Key Stage 1 or Upper Key Stage 2 Team Leader
East Wichel Primary School & Nursery, SWINDON, Wiltshire, SN1 7AG13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year initially
Pay scale
- M1 to UP3
Additional allowances
TLR - dependent on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join Our Outstanding and Award-Nominated School!
Are you an ambitious, forward-thinking, and dynamic leader ready to make a real difference? Do you believe in shaping young minds to be kind, aspirational learners who are well-equipped for life? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you!
We are seeking a kind, passionate and innovative Team teacher to join our warm, welcoming, and pioneering school. Judged Outstanding (December 2022) and nominated for Primary School of the Year 2025, we are a school that stands apart for our holistic, values-driven approach to education. Our motto, “Learning today for tomorrow’s future,” underpins everything we do. We nurture children to be confident, resilient, and academically successful while also fostering their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Who Are We Looking For?
We want someone who:
- Is a strong and experienced leader ready to inspire and support colleagues.
- Is passionate about teaching and learning, with a clear vision for excellence.
- Has a track record of raising standards and securing outstanding outcomes.
- Thrives in a collaborative, team-focused environment and values a whole-child approach to education.
- Is an excellent communicator and role model for staff and pupils alike.
- Is driven, ambitious, and forward-thinking, always seeking new ways to enhance learning experiences.
- Shares our school’s values and vision, ensuring every child is prepared for the future.
Ready to Join Us?
If you are looking for a school where you can lead with impact, grow as a professional, and truly make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Come and be part of something truly special. Apply today and help shape the future!
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
- A Unique Approach to Education – Our curriculum connects children with nature, movement, and well-being, ensuring they develop into healthy, happy, and well-rounded individuals.
- A Thriving and Supportive School Culture – As soon as you step into our school, you’ll feel the warmth, passion, and strong sense of community that makes us special.
- Leadership Development – We are committed to helping our staff grow and flourish. If you are an aspiring senior leader, this role will provide you with the support, training, and progression opportunities to advance your career.
- Well-being Matters – We champion staff well-being, recognising that happy, motivated staff create the best learning environments. From well-being initiatives to professional development, we invest in YOU.
- Collaboration and Innovation – Be part of a team that values fresh ideas, forward-thinking leadership, and innovative teaching methods such as our Tiger Teaching approach, ensuring that every child thrives.
- A School That Makes a Difference – Our values of love, aspiration, integrity, community, and appreciation guide everything we do. We don’t just teach children—we shape them into people who will positively impact the world.
Commitment to safeguarding
East Wichel Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, it is imperative that you provide all relevant information requested in order to meet this commitment. DBS clearances, references and online checks will be obtained prior to appointment. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS and proof of the Right to Work in the UK (this will be required at the time of interview).
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 461 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- East Wichel Primary School & Nursery website
- Email address
- bursar@eastwichel.swindon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01793695134
Find the right school and teaching is the best job in the world!
East Wichel is a happy, forward thinking and dynamic school – recently judged Outstanding.
We have polite, enthusiastic and curious pupils who are creative and keen to learn. Our staff team are warm and welcoming and we are fiercely ambitious for our pupils and the future of our lovely school.
Staff well-being and development are high up on our agenda. We make a difference every day and we help and support everyone here to be the very best that they can be.
Our motto is ‘Learning today for tomorrow’s future’.
Arranging a visit to East Wichel Primary School & Nursery
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bursar@eastwichel.swindon.sch.uk.
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