Key Stage 1 Lead

Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HW

26 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: M1- M6/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  (+TLR2b for KS1 Lead)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience

• Proven successful practice in a primary classroom

• Relevant and recent experience in a primary classroom

• Working in partnership with the wider community.

• Impact of engagement with research of current educational issues.

• Subject leadership with whole school responsibility.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher status

• Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge and understanding

• An evidenced commitment to safeguarding, with recent training.

• Up to date knowledge of the primary curriculum and knowledge progression.

• Planning and delivery of a broad curriculum.

• Effective strategies for providing pupils with meaningful feedback.

• Accurate and impactful monitoring and assessment to ensure progress of all pupils.

• Equal opportunities and working with each pupil (including SEND) to ensure individual success.

• Creating an inspiring and challenging learning environment.

Skills

• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders.

• Good ICT skills to aid effective teaching.

• Positive behaviour management strategies based on the development of secure relationships.

• Supportive of the school’s vision for education.

What the school offers its staff

We believe passionately in developing leaders within education. We offer a bespoke coaching package to all leaders, including subject leaders, throughout the year which focuses on developing individual’s strategic thinking to promote rich outcomes for all pupils through their actions.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Personal Specification KS1 Lead Mar 25.docx - 69.3 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lipson Vale Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 405 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lipson Vale Primary School website
• Email address: lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01752224801
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lipson-vale-primary-school

Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.

Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.

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