Job description
Classroom Teacher
Job Title: The Role:
Classroom Teacher
To deliver high quality teaching and learning to
students who are assigned to the postholder
All teachers work within the statutory
Salary: conditions of employment set out in the current
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document,
MPS under the direction of the Headteacher and in
accordance with school policies. The duties
below are not, therefore, an exhaustive list of
what is required.
Contract:
Permanent
Main Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for
(but not limited to) the following:
Teaching and Learning • Be familiar with the Code of Practice for
• Plan work in accordance with department identification and assessment of Special
schemes of work, National Curriculum Educational Needs and keep appropriate
programmes of study and the school’s Teaching records on Individual Education Plans for
and Learning Policy and set homework in line students
with the School Policy
• Liaise with relevant colleagues on the planning Pastoral Work
of units of work for collaborative delivery • Undertake responsibility for a tutor group as
• Work in collaboration with Teaching Assistants required, setting high expectations
attached to any teaching group • Be the first point of contact for parents of
• Take account of students’ prior levels of students in the tutor group
attainment and use them to set targets for • Monitor the social and academic progress of
future improvements individuals in the tutor group
• Set work for students absent from school for • Promote good attendance and monitor in
health or disciplinary reasons accordance with the school’s attendance
• Maintain good discipline by adherence to the policy
advice given to staff in the staff handbook and • Act as mentor to a group of students as
elsewhere designated by Head of Year
• Set high expectations for students’ behaviour
by establishing a purposeful working Professional Standards
atmosphere in accordance with the school’s • Responsible for safeguarding/protection of
Behaviour Policy children within their setting
• Set appropriate and demanding expectations • Support the aims of the school to promote a
for students’ learning, motivation and ‘learning community’
presentation of work • Treat all members of the community,
colleagues and students, with respect and
Assessment, Recording and Reporting consideration
• Maintain notes and plans of lessons • Treat all students fairly, consistently and
undertaken and records of students’ work without prejudice
• Mark, monitor and return work within a • Set a good example to students in terms of
reasonable and agreed time span following the appropriate dress, standards of punctuality
school’s marking procedure, providing and attendance
constructive oral and written feedback and • Promote the aims of the school by
clear targets for future learning as appropriate attendance at and participation in events
• Carry out assessment programmes (e.g. such as open evenings, options evenings
reports) as agreed by the school or department and the like (as appropriate to their
• Complete student records of achievement in responsibilities)
line with policy and as specified in the • Support the ethos of the school by
published calendar upholding the behaviour code, uniform
• Attend the appropriate Learning Review regulations etc
meetings and Parents’ Evenings to keep • Take responsibility for their own
parents informed as to the progress of their professional development and participate in
child staff training when provided
• Reflect on their own practice as well as the We require a professional who:
practices of the school with aim of
improving all that we do • Has excellent subject knowledge and
• Read and adhere to the various policies of a passion for growing their subject
the school as expressed in the School within the school
Improvement Plan, the staff handbook, • Is a skilled teacher who puts student
subject team/year team documentation etc progress and engagement at the
• Take a full part in the delivery of the school’s heart of all they do
Personal Development programme • Can share and deliver in the vision to
• Participate in the management of the school be outstanding
by attending various team and staff • Is willing to learn and help evolve the
meetings good practices already in place
• Undertake duties as prescribed within • Wants to be part of an excellent team
school policies and who will contribute as we strive
• Ensure that all deadlines are met as for excellence
published in the school calendar
• Undertake professional duties that may be
reasonably assigned to them by the
headteacher
• Be proactive and take responsibility for
matters relating to health and safety
Additional Information:
• This post is classed as having a high degree
of contact with children or vulnerable adults
and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure
will be sought through the Disclosure
Barring Service as part of Hertfordshire
County Council’s pre-employment checks.
•
This job description sets out the duties of
the post at the time it is drawn up; it will be
reviewed regularly and may be subject to
amendment or modification at any time
after consultation with the post holder. It is
not a comprehensive statement of
procedures and tasks but sets out the main
expectations of the School in relation to the
post holder’s professional responsibilities
and duties. The Headteacher may vary the
duties from time to time without changing
their general character or the level of
responsibility entailed.
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane,
Welwyn Garden City,
Herts,
AL7 2AF
www.ridgeway.herts.sch.uk
