Available Candidates
In this section of our site, you can read about candidates that are actively seeking new teaching roles. If you’d like to receive further details on any of our candidates, simply hit the 'Request CV' button and leave us your basic details.
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Nusrat Qaissar | Secondary School Teaching , Science |
| Highly motivated with four years of teaching secondary science, Nusrat is an outstanding classroom practitioner with wide ranging experience in key stage three and four development. She has excellent behaviour management skills and has taught across the age range and ability, ranging from SEN, to EAL from BTEC to triple GCSE science. In her second year of teaching Nusrat was given the role of KS3 coordinator which she successfully fulfilled. Nusrat has provided provisions in science for less able pupils, analysed data to target specific students which has allowed her to introduce a mentoring and support program across the whole school with the intent to raise attainment. Nusrat has developed partnerships with local feeder schools through delivering a tailored project to potential new students; she also has experience of running science summer schools, working to develop community cohesion, and mentoring PGCE students. Nusrat has recently implemented a programme which allows students to self-evaluate and develop their own assessment for learning. Nusrat has taken the advice of her head of department to look for a new challenge and that if she relocates then then it should be to progress up the career ladder she is a strong dynamic individual looking to enhance and bring new ideas to the table; she is keen to raise the profile of science in school and will definitely work hard to make it achievable. |
| Availability: | April or September 2012 |
| Experience: | 4 Years |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | London |
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Claire Evans | School Management , Deputy Head |
| Claire Evans – Deputy Head (experience of Acting Head) NPQH!! Claire Evans is currently working at a large multi-ethnic primary school (440) situated close to Nottingham city centre. The children have diverse educational and emotional needs and she facilitates the needs of children from ethnic backgrounds and children with EAL. Claire is an exemplary classroom teacher of 16 years, a hard working Deputy Head and has had the opportunity to be Acting Head for 2 terms. Claire has successfully completed the NPQH in May 2010. Following her time as Acting Head she became a non-teaching Deputy for 3 years and is now currently teaching a year 3/4 class for 3 days a week, demonstrating personal enthusiasm and commitment to highly effective practice modelling excellence. Claire uses her strength in communication skills to secure relationships within and beyond the schools she has worked in. She has established excellent, positive relationships with pupils, staff and the community. As Acting Head, Claire developed a highly successful proactive senior team/whole staff. As the Deputy Head she continues to drive achievement throughout the school, organising and contributing to the Schools Improvement Plan. She continually sustains personal motivation of her staff as well as implementing change. Claire maintains high standards of behaviour, this being one of her many strengths. She has also initiated strategies to support attendance. Claire currently coordinates EMAG and Assessment and has extensive experience of leading Assessment throughout the school. Tracking of the children's progress, supporting staff and leading the senior management team maximising their contribution to continually improve the quality of education provided. Through working with diverse ethnicity and varied needs of EAL, G&T and SEN, Claire provides the children with a creative, stimulating and supportive environment. With her wealth of experience she develops and leads all staff providing a curriculum, which supports individual learning styles and personalised learning needs, enriched by creativity and above all enjoyment. Claire has initiated successful strategies taking into account the diversity, values and experience of the schools she has worked in to ensure development in all areas as well as her continuous work to raise standards. As a committed and inspiring Deputy Head, Claire has many qualities, an excellent time manager, with the ability to prioritise tasks. She ensures the happiness and safety of all the children throughout the school day. Claire's experience enables her to deal with very challenging situations, ensuring that she always strives to find solutions. Claire has exceptional organisational skills. She has clear direction, which has enabled her to lead and manage staff with success. Claire is looking to use her extensive experience to further develop her career in the London area as a Head Teacher or where there is a need for an experienced Deputy Head. |
| Availability: | Easter 2012 |
| Experience: | 16 Years |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | West/ Central London |
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Ellie W | Teaching Assistant , Support Staff |
| Ellie studied for an academic music degree whilst also studying the piano at a conservatoire, singing in a semi-professional choir, and gaining an award for academic achievement along the way. Motivated by a passion for music, and a desire to develop new audiences for it, Ellie has continued to balance academic and administrative work with freelance musicianship, making her a diverse, flexible musician and educator: Ellie has taught piano privately for a number of years, and worked as a pianist for nursery and primary school ballet classes, where she created music on the spot for young children to dance to. It was here that she developed her unique ability to engage with very young minds through music and movement. Her interest in education was further sparked whilst she assisted the education department at the London Sinfonietta. Here, she gave hands on help with the the KX collective, an ensemble of young musicians of all abilities from the Kings Cross area, and assisted with the Blue Touch Paper project, an initative for young composers looking to collaborate with other artists. Voluntarily, she works with an east London music initiative, Say it Loud, through which she has taught violin to large groups of beginners at a school in Bethnal Green, given work shops at Toynbee Hall, and run family music events with Tower Hamlets Council. As well as teaching her private students, aged between four and nine, to play and read music, she encourages them to compose, improvise, and create music for themselves. They make quick progress, and will testify to her positive, fresh, creative and highly visual approach to teaching. Ellie is pratical, creative, energetic, motivated, resilient, and most importantly, a person who thrives on communication and her sense of humour. She has gained a diverse and adaptable approach to work through experiences in arts organisations, including the Royal Opera House and London Sinfonietta, and now wishes to to apply these to a classroom situation, ahead of undertaking a PGCE or TeachFirst programme next September. |
