PPA Teacher

Description:

Location: St Helens, Merseyside
Start date: 2nd November
Contract: Long-term
Hours: Monday to Thursday
Pay: £135 to £250 per day, depending on experience and AWR

Are you a confident primary teacher who enjoys variety and can quickly build positive relationships across different classes?

Teaching Personnel is recruiting a KS2 PPA Teacher for a welcoming Catholic primary school in St Helens. The successful teacher will provide planned cover across Key Stage 2, helping the school release class teachers for their planning, preparation and assessment time.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys teaching different year groups but would prefer the consistency of working within one school.

The role

You will teach across Years 3 to 6, following planning and schemes already in place wherever possible.

Your responsibilities will include:

Delivering engaging lessons across KS2
Providing reliable PPA cover for class teachers
Maintaining established classroom routines and behaviour expectations
Adapting activities for pupils with different abilities and additional needs
Working effectively with Teaching Assistants and support staff
Using questioning and assessment to check pupil understanding
Marking work and leaving clear feedback for the class teacher
Following the school’s safeguarding, behaviour and curriculum policies
Building positive relationships across different classes
Contributing to the wider life and Catholic ethos of the school
The timetable may include a mixture of core and foundation subjects, so the successful teacher should be comfortable teaching across the wider primary curriculum.

Who would suit this position?

The school would like to meet teachers who:

Hold Qualified Teacher Status
Have experience teaching within KS2
Can move confidently between different year groups
Establish routines and expectations quickly
Have a calm and consistent approach to behaviour
Can adapt teaching without disrupting the sequence of learning
Communicate clearly with teachers, Teaching Assistants and senior leaders
Are organised, dependable and able to work independently
Are comfortable working within and supporting the values of a Catholic school
Applications are welcome from experienced teachers, ECTs with strong KS2 placement experience, returning teachers and regular supply teachers looking for a more consistent school.

About the school

The role is based at a Catholic primary school in St Helens that educates children from Nursery through to Year 6. Its ethos centres on providing a caring and inclusive environment in which confidence, independence, resilience and academic achievement are nurtured