Key Stage 2 Leader

About this role

One-Year Temporary Leadership Opportunity | Year 5 Teaching | TLR

Scholar Green Primary School

Are you ready to make a difference across Key Stage 2?

Scholar Green Primary School is seeking to appoint an
enthusiastic, ambitious and inspirational Key Stage 2 Leader to join our team
for a one-year maternity cover.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher
or current middle leader who is ready to take the next step in their leadership
journey. We welcome applications from candidates seeking a temporary
appointment, as well as teachers currently employed in another school who may
wish to undertake the role as a secondment.

The successful candidate will combine high-quality classroom
teaching in Year 5 with dedicated leadership time to lead and develop provision
across Key Stage 2. The post will attract a TLR payment.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about providing
an excellent education for every child and who can combine strong classroom
practice with effective, collaborative leadership.

The opportunity

As Key Stage 2 Leader, you will work closely with the senior
leadership team and colleagues across Years 3–6 to ensure that pupils
experience a consistently ambitious, inclusive and well-sequenced curriculum.

You will:

• Lead
  and support the development of teaching and learning across Key Stage 2.
• Promote
  high expectations for pupils’ achievement, behaviour, attendance and
  personal development.
• Monitor
  and evaluate the quality of curriculum and teaching and identify
  appropriate areas for development.
• Support
  colleagues in developing their classroom practice through professional
  dialogue, collaboration and coaching.
• Use
  assessment and other appropriate information to identify pupils’ needs and
  inform teaching.
• Ensure
  that pupils who face barriers to learning, including pupils with SEND and
  disadvantaged pupils, are supported to access an ambitious curriculum.
• Contribute
  to school improvement planning and evaluate the impact of improvement
  priorities.
• Support
  effective transition and progression across Key Stage 2.
• Work
  collaboratively with colleagues, parents and the wider school community.
• Contribute
  to wider school leadership and improvement priorities.
• Help
  foster a positive culture of high expectations, professional development
  and continuous improvement.

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will teach a
Year 5 class for part of the week, ensuring that you remain closely connected
to classroom practice and the experiences of pupils.

Computing specialism

A specialism or particular strength in Computing would be
highly desirable.

This could include experience of leading Computing,
developing a Computing curriculum, supporting colleagues with subject knowledge
or using technology creatively to enhance pupils’ learning.

There would be opportunities for the successful candidate to
contribute to the continued development of Computing across the school.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an individual who is:

• An
  excellent classroom practitioner.
• Ambitious
  for every pupil.
• Passionate
  about teaching and learning.
• Able
  to lead, support and inspire colleagues.
• Confident
  in evaluating the effectiveness of provision.
• Able
  to identify meaningful priorities for improvement and follow these
  through.
• Committed
  to inclusion and ensuring that all pupils can succeed.
• Skilled
  at building positive professional relationships.
• Reflective,
  resilient and open to professional learning.
• Highly
  organised and able to manage the demands of teaching alongside leadership.
• Committed
  to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
• Positive,
  approachable and able to bring others with them.

This role would suit an experienced Key Stage 2 teacher,
existing subject or phase leader, aspiring senior leader or current school
leader who would welcome the opportunity to develop their experience in a
different setting.

We particularly welcome applications from teachers who are
considering leadership development through a one-year secondment, but
applications from individuals seeking a direct temporary appointment are
equally welcome.

Person Specification

Essential

Professional knowledge and experience

• Qualified
  Teacher Status.
• Successful
  experience of teaching within Key Stage 2.
• Strong
  knowledge of effective teaching and learning.
• Secure
  understanding of the Key Stage 2 curriculum.
• High
  expectations of pupils’ achievement, behaviour and attitudes.
• Experience
  of using assessment effectively to identify pupils’ needs and inform
  teaching.
• Understanding
  of how to support pupils with SEND and those who experience barriers to
  learning.
• Commitment
  to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
• Evidence
  of professional development and a commitment to continued learning.

Leadership

• Evidence
  of leadership experience or clear evidence of readiness to take on
  leadership responsibility.
• Ability
  to lead and influence colleagues positively.
• Ability
  to monitor, evaluate and improve aspects of teaching, curriculum or
  provision.
• Ability
  to identify priorities and translate them into practical actions.
• Ability
  to use evidence and information to inform decision-making.
• Ability
  to support and challenge colleagues appropriately.
• Excellent
  organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability
  to work collaboratively as part of a wider leadership team.

Inclusion, behaviour and wellbeing

• Strong
  commitment to inclusion and equality of opportunity.
• High
  expectations for attendance, behaviour and attitudes to learning.
• Understanding
  of the barriers that can affect pupils’ achievement and wellbeing.
• Commitment
  to pupils’ personal development and wellbeing.
• Ability
  to create positive relationships with pupils and colleagues.

Personal qualities

• Inspirational
  and enthusiastic.
• Approachable
  and supportive.
• Resilient
  and solution-focused.
• Reflective
  and willing to receive and act upon feedback.
• Excellent
  communicator.
• High
  level of integrity and professionalism.
• Ambitious
  for pupils and colleagues.
• Committed
  to the ethos and values of Scholar Green Primary School.

Desirable

• Previous
  experience of phase or subject leadership.
• Previous
  experience of Key Stage 2 leadership.
• Experience
  of contributing to school improvement planning.
• Experience
  of monitoring teaching and learning or curriculum development.
• Experience
  of coaching, mentoring or supporting colleagues.
• Strong
  subject knowledge or a specialism in Computing.
• Experience
  of leading or developing Computing across a school.
• Experience
  of developing curriculum progression and sequencing.
• Experience
  of using pupil outcomes and assessment information to evaluate impact.
• Experience
  of supporting disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Experience
  of working with parents and external agencies.
• Experience
  of contributing to self-evaluation or inspection preparation.
• Previous
  leadership development or relevant professional qualifications.

We are looking for someone who wants to make a difference,
develop others and help every child to thrive.

If you are an ambitious teacher looking for your next
leadership opportunity, whether through a temporary appointment or secondment,
we would love to hear from you.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged.

Please contact the school office to arrange a visit or to
find out more about the role (01782 651099).