KS2 Teacher

This welcoming primary school in Coventry now seeks a confident Year 5 Teacher for a full‑time role. To begin with, you bring solid KS2 experience and full QTS, ensuring clear, structured and engaging teaching throughout the day. As lessons progress, you guide pupils through purposeful activities, maintain strong expectations and build positive relationships that strengthen motivation and independence. Additionally, you adapt tasks when needed, support varied learning needs and promote steady progress across the Year 5 curriculum. Ideally, you drive and can travel easily to the school, ensuring smooth access and reliable attendance.

Key Responsibilities

• Year 5 teaching delivered with clarity, pace and strong subject knowledge
• Upper KS2 literacy and numeracy that builds confidence and secures key skills
• Consistent routines that support regulation and reduce anxiety
• Adapted learning tasks for pupils needing additional guidance
• Positive behaviour approaches using calm, structured communication
• Close teamwork with teaching assistants, the SENCO and the KS2 team
• Progress tracking to meet individual needs

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified KS2 Teacher with full QTS
• Strong classroom experience, ideally within Year 5
• Clear communication and a warm, structured teaching style
• Confidence supporting varied learning needs, including SEND
• Full‑time availability
• Ideally a driver for easy access to Coventry schools
• Interest in Coventry‑based KS2 roles

Why Choose Zest

Zest takes time to understand your strengths and matches you with roles that genuinely suit your teaching style. Moreover, the team provides clear communication, ongoing support and a smooth onboarding process. As a result, you feel confident, valued and fully prepared for your KS2 placement.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Harleigh at Harleigh@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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