About the Role
Welcome to Copperfield Academy.
You have discovered a wonderful opportunity to join a great school known for its innovation, energy, and community spirit.
Are you looking for a school that offers exceptional education and opportunities? Look no further!
- Our school provides a class-leading Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) program that surpasses national expectations. With qualified teachers and leaders in every Nursery and Reception class, every child is sure to receive the best start to their education.
- At our school, we believe that a healthy and happy school environment is key to success. That’s why we offer an extensive pastoral and well-being system that supports not only our students but also our staff, parents, and the wider community. From mental and emotional well-being support to parenting courses, coffee mornings, networking events, staff wellbeing committees, and wellbeing days for staff, we have a range of services that are designed to help everyone thrive.
- We take pride in our highly regarded SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) provision. Our SEND specialists provide personalized training for every adult at Copperfield Academy to ensure that every child with SEND receives the best support possible.
- We have observed a positive trend in our statutory testing outcomes, thanks to our excellent CPD (Continuous Professional Development) programme. Our Teaching and Learning Assistant Headteacher carefully reviews the whole school CPD plan every week, considering teacher feedback and measuring its impact, to ensure our CPD programme continues to meet our school’s needs. As per the EEF’s (Education Endowment Foundation) advice, we focus on a limited number of key areas for the whole school CPD, which is planned to take place over multiple terms, allowing staff to learn, experiment and refine new practices over time. This CPD schedule is led by teachers and designed to encourage teachers to take risks when developing their pedagogy.
- We also provide each teacher with an individual CPD programme, led by the teachers themselves. Our Assistant Headteacher meets with each teacher once a term to discuss their individual CPD plan and provide guidance and coaching where necessary to ensure that all staff continue to grow and develop. We believe that learning is a lifelong process, and we encourage everyone in our school community to embrace this philosophy. (Even I am always seeking to learn something new!)
The above reasons might explain why our school attendance consistently exceeds the national average, why we are oversubscribed, and why our staff and parent satisfaction surveys and reviews are always so positive. There are many more reasons to be excited about joining Copperfield Academy, which makes it a great opportunity that you wouldn’t want to miss. If you’re keen to learn more about us, please get in touch with us today.
Best of luck,
Ben Clark
Headteacher
The Application Form can be downloaded from the Documents section of this advert.
Completed applications forms should be sent to [email protected]
REAch2 Academy Trust have an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Trust’s online Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form separately.
REAch2 is continuously working towards improving the diversity of the Trust, and the experience for our staff from diverse backgrounds. We are clear that the value of greater diversity to the Trust lies in the way we will value difference when we work together towards richer solutions.
We are keen to hear from all candidates with the appropriate experience who feel they can make a real contribution to the Trust. If you can bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face whether through your background as someone from an ethnic minority or you live with a disability (visible or not), are open about your faith, religion or belief or about being LGBTQ+, your application will receive a warm welcome. As will applications from all suitable candidates.
REAch2 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all adults working in or with our schools to share this commitment.
Enclosed in our application pack is a copy of our safer recruitment policy, which outlines the steps we take to ensure that we attract the most suitable, high calibre candidates, and to help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children or are otherwise unsuited to working with them.
We encourage all potential candidates to read this policy carefully in order to fully understand what is expected of you in our recruitment process. All roles will be assessed for the appropriate level of DBS check, which will include a Children’s Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
- A wide range of professional development opportunities and the opportunity to work with some of the best educational professionals in the country,
- A great ECT experience,
- Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme TPS,
As part of REAch2 employee benefits we also offer an eye care scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family and membership of ‘perks at work’ – which includes discounts on holidays, shopping, family days out and much more.
