Class Teacher

James Watt Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0RE

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE)

Class Teacher job summary

The Governing Body is seeking to appoint a Class Teacher who is passionate about teaching and learning, inspirational in the classroom, and can offer skills that complement those in our existing team.

The successful applicant will:

demonstrate strong subject knowledge;

exhibit infectious enthusiasm and energy;

share our ambition to provide the best opportunities for all our pupils in our richly diverse school community;

be an outstanding teacher or have the desire and potential to be one;

demonstrate high expectations of themselves and others and the motivation to ensure that standards continue to rise across the school for all learners.

We can offer you:

a “GOOD” school (Ofsted, 2019);

wonderfully polite and well-behaved children;

experienced leaders and staff at all levels, who are highly ambitious, and who really care about the pupils and their colleagues;

friendly, enthusiastic colleagues;

supportive governors,

quality training and support for staff at all stages of their career.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post prior to commencement of employment. Relevant medical clearance will also be required.

Application are invited and will only be accepted when completed through my new term

Closing Date:12.00 Noon Friday 16th May 2025

Interview to be held w.c. Monday 19th May 2025

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

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

No Agencies / CV’s

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About James Watt Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 443 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: James Watt Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/james-watt-primary-school

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