Job details

Salary: MPS 1-6 Dependent on Experience

Employer: Milborne Port Primary School

Location: Milborne Port, Sherborne, Somerset,

Contract type: Fixed term contract

Working pattern: Part time

Closing date: 17 April 2025 9:00 am

About the job

Key information

  • MPS 1-6 Dependent on Experience
  • 4 days a week – Mon, Tues, Weds and Friday
  • Fixed term to 31.08.2025
  • Start date: Summer Term, as soon as possible

The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’ and our shared outcomes are rooted in excellence, each of our twenty schools across Somerset & Devon are committed to a strong ethos and culture. The schools in our trust work together to ensure that we translate our vision of excellence into every day practice.

We are a mixed Multi Academy Trust and this leads to a full and rich curriculum where our values and ethos run deep within our schools and within our Church schools allowing everyone to flourish together.

At the heart of Milborne Port Primary School is a shared love of learning and discovery. Our vision is to “Build a Foundation for Life,” fostering a broad, balanced, and creative education that maximizes learning and develops children’s spiritual, moral, social, emotional, and cultural aspects. We also aim to ensure all our pupils feel happy, secure and valued and enable them to make a worthwhile contribution as young people within their community.

We believe that every child is able to succeed and believe that every child can make outstanding progress if nurtured. All of us at Milborne Port Primary School believe that teaching is a chance to change a child’s life; to ensure a lifelong love of learning and aspiration for all to achieve.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

We are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who:

  • Will be committed to ensuring that all children achieve the highest possible outcomes
  • Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be
  • Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all teaching and learning, whilst ensuring outstanding pupil progress which inspires, motivate and challenge pupils
  • Has an understanding of collaborative learning
  • To work in partnership with the head teacher, local governing body and the wider community to ensure that our mission and ethos is translated into action.

What is in it for me?

We can offer the candidate:

  • An exciting an innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
  • Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
  • Inspirational leadership with support from a Lead Practitioner and an NLE
  • A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
  • Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
  • Working with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support

DBS check

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post.

Supporting documents and information

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, and please contact the school direct on 01963 258966.

An application form is available to download either from our website or by emailing andrea.johnson@acexcellence.co.uk

Applications must be completed and emailed to recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk by 9am on Thursday 17 April 2025 with interviews to take place on Friday 25 April 2025.

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