Phase Leader - Primary Leadership
Posted date [2026-07-08]
(ID: 47619)
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Aldar Education is a leading education provider in the UAE, delivering inclusive, sustainable, and innovative learning experiences that inspire students and support community development. The organization offers a diverse portfolio of educational brands, covering all stages from early years to adult learning, with a wide range of curricula across multiple locations in Abu Dhabi and beyond. With a mix of owned and managed schools, Aldar Education ensures high standards in teaching, modern facilities, and a supportive environment for students, educators, and staff, maintaining a strong commitment to quality education and continuous improvement.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Phase Leader - Primary LeadershipJob Snapshot
Role: Phase Leader - Primary Leadership
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Education Management
Function: Educaiton Management
Experience: Proven middle or senior leadership experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Phase Leader - Primary Leadership in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is an Education Management opportunity for an experienced primary school leader who can raise standards in teaching, learning, curriculum delivery, wellbeing, safeguarding, and pupil achievement across a designated phase. This role is suited to an ambitious educational leader with strong knowledge of the English National Curriculum, proven impact in school improvement, and the ability to guide teachers and support staff within a dynamic international school environment.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Education Management
Function: Educaiton Management
Salary: 18000-28000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final
offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Phase Leader - Primary Leadership will provide strategic and operational leadership across a primary phase, ensuring that pupils experience high-quality teaching, meaningful curriculum progression, strong pastoral care, and a safe, inclusive learning environment. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, the role will influence school improvement priorities, support staff development, monitor pupil progress, strengthen parent partnerships, and help shape a culture where every child is encouraged to achieve their full potential.
Core Duties
* Lead and manage a designated phase within the primary school, ensuring clear expectations for teaching quality, pupil progress, behaviour, safeguarding, and wellbeing.
* Support the implementation of the school’s vision, values, development plans, and strategic priorities across year groups.
* Drive continuous improvement through effective monitoring, evaluation, lesson review, data analysis, action planning, and follow-up with teaching teams.
* Contribute to whole-school decision-making as part of the leadership structure, bringing clear insight from phase-level performance and daily school operations.
* Ensure consistently strong teaching and learning across the phase by setting high standards, sharing effective practice, and supporting professional accountability.
* Monitor pupil attainment, progress, and assessment data, using evidence to identify gaps, plan interventions, and improve outcomes for all learners.
* Lead coaching, mentoring, and professional development for teachers and support staff, helping colleagues grow in confidence and classroom impact.
* Promote evidence-informed teaching methods, creative classroom practice, and approaches that support engagement, independence, and deeper learning.
* Support the planning, delivery, and development of a broad, balanced, and engaging primary curriculum.
* Ensure curriculum implementation meets the needs of different learners, including pupils requiring additional support, challenge, or personalized strategies.
* Monitor curriculum standards across year groups and evaluate the impact of teaching, assessment, resources, and learning experiences.
* Foster an inclusive, respectful, and nurturing phase culture where pupils feel safe, supported, motivated, and ready to learn.
* Lead phase-level approaches to behaviour, attendance, wellbeing, safeguarding, and pastoral care in line with school policies.
* Build strong relationships with parents and the wider school community, ensuring communication is clear, constructive, and focused on pupil success.
* Line manage year group leaders, teachers, and support staff as required, maintaining a culture of collaboration, responsibility, and professional growth.
* Conduct performance management activity, support development targets, and help staff align their practice with school improvement goals.
* Work with senior leaders on inspection readiness, quality assurance, staff deployment, curriculum review, safeguarding priorities, and phase-level improvement plans.
* Encourage a positive team culture where staff share ideas, solve challenges professionally, and maintain high expectations for every pupil.
Required Skills and Experience
* Bachelor’s degree and recognized teaching qualification are required.
* Proven successful experience as a middle or senior leader within a primary school setting.
* Strong understanding of the English National Curriculum and effective primary teaching practice.
* Demonstrable impact on improving teaching quality, pupil achievement, learning standards, and classroom outcomes.
* Experience leading, coaching, and developing teachers, year group leaders, and support staff.
* Strong knowledge of curriculum implementation, assessment tracking, intervention planning, and pupil progress monitoring.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate teams and build trust with parents, pupils, and colleagues.
* Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities across curriculum, staffing, wellbeing, data, and school improvement.
* Experience in an international school environment is desirable.
* NPQ qualification or equivalent leadership training is an advantage.
* Experience with inspection frameworks such as ADEK, BSO, or similar quality assurance systems is valuable.
* Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, child wellbeing, and high professional standards within a school community.
* Positive, reflective, and solution-focused leadership style with the ambition to make a measurable impact.
Skills Set
* Primary phase leadership
* Education Management
* English National Curriculum
* Teaching and learning improvement
* Curriculum leadership
* School improvement planning
* Pupil progress monitoring
* Assessment data analysis
* Staff coaching
* Teacher mentoring
* Performance management
* Pastoral leadership
* Safeguarding
* Inclusion
* Behaviour management
* Attendance monitoring
* Parent communication
* Strategic leadership
* Year group leadership
* International school leadership
* ADEK inspection awareness
* BSO inspection awareness
* Professional development
* Team leadership
* Classroom quality assurance
Why Join Us
This Phase Leader - Primary Leadership role offers a strong platform for an experienced school leader to make a visible impact within Abu Dhabi’s Education Management sector. Aldar Education provides a supportive leadership environment, career progression opportunities, high-quality professional development, a competitive salary and benefits package, and access to an engaged school community. The position is ideal for a leader who wants to influence teaching standards, support staff growth, and help shape meaningful learning experiences in a leading Abu Dhabi school.
