Key Stage 1 Phase Leader
Knockhall Primary School, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9RF17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
22 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teachers’ Main or Upper Pay Scale + TLR (Fringe)
Key Stage 1 Phase Leader job summary
Job title: Key Stage 1 Phase Leader
Status: Permanent
Hours: 32.5 hours
Working weeks per year: 52 weeks per year
Grade: Teachers’ Main or Upper Pay Scale + TLR(Fringe)
Post Start Date: April or September 2025
Closing Date for Applications: 10th February 2025 3:00pm
Knockhall Primary School is seeking a dedicated and inspiring Phase Leader to join our supportive and collaborative team, with specific responsibility for Key Stage 1. As the leader of this phase, you will collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team to define the school's aims and objectives, with a focus on years 1 and 2.
The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of delivering consistently excellent classroom practice, underpinned by a deep understanding of child development and learning processes. Your adeptness in the classroom will enable you to foster a collaborative environment, inspiring and supporting colleagues within the phase.
Your Responsibilities:
- Lead and Inspire: Motivate and guide colleagues within Key Stage 1, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team.
- Curriculum Development: Shape and implement a dynamic, engaging, and standards-aligned curriculum tailored to meet the needs of our students.
- Planning Coordination: Oversee phase-wide planning to ensure consistency and quality in teaching and learning.
- Support Staff Development: Mentor and empower staff to deliver the school’s core aims and achieve exceptional outcomes for students.
- Exemplify Excellence: Demonstrate outstanding classroom practice, setting high standards for student achievement, behaviour, and engagement.
- Commit to Growth: Embrace personal and professional development, contributing to school improvement initiatives and innovation.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience and Expertise: Proven success in teaching, ideally within Key Stage 1, with a strong grasp of child development and effective teaching strategies.
- Leadership Skills: A track record of motivating and collaborating with colleagues to achieve shared goals.
- Curriculum Knowledge: Deep understanding of curriculum design and the ability to adapt it to meet evolving needs.
- Classroom Management: Skilled at creating positive, inclusive, and engaging learning environments.
- Professionalism and Drive: A proactive commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
- Qualifications: Relevant teaching qualifications and certifications.
Knockhall Primary School offers a welcoming, inclusive environment where teamwork and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be supported by a passionate Senior Leadership Team and have the opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of our vibrant school community.
If you’re ready to lead, inspire, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to become a part of our exceptional team and help shape the future of our students!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found; therefore, early application is encouraged.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Knockhall Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 424 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Knockhall Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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