St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“Caritas Christi Urget Nos –

The love of Christ urges us to care for each other and strive for excellence in everything we do.”

Vacancies

Vacancies

The following vacancies are available along with application forms:

Class Teacher Vacancy starting in September 2024

Why choose us?

At St Vincent’s you will find a supportive and caring school community where everyone matters. Our school values are central to our teaching.  

We have:

  • Experienced SLT
  • Supportive staff teams and leaders
  • Staff well-being is a priority
  • Opportunities for career and personal development
  • Continued CPD
  • Active and supportive governing body
  • Specialist teachers for PE, dance, art and MFL

Class teacher

St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School is looking for an amazing teacher to join our team from September. We are looking for applicants who have experience of teaching across at least one key stage previously and we are also very happy to hear from ECT teachers.

We would like to hear from teachers who have high expectations of pupils, both in their learning and their behaviour, and who will challenge and motivate them in creative ways. We also want people who are fun and dynamic and not afraid to try something new! You should be willing to participate in the Catholic life of our school but do not need to be Catholic yourself.

St Vincent’s School is a successful, warm friendly 1.5 form entry Barnet primary and nursery school, with a strong caring ethos. We have fantastic children who deserve the very best learning opportunities. Our children’s behaviour is exemplary and they are keen and motivated to learn. Our school is set in beautiful grounds with 15 acres of outdoors space which includes a thriving Forest School. Our staff team are supportive and caring, wellbeing is a focus and we have a strong commitment to innovative professional development.

 

Closing date for applications: Thursday 4th July; interviews will be held on Monday 8th July 2024.

 


As part of our commitment to Racial Justice, Equality and Diversity, we welcome applicants from a range of diverse backgrounds.

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Understand that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively and ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it by living and working through the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in line with the UNCRC (United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child)
  • Experience creativity across the curriculum through specialist art and dance lessons and opportunities to take part in art, music, dance and creative writing competitions.
  • Know the joy of outdoor learning, the rich biodiversity within our school grounds and locality and develop a responsibility for the environment we share as stewards.
  • Understand their place in the world, globally and locally, knowing the history of our school, Mill Hill and the Daughters of Charity and knowing where our diverse community members have their roots across the world.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life, having high aspirations for themselves and for others because they have experienced success and a belief in learning from mistakes.
  • Have a life-long curiosity, stimulated by the driving questions of Project Based Learning approach to the curriculum fostering inquiry and independent learning skills, which give confidence to ask big questions about the world.
  • Be literate and numerate having experienced a rich variety of texts to stimulate and excite the mind while developing skills in investigating and problem solving to enable them to excel in their future passions.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them with excellent communication skills honed by their experience of Restorative Justice and respect of the dignity and wishes of the individual.

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.