Assessment of your application
Detailing how your application to a teaching post in Luton will be assessed.
Person specification for newly qualified teachers
It is essential that you demonstrate, in your application and at interview, the ways in which you fulfil the Person Specification. Criteria will be assessed through the following means, as indicated by the numbering against each one:
- application
- observed lesson
- interview
The supporting statement which accompanies your written application should address the relevant criteria of the person specification as laid out below.
Essential criteria
Essential criteria (assessed by 1 application, 2 observed lesson, 3 interview) |
How assessed:
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1. A commitment to ensuring that children and young people can achieve their full educational potential |
1 |
2. An awareness of the professional duties of teachers, and of the policies and practices of the workplace |
1 |
3. The ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, including children, young people, colleagues, parents and carers, and governors |
1 2 3 |
4. The ability to reflect upon and improve your practice, and to identify and meet your professional development needs, including an openness to coaching and mentoring |
2 3 |
5. A knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies |
1 2 3 |
6. A secure knowledge and understanding of the appropriate subject / curriculum area(s) |
1 2 3 |
7. Ability to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support your teaching |
1 2 3 |
8. An understanding of the range of developmental, social, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic influences which can affect the learning process |
1 3 |
9. The ability to make effective provision for pupils, including EAL, SEN and G&T, and the ability to take practical account of diversity and to promote equality and inclusion in your teaching |
2 3 |
10. The ability to plan for progression across the appropriate age and ability range, including the planning of effective learning sequences within lessons and across series of lessons |
2 3 |
11. The ability to teach lessons and sequences of lessons across the appropriate age and ability range, including the use of a range of teaching strategies and resources |
2 3 |
12. The ability to make effective use of a range of assessment, monitoring and recording strategies, including statistical information, to monitor pupil progress, and to raise levels of attainment |
1 3 |
13. The ability to evaluate the impact of your teaching on the progress of all learners, and modify planning and classroom practice as appropriate |
3 |
14. The ability to establish a purposeful and safe learning environment conducive to learning, and with a clear framework for classroom discipline |
2 3 |
15. The ability to work effectively within a wider school team, and to lead a team of adults within the classroom. |
1 |
16. A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children |
1, 2 |
Desirable |
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1. Extra curricular contribution |
1 3 |
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools.
The council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.