Teacher
Oldfield Primary School, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 5LB16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
9 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
23 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £47,472.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) UPS
Teacher job summary
Post Title: Year 4 Teacher (Upper Pay Scale) with Curriculum Development Responsibilities
Location: Oldfield Primary School
Salary: Permanent Full Time - UPS (in line with experience and responsibilities)
Responsible to: Headteacher
Visits to the school - week beginning 6th October 2025 TBC
Closing Date - Thursday 9th October 2025 at 12pm
Shortlisting Friday 10th October 2025
Interview (including teaching observation) over Thursday 16th and Friday 17th October.
Main Purpose of the Role
- To provide outstanding teaching and learning in Year 4.
- To lead whole-school curriculum development, ensuring a broad, ambitious, and inclusive curriculum for all pupils, with particular focus on disadvantaged and SEND pupils.
- To coordinate the work of the EYFS Team, English and Maths Teams, and foundation subject leaders.
- To lead the Curriculum Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive school-wide improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Teaching and Learning
- Deliver consistently high-quality teaching in Year 4.
- Plan, assess, and adapt lessons to meet the needs of all pupils, ensuring progress for every child.
- Model best practice in pedagogy, assessment, and classroom management.
Curriculum Leadership
- Lead the development, evaluation, and embedding of the school’s curriculum to ensure breadth, ambition, and alignment with the National Curriculum.
- Coordinate EYFS, English, Maths, and foundation subject leaders to secure coherent progression and high standards across all phases.
- Provide leadership and support to colleagues in curriculum design, planning, and assessment.
- Ensure the curriculum provides pupils with the knowledge, skills, and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.
- Monitor, review, and refine curriculum provision for disadvantaged and SEND pupils, ensuring equality of opportunity.
Staff Development and Collaboration
- Lead the Curriculum SLT to drive continuous improvement.
- Support staff development through mentoring, coaching, and modelling effective practice.
- Share expertise within Oldfield and across the wider trust, contributing to school-to-school improvement.
Standards and Accountability
- Monitor and evaluate teaching, learning, and curriculum outcomes.
- Report on the effectiveness of curriculum provision to senior leaders and governors.
- Contribute to whole-school strategic planning and improvement priorities.
Person Specification
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Substantial, successful teaching experience in primary education.
- Proven ability to deliver outstanding classroom practice.
- Experience of leading curriculum development and improving outcomes for pupils.
- Strong understanding of the National Curriculum and statutory requirements.
- Experience of supporting SEND and disadvantaged pupils to achieve their potential.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and inspire colleagues.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Desirable:
- Experience of working with or across multiple schools.
- Evidence of wider leadership responsibilities.
- Commitment to professional growth and development with potential for future senior leadership.
Safeguarding Statement
Oldfield Primary School and The People’s Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Person Specification - Year 4 Teacher (UPS) with Curriculum Development Responsibilities
| Criteria | Essential | Desirable |
| Qualifications | Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) | Further relevant qualifications (e.g. NPQ, postgraduate study) |
| Teaching Experience | Substantial and successful teaching experience in primary education, with evidence of high-quality outcomes | Experience teaching across multiple year groups |
| Curriculum Knowledge | Strong understanding of the National Curriculum and statutory requirements | Experience of developing curriculum across a whole school |
| Leadership & Management | Proven experience of leading curriculum development or subject leadership | Experience of working with or across multiple schools / trusts |
| Inclusion | Demonstrable experience of supporting SEND and disadvantaged pupils to achieve their potential | Evidence of developing inclusive teaching strategies at whole-school level |
| Standards & Improvement | Evidence of raising standards in teaching and learning | Contribution to whole-school improvement planning |
| Staff Development | Ability to lead, support, and inspire colleagues; mentoring or coaching experience | Experience of leading CPD at school or trust level |
| Skills & Attributes | Excellent classroom practice, strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to motivate pupils and staff | Ability to contribute to wider trust initiatives and networks |
| Commitment | Commitment to safeguarding, equality of opportunity, and professional growth | Aspiration to progress into future senior leadership roles |
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oldfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oldfield Primary School website
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