Class Teacher with TLR 2.1 (Oracy Lead)
Dale Community Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6NL41 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
30 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
20 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours a Week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale/UPS plus appropriate TLR2 Payment
What skills and experience we're looking for
Dale Community Primary School – Job Description
Post: Class teacher and Subject Leader - Oracy
Pay scale: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2.1
Hours: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Main purpose
- To deliver high-quality teaching and learning to pupils across the primary age range.
- To lead and develop whole school oracy, ensuring all pupils have opportunities to improve their speaking and listening skills.
- To contribute to the wider life of the school and support its ethos and values.
This is a sustained additional responsibility that requires ongoing leadership and management throughout the academic year to ensure the continued delivery of high-quality teaching and learning in oracy across the school.
Duties and responsibilities
Teaching Responsibilities
The postholder will be employed as a class teacher and will have responsibility for teaching their own class. Time will be allocated for leadership and management responsibilities associated with the oracy lead role.
As a class teacher, you will be required to:
- Plan and deliver high-quality teaching across the full primary curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils in your class
- Create a stimulating and safe learning environment that promotes pupils' learning and development
- Assess, monitor and report on pupil progress, maintaining accurate records and providing feedback to pupils and parents
- Set high expectations for pupil behaviour and maintain good classroom discipline in accordance with the school's behaviour policy
- Adapt teaching to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged
- Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all pupils in your care, following the school's safeguarding and child protection policies at all times, and report any concerns promptly in line with statutory guidance
- Work collaboratively with teaching assistants and other support staff to enhance pupils' learning
- Attend parents' evenings and other school events as required
- Contribute to the wider life of the school, including assemblies, extra-curricular activities and school trips
- Undertake break and lunchtime duties as part of the staff rota
- Carry out professional duties as outlined in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD)
- Model excellent practice in the teaching of oracy within your own classroom, demonstrating the strategies and approaches you promote across the school.
The postholder will be expected to balance effectively their class teaching responsibilities with their leadership role, ensuring both aspects receive appropriate time and attention.
Strategic direction
- Develop and implement policies for oracy in line with our school’s commitment to high-quality teaching and learning
- Use relevant school, local and national data to inform targets for the development of teaching and learning
- Have a good understanding of how well the teaching of oracy is being delivered and the impact it has on pupil achievement
- Keep abreast of developments and good practice in oracy
- To produce an action plan based upon the school priorities
- Work with the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENDCo) to ensure the curriculum matches the needs of different pupils
- Work with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) leader to understand how oracy is developed at the EYFS and to support the EYFS
- Attend and contribute to the leadership team and Governor’s meetings where relevant
- Use professional judgement and evidence-based decision-making to analyse pupil data, identify trends and gaps, and set priorities for oracy development across the school.
Leading the curriculum
- Develop and review regularly the vision, aims and purpose for oracy
- Develop a whole school oracy curriculum
- Oversee the planning of the curriculum content, ensuring it is well sequenced to promote pupil progress
- Ensure the planned curriculum is effectively and consistently implemented across the school
- Make sure there is an effective system of assessment that oversees the progress of pupils to ensure the curriculum has a positive impact on pupils’ learning
- Have overarching responsibility and accountability for pupils' achievement, standards and progress in oracy across all year groups
- Ensure that oracy has a measurable positive impact on outcomes for all pupils across the school through effective curriculum design, assessment systems, and staff support
Leading and managing staff
- Lead staff meetings on oracy
- Provide support to staff regarding teaching and learning, resources, and planning in oracy
- Monitor teaching and learning by visiting lessons and talking with pupils to assess how well oracy is being implemented and how well it is delivered across the school
- Provide feedback to staff based on the above observations to identify training needs and provide continuing professional development (CPD) in oracy
- Provide an example of high-quality teaching and learning in your own class and by modelling effective practice to colleagues
- Provide guidance on the choice of appropriate teaching and learning methods to meet the needs of different pupils
- Support teachers to make accurate assessments
- Make sure that trainee teachers, early career teachers and teachers joining the school are appropriately inducted in the school’s policies and practice relevant to the teaching of oracy.
- Provide regular, structured coaching and mentoring to staff to develop their expertise in teaching oracy, including modelling lessons, team teaching, and providing targeted feedback
- Lead the development of staff expertise in oracy pedagogy through coordinated professional development, ensuring all staff can deliver high-quality oracy instruction
- Drive improvement in teaching practice across the school by identifying areas for development through monitoring activities and implementing targeted support and training.
Efficient and effective deployment of resources
- Audit, check and manage resources to ensure they are up to date and match pupil and curriculum needs
- Manage the subject budget effectively to ensure it is spent on resources that add value and enhance the learning experience.
Expected impact and accountability
The postholder will be accountable for:
- Raising standards in oracy across the school, with measurable improvements in pupil outcomes
- Developing staff expertise in oracy pedagogy, resulting in consistently high-quality teaching across all classes
- Ensuring all pupils, including those beyond the postholder's own class, make strong progress in oracy.
Please note that this list of duties is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the careers leader will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role.
Dale Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check
What the school offers its staff
Dale Community Primary School is a large vibrant school which is federated with Stonehill Nursery School. Both schools are located in the heart of the city of Derby.
We have 550 pupils on roll. Our pupils live in a multi-cultural environment and the school is proud to be at the centre of that community. The majority of our children are of Asian origin with many other ethnic groups represented in our school community. Our recent OFSTED inspection in October 2023 said:
‘Pupils are happy and safe at this friendly, welcoming and inclusive school. Pupils appreciate the care and support that they receive from school.’
‘Pupils are kind and accepting of one another. They talk positively about welcoming any recently arrived pupils into their school community.’
Dale and Stonehill have approximately 100 highly committed staff that work well together as a team. We describe ourselves as a school for creating opportunity and embracing innovation to nurture each and every individual.
We aim to
- INSPIRE a love of learning
- BUILD a strong community
- CELEBRATE our diversity
- PROVIDE life-changing opportunities
- ACHIEVE in all areas of school life
Safeguarding
All appointments are subject to suitable references, a Medical Clearance check and a Disclosure and Barring Services check. Please click here to view our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Closing date: Thursday 30 April 2026 9am
Interviews: Friday 8 May 2026
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Dale Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 549 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dale Community Primary School website
- Email address
- cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332760070
Arranging a visit to Dale Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk.
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