34 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    2 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles
  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Full time position

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership 1-4

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to become part of King’s Oak Primary’s exciting journey as a member of the Leadership Team. The successful candidate will take overall leadership of behaviour across the school, reporting to the Assistant Headteacher. We are a large primary school of approximately 850 pupils currently on roll. Our school consists of two buildings on a large site and amazing learning facilities such as a farm and specialist rooms for art, music and cookery.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Pastoral Leader who is passionate, hard-working,and versatile to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining a positive learning environment, further developing existing successful systems for rewarding good behaviour, and supporting pupils to improve their behaviour over time, including writing personalised behaviour plans. They will support colleagues to develop their behaviour management skills, including providing whole-staff training and personalised support as required. There is no class teacher responsibility with this role, but the successful candidate will provide 10 hours of cover for Phase and Deputy Phase leads each week.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

  • Significant experience in supporting pupils, particularly those from a disadvantaged background

  • Experience of leading a successful team

  • An understanding of the impact of trauma on children

  • Excellent knowledge of effective teaching and learning with high expectations for achievement and behaviour.

  • Experience of the use of de-escalation strategies and training for positive handling


What the school offers its staff

Continuous professional development is a key element of what makes our school strong. We welcome all applicants who are looking for an opportunity to make a difference to children.

We also subscribe to Employee Support Services to ensure staff Wellbeing

We have a on site nursery taking children from 9 months


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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@kingsoakprimary.co.uk

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About King's Oak Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 1 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
849 pupils enrolled
Age range
1 to 11
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01234 220480

Arranging a visit to King's Oak Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@kingsoakprimary.co.uk.

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