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Class Teacher (12 months, Fixed Term, in the first instance.)

St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7LP

This job expired on 6 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Class Teacher (12 months, Fixed Term, in the first instance.) job summary

The successful candidate will:

• Be fully supportive of our Catholic ethos and passionate about Catholic Social Teaching
• Create a safe, inclusive learning environment that encourages children's curiosity, creativity, and social development.
• Have an excellent knowledge of the primary curriculum and understand how children learn.
• Be creative and devoted to providing children with rich learning experiences.
• High expectations of pupils
• The ability to be a reflective practitioner, committed to raising standards
• Have excellent teaching, organisation and communication skills.
• Have good interpersonal skills, who works effectively as a team member with colleagues, parents and governors.
• Be committed to developing the whole child and able to demonstrate a commitment to innovation, creativity, and inclusion.
• Have a strong commitment to their own learning and professional development.

In return, we are proud to offer

• A welcoming school with a strong Catholic ethos where everyone is valued.
• A positive learning environment throughout the school.
• Enthusiastic, considerate and well-behaved children who love to learn;
• An ambitious curriculum;
• A dedicated and enthusiastic staff team;
• Supportive parents, parish and governors
• A genuinely exciting partnership of schools, known as the Tolkien Cluster, that thrive together as a group through training and shared expertise.
• A willingness to embrace new ideas and opportunities.

We welcome and encourage applicants to visit our school and to speak to the Headteacher about this role. Appointments can be arranged by contacting the School Business Manager, Angela Gilbride, via the school office. 0121 464 4648

Closing date: 12 noon on Tuesday 6th May 2025, date for interviews to be confirmed.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

As part of our recruitment process, we conduct rigorous online searches in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

NB - CVs will not be accepted

We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently, and respectfully throughout the application, assessment, and selection process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016), and therefore, the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

St Dunstan’s Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting children's and young people's welfare and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants must undergo an enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

This job post has expired.

About St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 351 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-dunstan-s-catholic-primary-school

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