.
Since September 2018 we have been a Forest school.