About the Company
Aldar Education is a leading education group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, supporting a growing network of owned, operated, and managed schools across the UAE. The organization delivers inclusive, child-centred, and innovative learning across multiple curricula while investing in school leadership, professional development, safeguarding, and community impact. Through its expanding education network, Aldar Education offers purposeful career opportunities for professionals committed to improving student outcomes and contributing to the future of education in Abu Dhabi.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Phase Leader - Primary Leadership will provide strategic and operational leadership across a primary phase, ensuring that pupils experience high-quality teaching, meaningful curriculum progression, strong pastoral care, and a safe, inclusive learning environment. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, the role will influence school improvement priorities, support staff development, monitor pupil progress, strengthen parent partnerships, and help shape a culture where every child is encouraged to achieve their full potential.
Core Duties
* Lead and manage a designated phase within the primary school, ensuring clear expectations for teaching quality, pupil progress, behaviour, safeguarding, and wellbeing.
* Support the implementation of the school’s vision, values, development plans, and strategic priorities across year groups.
* Drive continuous improvement through effective monitoring, evaluation, lesson review, data analysis, action planning, and follow-up with teaching teams.
* Contribute to whole-school decision-making as part of the leadership structure, bringing clear insight from phase-level performance and daily school operations.
* Ensure consistently strong teaching and learning across the phase by setting high standards, sharing effective practice, and supporting professional accountability.
* Monitor pupil attainment, progress, and assessment data, using evidence to identify gaps, plan interventions, and improve outcomes for all learners.
* Lead coaching, mentoring, and professional development for teachers and support staff, helping colleagues grow in confidence and classroom impact.
* Promote evidence-informed teaching methods, creative classroom practice, and approaches that support engagement, independence, and deeper learning.
* Support the planning, delivery, and development of a broad, balanced, and engaging primary curriculum.
* Ensure curriculum implementation meets the needs of different learners, including pupils requiring additional support, challenge, or personalized strategies.
* Monitor curriculum standards across year groups and evaluate the impact of teaching, assessment, resources, and learning experiences.
* Foster an inclusive, respectful, and nurturing phase culture where pupils feel safe, supported, motivated, and ready to learn.
* Lead phase-level approaches to behaviour, attendance, wellbeing, safeguarding, and pastoral care in line with school policies.
* Build strong relationships with parents and the wider school community, ensuring communication is clear, constructive, and focused on pupil success.
* Line manage year group leaders, teachers, and support staff as required, maintaining a culture of collaboration, responsibility, and professional growth.
* Conduct performance management activity, support development targets, and help staff align their practice with school improvement goals.
* Work with senior leaders on inspection readiness, quality assurance, staff deployment, curriculum review, safeguarding priorities, and phase-level improvement plans.
* Encourage a positive team culture where staff share ideas, solve challenges professionally, and maintain high expectations for every pupil.
Required Skills and Experience
* Bachelor’s degree and recognized teaching qualification are required.
* Proven successful experience as a middle or senior leader within a primary school setting.
* Strong understanding of the English National Curriculum and effective primary teaching practice.
* Demonstrable impact on improving teaching quality, pupil achievement, learning standards, and classroom outcomes.
* Experience leading, coaching, and developing teachers, year group leaders, and support staff.
* Strong knowledge of curriculum implementation, assessment tracking, intervention planning, and pupil progress monitoring.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate teams and build trust with parents, pupils, and colleagues.
* Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities across curriculum, staffing, wellbeing, data, and school improvement.
* Experience in an international school environment is desirable.
* NPQ qualification or equivalent leadership training is an advantage.
* Experience with inspection frameworks such as ADEK, BSO, or similar quality assurance systems is valuable.
* Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, child wellbeing, and high professional standards within a school community.
* Positive, reflective, and solution-focused leadership style with the ambition to make a measurable impact.
Skills Set
* Primary phase leadership
* Education Management
* English National Curriculum
* Teaching and learning improvement
* Curriculum leadership
* School improvement planning
* Pupil progress monitoring
* Assessment data analysis
* Staff coaching
* Teacher mentoring
* Performance management
* Pastoral leadership
* Safeguarding
* Inclusion
* Behaviour management
* Attendance monitoring
* Parent communication
* Strategic leadership
* Year group leadership
* International school leadership
* ADEK inspection awareness
* BSO inspection awareness
* Professional development
* Team leadership
* Classroom quality assurance
Why Join Us
This Phase Leader - Primary Leadership role offers a strong platform for an experienced school leader to make a visible impact within Abu Dhabi’s Education Management sector. Aldar Education provides a supportive leadership environment, career progression opportunities, high-quality professional development, a competitive salary and benefits package, and access to an engaged school community. The position is ideal for a leader who wants to influence teaching standards, support staff growth, and help shape meaningful learning experiences in a leading Abu Dhabi school.
About the Company
Aldar Education is a leading education group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, supporting a growing network of owned, operated, and managed schools across the UAE. The organization delivers inclusive, child-centred, and innovative learning across multiple curricula while investing in school leadership, professional development, safeguarding, and community impact. Through its expanding education network, Aldar Education offers purposeful career opportunities for professionals committed to improving student outcomes and contributing to the future of education in Abu Dhabi.
