Teacher - Year Leader

Holbrook Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 6FR

10 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2025

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
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Between £31,000 and £49,000
Additional allowances: TLR2B

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualified Teacher Status

A strong repertoire of a range of pedagogical approaches

Recent successful experience of delivering the National Curriculum in a classroom setting

Successful experience of teaching phonics

Successful experience of teaching phonics through RWI

Successful experience of the mastery approach to teaching Maths

Successful experience of teaching Maths through White Rose Maths

Successful leadership of a curriculum area, team or initiative

Previous experience of leading and motivating colleagues within a team

Previous leadership role

Previous experience of curriculum development and implementing change

Proven ability to deliver high quality lessons, evaluate the impact of these and develop future planning accordingly

The ability to make effective use of a range of assessment strategies to inform short and longer-term planning

The ability to lead by example, meeting professional conduct expectations including administrative requirements and deadlines

Able to monitor and evaluate teaching, learning and school policy

Able to evaluate the curriculum to identify opportunities for improvement and the ability to manage the change process

Able to support colleagues in improving teaching and learning

Able to enthuse and motivate colleagues in implementing curriculum development and change

Able to use IT to support both the curriculum and workload, efficiency

Able to communicate with a variety of stakeholders (e.g. colleagues, parents, governors, the community, external agencies)

Demonstrable commitment to inclusive teaching and learning

Demonstrable knowledge of the National Curriculum, and how it builds on the EYFS Framework

Highly effective team member

Commitment to adhering to the staff code of conduct and staff charter

Open to coaching, mentoring and embraces feedback

Evidence of ongoing Professional Development and recent training

A willingness to attend further training relevant to the role and responsibilities

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

A supportive, highly-skilled team that will feel like a second family

A richly diverse community with children and families joining us from all over the world

Wonderful, well-behaved children who are eager to learn and enjoy coming to school

A wealth of excellent professional development opportunities

A supportive, developmental appraisal process that does not involve arbitrary data targets

Carefully considered ways of working that protect teacher workload, such as detailed curriculum plans, sensible approaches to assessment including marking, protected PPA with year group teams

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.