Year 5 Primary Teacher, Wirral

  • Location: Wirral
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • Salary: Competitive per day
  • Start date: 01/06/2026
  • Job Type: Temporary
  • Sector: Primary Education
  • Posted:

Job Description

We are working with a friendly and well-established primary school on the Wirral who are looking to appoint a full-time Year 5 Teacher from after half term until the end of the summer term.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive KS2 team within a welcoming school environment.

About the School

  • Inclusive and community-focused primary school
  • Supportive leadership and collaborative staff team
  • Strong focus on pupil progress and wellbeing
  • Positive behaviour culture throughout the school
  • Well-regarded within the local area

The Role

  • Full-time teaching role within a Year 5 classroom
  • Delivering engaging and structured lessons
  • Supporting pupil progress and attainment
  • Maintaining strong classroom routines and expectations
  • Working closely with the wider KS2 team

What We’re Looking For

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
  • Experience teaching within KS2
  • Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
  • Organised, proactive and reliable approach
  • Ability to build positive relationships with pupils and staff

What’s On Offer

  • Full-time role until summer
  • Opportunity to work within a supportive school environment
  • Welcoming staff team and engaged pupils

If you’re a confident KS2 teacher looking for your next opportunity after half term, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now with New Directions Education.

Job Specification

Your role as a Key Stage 2 (KS2) Primary Teacher in the age group of your speciality will be varied and at times challenging. But we doubt you’ll find a more satisfying career where your main objectives will be to develop the children and prepare them for the next stage.

As a Primary School Key Stage 2 Teacher you’ll be expected to:

  • Teach all areas of the school curriculum 
  • Organise the classroom and learning resources to create a positive teaching environment
  • Plan, prepare and teach lessons that cater for all student ability ranges
  • Motivate pupils with enthusiastic, imaginative presentation
  • Maintain discipline
  • Meet requirements for the assessment and recording of pupils’ development
  • Coordinate activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum, supporting colleagues in the delivery of this specialist area
  • Stay up to date with changes and developments in the structure of the curriculum
  • Liaise with colleagues and working flexibly, particularly within smaller schools.

What New Directions Education Ltd offers:

  • A dedicated and expert Account Manager
  • Regular and varied supply work
  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Potential long-term teaching roles
  • Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
  • A network of branches across the UK
  • Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
  • Recommend-a-friend scheme
  • Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry

New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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