17 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    12 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher
  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1-M6

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.


What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing day per year


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

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

About Lipson Vale Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
400 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01752224801

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.

School location

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