Upper Key Stage 2 Lead
Reach Academy Feltham
Feltham
- Salary:
- Inner London Pay Scale, commensurate with experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 23 January 2025
Job overview
Due to growth and internal promotion we are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Upper Key Stage Two Lead for Reach Academy Feltham.
As the Upper Key Stage Two Lead, you are expected to raise standards in Year 5 and Year 6 as a priority. Within your role, you ensure that the well-being of each pupil is being supported, alongside high expectations for their behaviour for learning in school.
You are key in translating the messages of SLT to your team, and ensuring that all members of your team understand that we sweat the small stuff as this is a key route to highly effective learning that will enable our children to make rapid progress towards a life of choice and opportunity.
As a middle leader, you embody the Reach values and you must, at all times, be a role model of leadership across the school, uphold the values of the school, and act with professionalism and positivity. You are responsible for ensuring that Year 6 are exceptionally well prepared for SATS and for working closely with SLT to ensure that we continue to deliver outstanding results. You also work incredibly closely with families, building very warm relationships that ensure that every child thrives.
Employee Benefits:
Weekly instructional coaching
- Professional development is important to us, so much so that we offer collaborative and non-hierarchical coaching in a fun and shame-free environment, every week.
10 inset days
- To ensure outstanding staff training and provide time to deeply understand pupil data and plan for great outcomes.
5 days term time leave
- We understand that accessing desired time off for teachers and school staff can be difficult. Throughout the year, we offer opportunities for team members to accrue term-time leave.
Flexible Working
- A diverse workforce with work-life balance is crucial for our school's stability. If you need to adjust your schedule for personal commitments or seek part-time or hybrid working, don’t hesitate to let us know.
Enhanced maternity pay
- Reach Schools value families and community relationships. For this reason, we aim to be a support system for staff who are on maternity leave.
Free Friday breakfast
- On Fridays we show our appreciation to one another as a staff team with encouraging shout-outs and delicious pastries.
Attached documents
About Reach Academy Feltham
Reach Academy Feltham is a co-educational, all-through, free school near Hounslow, in Greater London, for students aged 4-18. It is a non-denominational school. There are 60 pupils in each year group, from Reception all the way through to Year 13.
Co-Headteachers
Matilda Browne (Primary) & Beck Owen (Secondary)
Values and vision
Reach Academy Feltham believes it is impossible to teach to high standards unless the teacher knows the children, both personally and academically. By keeping the school small, it believes it can create a community where no pupil is left behind. The school’s vision is for every one of its students to achieve success and have the opportunity to attend a top university or thrive on their chosen career path.
Reach Academy Feltham is committed to running an annual residential trip to a university, enabling pupils to learn about life beyond school. It provides mentors for its students (including successful business leaders and professionals) and arranges internships for older students.
Ofsted report
“Pupils display excellent attitudes to learning. They behave impeccably, show high levels of respect and courtesy towards each other, to their teachers, other staff and visitors. The academy has a calm and purposeful atmosphere combined with a sense of excitement generated by pupils enjoying their learning. Excellent leadership by the Principal has ensured that high expectations and a pursuit of excellence are the norm. The Principal’s vision that the academy prepares pupils for a life of ‘choice and opportunity’ is shared by all who work within the academy.”
View Reach Academy Feltham’s latest Ofsted report
Reach Schools is the name of our multi-academy trust. It belongs to a wider ecosystem of organisations based in Feltham that works to incubate ideas and improve outcomes for our community in Feltham—and beyond.
It is a Multi-Academy Trust with:
- Reach Academy Feltham - Our first all-through school. We’ve created a community of pupils, parents and teachers united by the highest expectations of what every young person can achieve and the commitment to do whatever it takes to help them get there.
- Reach Academy Hanworth Park - Our new all-through school. Opened in September 2024, Reach Academy Hanworth Park welcomed it's first Reception and Year 7 cohort. It will go on to serve 1,080 pupils in Feltham; located on a site adjacent to Reach Academy Feltham.
- Feltham College - Our pioneering sixth form college. Reach College is the the first sixth form college in the country to be founded by a partnership of education, business, and health service providers whose sole focu
- Reach Training - In addition to running our three schools in Feltham, Reach Schools provides Initial Teacher Training (in partnership with SWTT), Teaching Internships and an expanding suite of Foundation Degrees.
Reach Schools also works in partnership with the Reach Foundation to deepen our impact in Feltham and to expand the national impact of our pioneering work.
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