Teacher

We are looking for an outstanding, caring, dedicated and creative teacher to join our happy and thriving staff team. This is a full-time teaching post, for 1 academic year (1st September 2024- 31st August 2025) due to a fluctuation in pupil numbers and will be paid on the teacher’s main pay scale. 

We offer: 
• Well-motivated, well-behaved children who have a thirst for knowledge. 
• A friendly and hard-working staff team who support each other. 
• A supportive Governing Body and Headteacher, committed to reducing teacher workload to enable teachers to focus fully on delivering wonderful lessons. 
• A commitment to your professional development. 
• A focus on the happiness of every child and every member of staff. 
• A well-resourced, forward-looking school where teachers are encouraged to innovate with teaching and learning. 
• An ethos which puts the children at the very heart of all our decisions. 

We are looking for:
• Someone with high expectations of themselves and of every child they teach and can demonstrate a track-record of adaptive teaching. 
• Someone with the ability to motivate, inspire and challenge children. 
• Someone who will go the extra-mile for our children and our school. 
• Someone who is a great team player, cares about children and has a great sense of humour.

Desirable skills:
We’d particularly welcome applications from 
• Teachers with strong skills and a passion for any of the following curriculum areas: PE & Sport, Geography, Outdoor learning.
• Teachers who can make a contribution to the extra curricular life of the school, particularly sport and outdoor learning. 
 
Above all, we want to appoint an excellent classroom practitioner who can form fantastic relationships with all children, parents, staff and governors. We aren’t looking for experience in any particular key stage, just great classroom practitioners. 

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and we expect all staff to uphold this commitment. Appointments will be subject to satisfactory checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service, checks on your right to work in the UK and suitable references. 

We’d strongly recommend visiting the school before you apply to see us in action. 
Visits to the school are encouraged on the following dates: 
Thursday 2nd May at 1pm 
Thursday 2nd May at 4pm 
Wednesday 8th May at 9am 
Wednesday 8th May at 4pm

Please contact Karen in the school office to book on to a visit. 
01524 781205 or admin@holmeschool.cumbria.sch.uk 
 
Applications should be completed on the Westmorland & Furness Council Application form and accompanied by a covering letter not exceeding two sides of A4 where you outline your skills and the impact your practice has had on children.  Generic letters and CVs will not be accepted. 
Applications should be sent via email to admin@holmeschool.cumbria.sch.uk 
 
The deadline for applications is midday on Wednesday 15th May 2024.  

Shortlisting will take place on the 16th May, with candidates notified that evening. Interviews will take place on Monday 20th May.
More information can be found at www.holmeschool.cumbria.sch.uk/vacancies