The Role

As KS1 Phase Lead, you will take specific responsibility for the day-to-day management and organisation of Key Stage 1. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner who models high standards and has a tangible impact on educational progress beyond your own classroom. Key responsibilities include:

Leading & Managing: Developing and enhancing the teaching practice of staff within your phase through appraisal, line management and modelling good practice. You will also take responsibility for leading our Read Write Inc. Phonics programme across both KS1 and EYFS.
Curriculum & Pedagogy: Implementing our "Core Principles for Teaching and Learning," which are rooted in research and precise, intentional classroom practice.
Senior Leadership: Assisting in developing the strategic direction of the school as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

Inclusion & Wellbeing at Our Heart

We are a school that prides itself on restorative and inclusive practice. You must be dedicated to supporting all children including those with high needs within a mainstream environment, ensuring every child feels safe, respected, and capable of achieving excellence.

In return, we offer a culture that genuinely values your wellbeing:

Flexible PPA: We offer a flexible approach to PPA, allowing staff to request to work from home or take PPA in larger blocks (e.g., a full day every fortnight) to support a better work-life balance.
Staff Wellbeing: Our Wellbeing Policy includes guaranteed leadership time and a commitment to ensuring that workload is manageable.
River Learning Trust (RLT): As part of RLT, you will benefit from a wide network of professional development, a shared commitment to evidence-based practice, and the RLT Staff Charter.

Our Community

Our vision was co-created with children, staff, and governors to foster "creative, caring, and lifelong learners". We enjoy immense support from our parents and the wider community, working in close partnership to ensure our children thrive both at school and at home.

How to Apply If you are a resilient, forward-thinking leader who is ready to add something new to our school, we would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 10 April 2026

Shortlisting: 14th April

Interview Date: 22 April 2026

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR 'WHY?' is that children and young people 'only get one go' in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible 'go' for our pupils.

OUR 'HOW?' is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our " Working in RLT " guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Mandy Hayes, about the role, prior to application, then please email leames@wolvercoteprimary.org or telephone 01865 558301.

The River Learning Trust and Wolvercote Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates . Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered .

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