Class Teacher

Summerfield Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 4AH

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,101.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) TLR2B Value £6065.00

Class Teacher job summary

Summerfield Primary School

Experienced Class Teacher required to join our Middle Leadership Team this position comes with a TLR2B.

The Post holder will have responsibility for a core subject or curriculum area.

Summerfield Primary School, is part of Leigh Trust Academy.

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen at our school. We are looking to appoint an experienced Teacher who has high expectations, of themselves and their pupils, with the ability to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils through quality teaching and creative learning experiences.

We are an inclusive school that places great importance on the development and success of all children. The school has very high expectations and standards of behavior, having effective strategies in place in place to engage children, before, during and after the school day. The school has a number of strong partnerships with external agencies and an important role in the community.

This post will involve coordinating and leading a core subject, or curriculum area. Taking a lead role in sharing and developing good practice and raising attainment. It will also include being part of our Middle Leadership Team. The post will provide excellent opportunities for further professional development and the successful candidate will play a significant leadership role, continuing to raise standards.

If you are:

• An outstanding, dynamic classroom practitioner with an excellent understanding of how children learn.
• An innovative practitioner with creative drive to help shape an exciting curriculum.
• An individual who has strong communication and interpersonal skills and has the ability to motivate, inspire, lead, support and challenge others.
• Committed to the involvement of children and parents working together.
• Dedicated to achieving high standards in all areas.
• Enthusiastic in helping the school to meet the challenges of the future.

We can offer you:

• Leadership and management time, training and support for your own professional development, and the opportunity to network within our trust of primary schools.
• A large, committed, welcoming, professional and hardworking staff team.
• Children who are happy, keen and eager to learn.
• A fully supportive and professional governing body

How to apply

Only applications submitted on the support staff application form on My New Term will be considered.

Closing date: 16:00 on 10/11/2025

Observations and Interviews to be held: 26/11/2025

Safeguarding Commitment

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references

Short-listed Candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which 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.

Immigration Act

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Summerfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 439 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Summerfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/summerfield-junior-and-infant-school-birmingham

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