Phase Leader

Gamlingay Village Primary, Sandy, SG19 3HD

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  10 April 2026

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: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) MPS plus TLR2A £8,611 per annum

Phase Leader job summary

PHASE LEADER

Salary: MPS plus TLR2A £8,611 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Full time

Start date: 1 September 2026

Place of work: Gamlingay Village Primary, Gamlingay, Bedfordshire

Are you an enthusiastic, positive and forward‑thinking leader ready to make a significant impact across a primary phase? Do you inspire others with your passion for teaching, learning and children’s progress? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you!

We are excited to be extending our Senior Leadership Team at this transformative moment in our school’s journey, and we are seeking a Phase Leader to join us. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic practitioner to shape high‑quality provision, support colleagues, and drive progress across their phase.

About Our School

Our school is filled with fabulous children who bring energy, curiosity and joy to every day. We are a community rooted in three core values:
Respect Aspire Grow
These values guide everything we do — from our relationships to our aspirations for every learner.

We are fortunate to have extensive school grounds, including our very own forest area used for Forest School sessions. This provides incredible opportunities for outdoor learning, exploration and nurturing children’s confidence and independence.

The Role

As our new Phase Leader, you will:

• Provide inspirational leadership for your phase, ensuring high‑quality teaching and learning
• Support, coach and motivate colleagues to deliver the very best for every child
• Contribute to strategic development as part of our expanding Senior Leadership Team
• Monitor progress and champion inclusion, ambition and excellence
• Help shape an engaging, creative curriculum that makes full use of both indoor and outdoor learning environments
• Model strong professional practice, with a positive, solution‑focused approach

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is:

• Passionate about primary education and committed to high expectations for all
• Energetic, optimistic and ready to embrace innovation
• A collaborative, supportive leader who brings out the best in others
• Skilled in using assessment to inform practice and raise standards
• Committed to living and modelling our values of Respect, Aspire, Grow
• Eager to contribute to a forward‑moving school at an exciting time of development

Why Join Us?

• Wonderful pupils who are a joy to teach
• A friendly, dedicated and ambitious staff team
• Extensive grounds and a beautiful forest area supporting outdoor learning
• A school committed to professional development and cultivating leadership
• The opportunity to play a key strategic role as we expand our SLT

Are you ready to help shape the next phase of our school’s journey? We would be thrilled to hear from you.

For further details on the school please visit our website Welcome to Gamlingay Village Primary - Gamlingay Village Primary

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

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families have a role to play in safeguarding children.

To fulfil this responsibility at Gamlingay Village Primary, all professionals are trained to ensure their approach is child-centred. No single professional can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances. If children and families are to receive the right help at the right time everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns and the sharing of information, on a 'need to know' basis.

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 Gamlingay Village Primary

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gamlingay Village Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gamlingay-village-primary

As a full primary school, we are continually evolving to provide a rich, inclusive and creative learning experience for all. We make every effort to deliver a curriculum full of enjoyment and challenge. We aim to provide our children with the skills and enthusiasm they will need to become lifelong learners. To ensure our children achieve excellence for all,

Our knowledge-rich curriculum enables pupils to learn by making connections with what they already know & build on prior learning. Children have the opportunity to discuss and debate this knowledge and to apply it creatively.

We are proud to have been the first primary phase academy of The Cam Academy Trust when we joined in April 2016. Their support, development opportunities and expertise has already supported the conversion of our school from a First School to a Primary School and will further support on-going changes; ensuring it continues to flourish.

Our school and staff ethos is to do what is best for the children

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