Class Teacher - Enhanced Learning Provision

Birches Green Primary School, Birmingham, B24 9SR

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/ UPS
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/ UPS

Class Teacher - Enhanced Learning Provision job summary

Key Responsibilities

As the Lead Teacher for the ELP (Enhanced Learning Provision), you will be the driving force behind our specialised setting, ensuring that our learners with complex Special Educational Needs receive an outstanding, tailored education under the leadership of the school Assistant Headteacher/SENDCO.

• Provision Leadership: Help design and deliver a highly scaffolded curriculum that meets the specific sensory, cognitive, and emotional needs of pupils.

• SEND Interventions: implementing, and monitoring the impact of evidence-based interventions (e.g. Speech & Language, OT programs, sensory circuits).

• EHCP Plans: Contributing to Education, Health, and Care Plans, and attending Annual Reviews.

• External Collaboration: Serving as a link with external agencies for the ELP, including Educational Psychologists, Communication Autism Team, Speech & Language Therapist and specialist outreach services.

• Team Management: Deploying a dedicated team of Teaching Assistants, providing coaching and ensuring high standards of support.

• Strategic Liaison: Working in close partnership with the Assistant Headteacher/ SENDCo to align the ELP with the wider school's SEND strategy.

We are looking for a highly effective teacher with a proven track record of success in SEND settings.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Extensive SEND Experience: A deep understanding of primary-aged children with complex needs (including ASD, ADHD, and SEMH).

• Intervention Expertise: Robust knowledge of how to adapt the National Curriculum through specialist interventions.

• Communication: The ability to communicate with sensitivity and authority when liaising with parents, staff, and external professionals.

Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Paediatric First Aid: Must hold a current certificate or be willing to work towards this immediately.

Safeguarding
Robin Hood MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, including those within our Central Team, to share this commitment and to maintain a vigilant and safe environment across all our academies.
This post is considered "regulated activity" (or involves regular access to our school sites) and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS check with a check of the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.
In line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we will conduct an online search on all shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence process. We will discuss any information flagged during this process with the candidate during the interview stage before making a final recruitment decision.
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 an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Recruitment of Ex Offenders Policy are attached. You are encouraged to read these policies prior to applying to work for us.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Terms and conditions
RHMAT is a Living Wage employer. Includes one Staff Wellbeing Day

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 Birches Green Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 455 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birches Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birches-green-primary-school

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