Class Teacher - Hannah Ball Academy

Overview

Hannah Ball Academy is a one form entry primary school in the heart of High Wycombe. Our small and friendly school serves a diverse community and offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum. We are a reflective and forward thinking school with a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body. We have close links with neighbouring primary schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high quality continuing professional development.

We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic professionals, who has high expectations of themselves and their pupils and is committed to improving the lives of our children to join our warm and welcoming team.

Our partnership with The Park Federation Academy Trust means there are a host of professional development opportunities that will further your own skills, knowledge and expertise.

Salary: UNQ 1 – MPS 9

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Closing date: 13.02.26

About us

Hannah Ball Academy is a one form entry primary school in the heart of High Wycombe. Our small and friendly school serves a diverse community and offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum. We are a reflective and forward thinking school with a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body. We have close links with neighbouring primary schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high quality continuing professional development.

Website: https://www.hannahball.bucks.sch.uk/

About the role

The following list is not intended to be exhaustive but indicates the range of duties and the level of responsibility involved.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the day-to-day running of the class;
• Create an attractive and motivating learning environment;
• Implement appropriate classroom and behavior management strategies;
• Plan, teach and assess work appropriately in accordance with the schools agreed policies and systems;
• Set challenging targets of achievement for all children taught;
• Differentiate teaching and work appropriately so that all children may achieve;
• Monitor and record children’s progress;
• Develop good relationships with parents, including reporting to parents formally and informally;
• Manage other adults in the classroom;
• Take part in Continuing Professional Development (CPD), including keeping up-to-date with current research on national and local initiatives;
• Take part in Performance Management reviews in accordance with the school’s agreed policies.

General

• Maintain confidentiality in and outside the workplace;
• Support the implementation of academy policies;
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils;
• Be aware of and understand safeguarding protocol and procedures and the importance of taking appropriate action;
• Attend and participate in meetings and training opportunities;
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks/duties as required by The Trust in accordance with the needs of The Trust.

For further information please see attached Job description.  

About you

We are looking for an individual who:

• has experience of working within an all-through primary school
• is resilient
• is ambitious and determined to succeed and secure positive outcomes for our pupils
• makes a positive contribution to our school’s improvement
• has outstanding behaviour management skills
• has high levels of drive, energy and integrity
• put the children at the heart of all they do
• is highly motivated and able to demonstrate excellent classroom

For the right candidate, we will offer:

• extensive support and CPD;
• the opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust;
• a welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
• an ambitious and dynamic Senior Leadership Team;
• a dedicated Governing Body;
• supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
• an employee assistance programme (EAP).

Other information

We warmly welcome candidates coming to visit the school prior to application; please contact the school to arrange.

Please visit the school website for an application pack. We do not accept CV’s.

Please use the Park Federation application form and sent it to: [email protected]

In accordance with the commitment of The Park Federation Academy Trust to follow and adhere to the Department for Education guidance entitled “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, it is the individual’s responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in the Academy. A satisfactory DBS check is required for this post.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 174 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.