The role:
Are you ready for a new challenge?
Do you want to be part of a happy, supportive and forward thinking school?
If so, this is an incredibly exciting time to come and join our team. We are looking for an
innovative, dynamic and creative teacher to join us on a permanent basis from January
2016 as part of our Early Years team.
Location:
We are based in Southvale Road, SE3 0TP, next to Blackheath train station with excellent
transport links into London and Kent.
We are looking for teachers who:
Have been judged by others to have high quality teaching skills
Have a passion for learning and teaching
Have high expectations of themselves and the children
Have the ability and determination to inspire and motivate children to achieve their best
Want to contribute to the school as a whole
Further information about us:
We were inspected in November 2013 and judged to be outstanding in all areas.
We have an excellent local and national reputation.
Almost all parents and staff agreed and strongly agreed in our recent questionnaire that our
children behave well, were safe and that they would recommend us to other parents.
We are consistently performing in the top 10% of schools nationally and were recognized as
one of the top 500 schools in England by the Sunday Times in 2014.
We are currently in partnership with Torridon Junior School in Lewisham.
We have just completed an expansion building project to 3 forms of entry.
Our new buildings and site are simply stunning with the Early Years provision being the
jewel in our crown!
We can offer you:
Our brilliant children – enthusiastic and able with excellent attitudes to learning.
Strong leadership; a school that is well organised and managed
High quality CPD supporting you to be the best; we are able to talent spot and support
teachers at every level of their career.
We run an NQT support programme within our own partnership and with three other local
schools.
A fantastic staff; supportive and friendly – we laugh a lot!
We serve a culturally, socially economic diverse community We provide our pupils with a rich
and varied curriculum both in and out of the classroom We support one another. People
want to come and work with us. Through rigorous financial planning we have maintained all
of our staffing levels. We have teaching assistants in every class. Our parents are incredibly
supportive and want to help their children to learn. See our website www.johnballschool.com
for more details about our school. Read our weekly newsletter to see what we are doing.
Closing Date:
Application forms are available to download from our website or by emailing
info@johnball.lewisham.sch.uk. The closing date is Wednesday 7th October 2015. If you
would like to visit the school on Tuesday 29th September at 4.15pm, please telephone the
school office on 020 8852 1601. Please return completed applications to the above email
address or by post. CVs will not be accepted. Interviews will be held in October.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted and references will be taken up prior to
interview. John Ball School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We implement all elements of the safer recruitment process and all posts are subject to preemployment checks. References will be sought and successful candidates will need to
undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.