Current Job Vacancies
Fixed Term, Full Time, Class Teacher
MPR
Required for September 2023 for 1 year due to fluctuating pupil numbers.
Orgill Primary is a friendly and welcoming school with an extremely dedicated staff team. We have high expectations of our children and are committed to giving them the best possible educational experience.
We wish to appoint a passionate, motivated and committed teacher to join our dynamic staff team.
Our successful candidate will be driven and committed to achieving the highest possible standards of academic performance, personal and social development and well-being for our pupils. They will understand the value of strong, mutually respectful relationships with children and their families. They will be able to adapt to working as part of an established staff team and will have curriculum strengths and interests to contribute.
Applications are welcomed from experienced or recently qualified teachers including ECTs.
Visits to school are warmly welcomed. If you wish to arrange a visit, please contact via email or telephone the school to make an appointment businessmanager@orgill.cumbria.sch.uk / 01946 820234
Application forms and further details are available via email businessmanager@orgill.cumbria.sch.uk
Orgill Primary school is committed to safeguarding its staff and pupils and the successful applicant will be appointed on completion of an enhanced DBS check and receipt of professional references.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 6th June with interviews taking place the following week.
Permanent, Senior Teaching Assistant
33.5 hours per week, term time only plus 1 week.
Salary: PCD7 (24,496 - £25,409 FTE) pro rata
Orgill Primary is a friendly and welcoming school with an extremely dedicated staff team. We have high expectations of our children and are committed to giving them the best possible educational experience.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, talented and highly motivated Senior Teaching Assistant to join our friendly, dedicated and hard-working team in our successful school in September 2023. The successful candidate will work with children across the school, both within the classroom environment and as a pastoral support.
The successful candidate will:
• Have good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Be highly motivated, organised and committed;
• Have a commitment to achieving high expectations, standards and excellent progress; ensuring maximum potential;
• Be experienced in supporting children across the primary age range;
• Has an interest and experience/knowledge in supporting pupils with SEND and in providing pastoral support;
• Relevant Level 3 qualification or equivalent essential;
• Can work effectively as part of the team, with families, professionals and children, in our happy and successful school.
In return we will offer the successful candidate;
• An exciting and challenging opportunity with excellent Continued Professional Development opportunities;
• A dedicated, friendly and hard-working staff team who are supportive and welcoming;
• Well-motivated, positive and happy pupils who are a pleasure to work with.
Application forms and further details are available via email businessmanager@orgill.cumbria.sch.uk
Orgill Primary school is committed to safeguarding its staff and pupils and the successful applicant will be appointed on completion of an enhanced DBS check and receipt of professional references.
Closing date for applications: Friday 9th June with interviews taking place the following week
Literacy Specialist
Orgill English Hub is seeking to recruit outstanding primary teachers to work within our English Hub and work across Cumberland, Westmorland and parts of Lancashire.
Orgill Primary School has been designated as one of 34 English Hubs across England. This network of some of the best performing primary schools has been set up to improve reading standards across the country and improve educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged children.
The Literacy Specialists will be at the heart of our English Hub. They will benefit from a National Teaching Programme in order to become experts in teaching early language and reading in Reception and Key Stage 1. They will provide intensive support for to our partner schools throughout the academic year. This is an exciting opportunity for ambitious, enthusiastic teachers who strive to impact upon the lives of children in Cumbria. The roles are initially for the academic year 23-24 but they may continue if the DfE commit to extending funding for the Hub programme.
Participating in the programme will provide a number of benefits to the Literacy Specialists and their schools.
Literacy Specialists will develop:
- Understanding of excellent practice in teaching early language and literacy, with a particular focus on Systematic Synthetic Phonics
- Skills of teaching, planning and assessment in order to effectively support pupils to make excellent progress
- Ability to support teachers, within their own school and in other schools, to improve standards
Literacy Specialists will have the opportunity to work closely with a national provider, the English Hub team and the national and local communities of Literacy Specialists.
The Literacy Specialist’s school will benefit from high quality and sustained support in embedding outstanding early language and literacy teaching across the school.
The successful applicants will:
- Be qualified teachers with some additional status such as reading leader
- Be employed as a primary/infant school teacher and regularly teaching phonics
- Have an excellent understanding of early language and reading development
- Have a proven track record of fantastic teaching in reception and/or Key Stage 1, including phonics
- Be passionate about instilling a love of reading in children
- Be able to work collaboratively with others
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Literacy Specialists will continue to be based in their own schools and work with the Hub on a regular basis, fully funded at a rate equivalent to that of an SLE. Hub Leads are happy to negotiate the time commitment with Literacy Specialist and Headteachers
We are looking for Specialist Teachers from all areas of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire.
Further information can be obtained by emailing orgillenglishhub@orgill.cumbria.sch.uk. If you would like to discuss this opportunity please contact the Hub Lead, Hannah Thornbery, to arrange a visit.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 6th June.
General Information
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prior to the date of the interview along with other questions about their status in line with other legislation. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service and DfE (where relevant) before your appointment is confirmed.
NOTE: it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.