KS1 or KS2 Year Leader

St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC), Exeter, Devon, EX2 4NQ

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  10 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

KS1 or KS2 Year Leader job summary

Multi Academy Trust: St Christopher's

Place of work: St Leonard’s C of E Primary School, Exeter

Pupils on roll: 615

Job term: Permanent

Pay Scale: MPS/UPS

Appointment type: Full time, starting in September 2026

Are you chomping at the bit to be part of an OFSTED Outstanding Leadership Team? Are you looking for the next step in your career and to access the highest quality CPD? Our Year Leaders have a proven track record of promotion to Deputy Headship.

Whether you are an excellent Key Stage 1 teacher who has transformed Early Writing, or a Key Stage 2 teacher who loves to apply the latest research to close gaps, we want to hear from you!

At St Leonard’s, we are committed to long term, sustainable change to improve the provision, standards and outcomes for pupils. We want all doors to be open to our children, regardless of their background or barriers that they face, and we strive to be a beacon for our community, as recognised by an Outstanding Personal Development judgement. The successful candidate will help shape the future innovation and development of our school as we endeavour to be leaders of education in Devon.

KS1 or KS2 Year Leader

Our Year Leaders have been instrumental in driving school improvement and raising outcomes for our children. We work as a team of like-minded professionals, operating in a genuinely distributed leadership model.

We have some flexibility within our current Year Leader team and so are interested to see where the successful candidate feels their strengths lie. We are interested to know what year groups you feel passionate about and why.

We offer:

• A genuine and friendly school with a strong Christian ethos and set of values that underpin all that we do
• Exceptional children who are articulate, happy and motivated to learn
• A happy, stable staffing team
• A headteacher who puts children at the heart of all decision making
• A commitment to your leadership development, which includes designated Year Leader days for us to work strategically together
• Unique and bespoke facilities to deliver an outstanding curriculum, such as: Tardis-like grounds, a Computing Suite of brand-new Apple Macs, a newly developed Library and a fully fitted Cookery Hive
• Research-driven CPD specifically tailored to our school’s needs
• Opportunities for future career development across our family of 21 schools within the St Christopher’s Trust

The successful candidate will:

• Be emotionally intelligent and ambitious for all
• Have adaptative leadership skills that creates a climate for growth and change and an ability to inspire and empower others
• Thrive on challenge
• Be dedicated to removing barriers to learning for pupils and a steadfast belief that every child can achieve
• Strong subject and pedagogical knowledge
• Be happy to support the Church of England ethos of our school though our school values

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.

Applications should be submitted by 8am, Monday 9th March 2026.

Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 25th March. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be asked to send in a virtual tour of their current class and to teach on the interview day at St Leonard’s.

Tours to visit us are strongly recommended. Please book in with our admin team on 01392 666570.

A copy of the job description and an application form can be found on the Trust website: https://www.stchristophersmat.org/work-with-us/current-vacancies or the school website at https://www.stleonards.devon.sch.uk

If you have any queries when applying for this position, please contact the People Team (HR) at people@stcmat.org

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC)

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 611 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC) website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-leonard-s-cofe-primary-school-vc-exeter

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