| Availability: | Immediate |
| Experience: | Minimal |
| Qualification Country: | United Kingdom |
| Desired Location: | East London |
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Lucy G | Teaching Assistant , Support Staff |
| Lucy has recently graduated with a first class BSc Psychology degree from the University of Southampton. Her enthusiasm and interest in working with young people has led her to work as a classroom assistant in two diverse schools, a post she has excelled in and she has received very positive feedback from these schools. Lucy appreciates that a child's education needs to be inspirational and enjoyable and her ability to communicate effectively with young people facilitates their productive learning. Outside of a school setting, Lucy has experience working with young people on their community reparation court orders. Such work has allowed her to display her ability to work with a wide range of young people, some presenting emotional and behavioural problems, in a manner promoting equality as well as respect and assertiveness. Her academic strengths combined with experience and passion for teaching mean that Lucy would be well suited to teaching assistant positions. |
| Availability: | Immediate |
| Experience: | 1 Year |
| Qualification Country: | United Kingdom |
| Desired Location: | Redbridge - East London |
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Anna C | Primary School Teaching , Foundation Stage |
| Anna is a creative Nursery and Reception teacher with outstanding referencing, thanks to her excellent performance. Early Years practitioners who worked with Anna say that “she [Anna] is an ambitious, organised and dedicated teacher. She is eager to learn new teaching techniques and participate in CDP. Her inspiring disposition and ability to motivate others drives outstanding results.” One of the coordinators from the Learning Trust describes Anna as: “Anna shows real passion and enthusiasm in nurturing talents; Anna is growing so fast!” The leadership and management teams in her current position are very impressed with Anna's ability in creating a visually stimulating environment and interactive displays. Anna has been preparing challenging lesson planning by taking into consideration of different ability groups and to meet the curriculum objectives and pupils' learning needs. She has proven her strengths in teaching SEN and EAL pupils. The Head Teacher from her current setting, who recently observed her Literacy and Phonics session, describes “her [Anna] planning takes account of the range of learning styles and use of exaggerated facial and vocal expressions, which create a very lively and inspiring atmosphere in a class.” She has track record in working within teams and when necessary rely on her own initiatives to achieve common goals. The Behaviour Management Team at Learning Trust has congratulated Anna in an observation statement for the best practice of SEAL, AFL, Pupil Voice and ECM. Anna is a friendly and energetic individual who loves interacting with children. She is now seeking for a permanent position and to become part of the school's ethos. |
| Availability: | January 2012 |
| Experience: | 4 Years |
| Qualification Country: | OTT |
| Desired Location: | North West London |
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Gita D | Primary School Teaching , Key Stage 2 |
| Gita is an extremely experienced and ambitious British trained teacher who is always ready and willing to take on new challenges. She has worked with a large range of developmental, social, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic influences and has adapted her teaching to include all learners, leading her to gain a good knowledge of differentiation strategies. Gita's classroom observations have been rated from ‘good' (2010), has also been described as someone who “incorporates drama and real-life learning in all lessons”, “who manages the additional adults in her class extremely well”, and “has a positive and lively disposition which has developed a happy, focused and engaged classroom atmosphere”. Her invaluable and extensive strategies of teaching in Key Stage 1 and 2 in challenging schools has meant that her classes have always performed extremely well despite their low starting points because she has very high expectations of behaviour and learning for all her pupils. Her pupils told Ofsted that they enjoyed coming to school and that their teacher was firm, fair and consistent. Gita aims to provide all pupils with successful experiences that develop their self -esteem and confidence. She is creative, enjoys an integrated practical curriculum and working within a team to provide excellence and enjoyment for all pupils. In addition, Gita is hardworking and dedicated to improving the life chances of pupils in her care and within the school. |
| Availability: | January 2012 |
| Experience: | 15 Years + |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | North West London |
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Emma Burbage | Teaching Assistant , Support Staff |
| Emma's academic background is of extremely high calibre: she progressed from state-school education to Cambridge-graduate level and achieved 9 A*s at GCSE, straight As at A-level, and a First Class honours degree from Cambridge. Her determination and passion for learning has been recognised with prizes from both her Secondary School and University College. Her dissertation was chosen to be published in the Psychology Dissertation Journal. She places huge importance in education and has ample experience supporting others on their academic journey. Emma volunteered in orphanages abroad for four consecutive summers, she led a drama group whilst at Sixth Form, and she assisted struggling students in schools whilst at University. Emma has just completed four months working as an Assistant Director at a tuition centre (for 5-14 year olds) where she tailored courses to meet individual needs, held parent meetings and also went into schools to deliver class workshops. Emma has been accepted onto the prestigious Teach First graduate scheme to teach Primary. She wishes to become a teaching assistant in order to expand her school experience, to help children reach their full potential, and to gather ideas for her PGCE. |
