Head of Year 5 Teacher - St Michael's Middle School

St Michael's CE Middle School is looking for a Head of Year 5 Teacher to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £32,916 - £47,472 per annum with TLR 2.1 per annum (M1 to UPS1)

In addition a TLR 2.1 is offered for taking responsibility as the Head of Year 5 and the Year 5 Tutor Team. Teaching across a range of year 5 subjects and other year groups as the timetable requires. The post holder will be responsible for liaising with our feeder first schools to coordinate the transition of pupils into year 5.

This job is full time.

It is offered on a permanent basis.

Approximate start date 1st September 2026.

St Michael’s Middle School is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, talented Head of Year who has the ambition to further themselves as a school leader, whilst contributing fully to the vision of our school.  You will join a dedicated, supportive, friendly team in order to continue our school’s drive for excellence.

The Head of Year 5 is responsible for the management and organisation of their year group. In carrying out the professional duties of a Head of Year the post holder is expected to provide professional leadership for the year group, which secures its success and improvement.

Heads of Year ensure they take the opportunities to contribute to pupils’ overall sense of health, safety, enjoyment and achievement, enabling them to flourish in our communities and beyond.

Support the vision, ethos and policies of the Trust and school, promoting high levels of achievement throughout the school; demonstrating inspirational leadership and creativity.

Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2026

Interviews week beginning: 18th May 2026

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role.  

St Michael's Middle School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.