St Michael's CE Middle School is looking for a Head of Year 5 Teacher to join our fantastic {Team:} 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.
If you have any further questions, please contact Jodie Phelps on 01202 883433 or by emailing
About our School
Founded in 1971 St Michael’s Middle School is a Church of England school set in stunning grounds in Colehill, on the outskirts of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. With around 600 pupils, our school covers year groups 5-8 (ages 9 to 13) and is consistently oversubscribed on first choice applications.
Middle schools have the advantage of being able to blend together the best parts of primary school teaching with subject specialist teachers and facilities. Pupils study a full breadth of subjects over their four years at the school. Our facilities include science laboratories, product design and cooking workshops, specialist music rooms, ICT suites and PE facilities, including an indoor swimming pool.
We are also proud to offer a wide range of clubs and activities. Each year there are activity weeks, with both residential and day trips available to the pupils. Our school benefits from a strong relationship with the wider community, with local businesses helping deliver our careers provision and charitable groups working with some of our more vulnerable pupils.
St Michael’s achieves high standards and has a robust self-review procedure to explore ways of maintaining and improving these standards. We do not, however, believe in change for change for change’s sake, so we constantly challenge ourselves first with the question, “Is this going to be better for our pupils?’.
We have had our efforts recognised by Ofsted 2018, graded as a good school ,and by SIAMS who judged the school ‘excellent’ in 2019. We have also achieved a number of awards including the Platinum Level School Games Award, the National Music Mark and accreditation as an Eco-School.