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Pastoral Lead - full time

Leadership scale (point 1-4)

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to become part of King’s Oak Primary’s exciting journey as a member of the Leadership Team. The successful candidate will take overall leadership of behaviour across the school, reporting to the Assistant Headteacher. We are a large primary school of approximately 850 pupils currently on roll. Our school consists of two buildings on a large site and amazing learning facilities such as a farm and specialist rooms for art, music and cookery.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Pastoral Leader who is passionate, hard-working and versatile to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining a positive learning environment, further developing existing successful systems for rewarding good behaviour, and supporting pupils to improve their behaviour over time, including writing personalised behaviour plans. They will support colleagues to develop their behaviour management skills, including providing whole-staff training and personalised support as required. There is no class teacher responsibility with this role, but the successful candidate will provide 10 hours of cover for Phase and Deputy Phase leads each week.

The successful candidate will have:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Significant experience in supporting pupils, particularly those from a disadvantaged background
Experience of leading a successful team
An understanding of the impact of trauma on children
Excellent knowledge of effective teaching and learning with high expectations for achievement and behaviour.
Experience of the use of de-escalation strategies and training for positive handling

Continuous professional development is a key element of what makes our school strong. We welcome all applicants who are looking for an opportunity to make a difference to children.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and adopt safer recruitment procedures. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS clearance.

Visits to our happy and vibrant school are welcomed. Please email vacancies@kingsoakprimary.co.uk to arrange this.

Closing date: 2nd May 2025

Interview date: TBC

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Class Teacher – September 2025 start

Scale MPS

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to become part of King’s Oak Primary’s exciting journey. We are a large primary school of approximately 850 pupils currently on roll. Our school consists of two buildings on a large site and amazing learning facilities such as a farm and specialist rooms for art, science, music and cookery.

We are looking to appoint a class teacher who is passionate, hard-working, and versatile to join our team. Applicants need to have a good knowledge of the National Curriculum and be committed to supporting our children to reach their full potential. Applicants will have good knowledge of effective teaching and learning with high expectations for achievement and behaviour.

Continuous professional development is a key element of what makes our school strong. We welcome all applicants who are looking for an opportunity to make a difference to children. Whether you are an experienced teacher or earlier in your career, we want to hear from you. ECT’s are welcome to apply and full support will be given If you would like to book a place on a tour or you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please email vacancies@kingsoakprimary.co.uk or contact Marie Hinkley or Nina Boland on 01234 220480.

‘The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

King’s Oak Primary School commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and reference to the need for the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure Clearance criminal record check (where appropriate). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

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https://www.kingsoakprimary.co.uk/governors/governors-vacancies

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