| Availability: | January 2012 |
| Experience: | Graduate |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | South London |
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Alexander Simpson-Porter | Teaching Assistant , Support Staff |
| Alexander Simpson-Porter – BSc Sports Science – LSA/ Learning Mentor/ Sports Coach!! Alexander is an extremely motivated and goal driven individual that enjoys a challenge. He enjoys working within groups of people because it gives him a chance to interact and advance his communication skills. Alexander always looks to put others before himself and puts care into their best interests before his own, which makes him the perfect candidate for a Learning Support/ Learning Mentor role. Alexander has recently completed a Sports Science degree at Kingston University (BSc) and his course has taught him the values of sport and exercise principles, and how they can be applied to everyday life and within a school environment. He has expansive knowledge of exercise's physical and mental benefits, and its important social benefits, by means of an effective and fantastic way to meet new people and gain friendships. Alexander's course included various opportunities to coach different sports to pupils with a variety of ability levels including working on a 1:1 basis with a boy with ADHD and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties. Alexander's course has enabled him to be capable of independent judgement, initiative and empowered decision-making thereby making him able to work within an ethos of teamwork and interdependence. He has a mature and unique approach to coaching; he is capable of working with pupils of all ages, from 4 years to 18 years. He is also a qualified REPS level 2 Fitness Instructor and FA football level 1 coach. Alexander is very keen and excited to flourish in a career of coaching and teaching PE and above all, hopes to bring his educational and coaching experience into your school. |
| Availability: | Immediate |
| Experience: | 1 year |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | East London |
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Jennifer Celand | Primary School Teaching , Foundation Stage |
| Early Years/ KS1 Teacher Jennifer trained in Early Years and taught in this phase for a subsequent 3 years, consistently receiving positive feedback from lesson observations. She then went on to teach in Year 1 for 2 years, where she has continued to develop her teaching skills. This progression has given her good insight into the steps children take in their learning and how to support them on an individual and class basis. Jennifer has taught children with a range of abilities and barriers to learning. These have included autism, EAL, Speech and Language problems, partial sight and hearing and emotional and behavioural difficulties. She has proven to be highly capable of planning to deliver appropriately differentiated lessons, both on a daily and longer term basis. From her extensive experience of working with children in education and care settings, Jennifer has acquired an excellent knowledge of children's' emotional needs and how these can best be met. This knowledge is being further developed by her current MA degree studies in Emotional factors in Learning and Teaching. In the classroom, Jennifer helps children to deal with their feelings in a way that allows them to feel safe, valued and motivated in their own learning. She is also a highly reflective practitioner, who constantly strives to adapt learning situations and provide a high quality learning environment for all children. With a good ability to work individually and as part of a phase and whole-school team, Jennifer is able to adapt quickly and make a positive contribution to any teaching team. |
| Availability: | Immediate |
| Experience: | 3 Years |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | East London |
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Katie Coady | Primary School Teaching , Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 |
| Katie Coady: “Very Good” Year 1 to Year 6 Teacher NQT Upon completing her final teaching practice, Katie was graded as a “Very Good” classroom practitioner. During her placement, she received weekly observations from both her Class Teacher Mentor and the Deputy Headteacher- continually receiving very positive feedback. Katie has now passed all the criteria provided by her training provider, St Mary's University Twickenham, rated as “outstanding” by OFSTED 2011 for Primary Education. She has had experience in a range of different schools across Hampshire, Surrey and Essex and has worked across the Key Stages in EYFS, Year 3 and Years 5/6 on her final practice. Katie's final practice enabled her to gain significant experience of SATS testing and working with children who have Special Educational Needs including Dyslexia. Her mentors recognised her ability to form good relationships with all members of the School Community and commented that:” she formed very good relationships with the Year 5/6 department, as well as with all other staff at the School.” They also go on to state that:” during departmental planning sessions, she offered ideas generously and was always fully involved.” Katie is able to plan progressively and her subject knowledge had been noted as “excellent.” During her placement, she was able to become actively involved in the assessment of core subjects and her Class Teacher Mentor stated that:” she was able to use formative assessment to set targets for next step improvements in the children's learning and understand how to use the link between the assessment for learning and the assessment for teaching.” As a French specialist, Katie had the opportunity to teach English as a Foreign Language in January 2011. She is passionate about children learning a Foreign Language and can deliver MFL lessons actively. In addition, Religious Education is her other specialism and therefore she is able to offer a range of extra curricular activities. In conclusion, her final placement tutor comments that Katie is “professional, flexible and committed to honing her skills in preparation for her future role as Class Teacher. She demonstrates a clear capacity to become an outstanding teacher in the future.” |
| Availability: | Immediate |
| Experience: | NQT |
| Qualification Country: | UK |
| Desired Location: | East London |