Hallwood Park Primary School & Nursery is seeking a passionate and dedicated teacher to join our nurturing and close-knit community. As a friendly half-form entry primary school with an attached nursery, we provide a warm and supportive learning environment where every child is valued and encouraged to thrive.
Nestled within the Hallwood Park Estate, our school boasts an expansive site that offers a peaceful and inspiring setting for both staff and pupils. Our school grounds include a pond, an allotment, and a woodland grotto, all of which will be renovated over the summer. Conveniently located near major roads, we are easily accessible, yet retain a welcoming, family-oriented atmosphere that visitors frequently commend.
Hallwood Park has recently joined the Shaw Education Trust, providing exciting opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are at a pivotal point in our journey, striving for excellence while maintaining our strong sense of community and pastoral care.
The Role:
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic class teacher. This is an excellent opportunity for a teacher who is eager to make a difference in children’s lives within a supportive and nurturing school environment. The classes are mixed year group, including Nursery and Reception. Despite being mixed year groups, we retain low pupil numbers, and most classes have around 20 students, so there is an opportunity to work closely with all children. In addition to low class sizes, each class has a teaching assistant, so that children are well supported to make progress against the individual milestones.
What We Offer:
- A warm and inclusive school community with a strong “family feel.”
- A commitment to high standards of behaviour and learning.
- A safe and happy environment where pastoral care is a priority.
- A supportive team dedicated to providing outstanding education and fostering positive relationships with pupils and parents.
- Access to excellent CPD opportunities through the Shaw Education Trust.
Come and Visit Us!
We firmly believe that the best way to experience the beauty and ethos of our school is to visit in person. We warmly invite prospective candidates to come and meet our wonderful children and staff to see first-hand what makes Hallwood Park so special.
To arrange a visit or to find out more, please contact us. We look forward to welcoming you to our school family!
We are a friendly half-form entry primary school with our
own nursery, situated on a large site in a peaceful corner of the Hallwood Park
Estate in Runcorn. Visitors to the school often comment on the calm, warm
atmosphere around the building and are amazed at how much outdoor space we
have!
We aim to create a nurturing school community, where
children excel in their achievements and are inspired to continue learning in
the future.
Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery nurtures its
pupils by:
- Providing a safe, happy school in which pastoral
care is given high priority by dedicated staff;
- Expecting and promoting the highest standards of
behaviour;
- Giving children an excellent, secure start to
their school experience in our Nursery and establishing positive relationships
with parents;
- Developing a strong sense of community and
pride, with a “family feel” to the school.
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
We believe that everyone has the potential to be extraordinary!
To this end, our growing number of Primary schools within the trust tirelessly pursue excellence through research-based collaboration and innovation. Our developing, Trust-wide, 3D Primary curriculum and pioneering Digital Strategy is designed to create inspirational, energetic and immersive learning experiences. These enable every child to flourish within a caring, stimulating and purposeful atmosphere; fully prepared for their next stage of life and learning.
We know that at primary school, the quality of teaching affects both children’s social behaviour and intellectual development. This age and stage of learning has a more powerful impact on children’s academic progress than any other educational sector. Home too has a vital part to play! - Recognised through extensive research, it is the importance of early experiences and the powerful combination of home, pre-school and primary school partnerships that set the foundations enabling our amazing children and pupils to succeed.
Unlike other MATs, we don’t enforce a curriculum for all our schools to follow. Instead, we support each individual school to offer a programme that enables our students to deepen their knowledge, develop their skills, sparks their imagination and fires their curiosity.
Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status. In doing this, we can help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff)/Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Hallwood Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.