Year 5 team lead
Marish Primary School, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 8NZ37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 26
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-UPS3 (fringe)
Additional allowances
TLR2a
What skills and experience we're looking for
See attached person specification for full details
Essential:
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Qualified, experienced teacher with primary school or MAT experience, including curriculum planning, assessment, moderation, and partnership with parents.
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Strong knowledge of inclusive practice, individualised learning, statutory KS requirements, pupil progress assessment and reporting, and relevant legislation (Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, SEN, Child Protection).
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Effective leadership, communication, and teamwork skills; ability to promote the Trust’s vision and create a positive, challenging learning environment.
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Personal qualities include approachability, commitment, empathy, enthusiasm, high expectations, organisation, patience, resourcefulness, and innovation.
Desirable:
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Ongoing professional development (INSET).
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Experience teaching across the primary age range, contributing to school improvement, and working across multiple schools or within a MAT.
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Understanding of partnership working between schools and stakeholders to improve outcomes.
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Ambition to progress into middle or senior leadership.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- The opportunity to work with amazing children with fantastic behaviour and attitudes to learning
- A supportive, friendly, and collaborative working environment
- Outstanding career progression opportunities
- Access to Employee Assistance programme
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Free parking
- Good local amenities
- Easy accessibility, local buses and proximity to Slough and Langley train stations (Elizabeth Line)
- Reward for 100% attendance
- Free tea/coffee/hot chocolate
- Reduced childcare rates for staff children who attend our schools. Flexibility about holiday and after school club provision for children who do not attend
Further information about the job
See attached job description for full details
To contribute positively and proactively to our vision of becoming an outstanding Academy Trust.
To be an exemplary role model for whole Trust community, demonstrating best practice and commitment to ongoing professional development and whole school improvement, with particular emphasis on improving outcomes for pupils in the year group, you are assigned to.
To be a member of the Fast track leadership development group and to attend the Trust wide leadership team by invitation from time to time and make a significant contribution to the strategic development and direction of your year team.
To take a lead role in school self evaluation, especially in relation to the outcomes, both in terms of achievement but also the well-being of all children with your assigned year group.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Marish Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 802 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Marish Primary School website
- Email address
- hr@marishandwillow.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01753 819900
This is a unique opportunity for more experienced teacher to work with a flourishing multi-academy Trust, renowned for its leadership development opportunities. The successful candidate will work across one of our two schools as a class teacher, but we will negotiate with successful candidates as to whether they will be based either at Marish or Willow Primary School.
Arranging a visit to Marish Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@marishandwillow.co.uk.
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