Class Teacher/ EYFS Leader - Maternity Cover

Birches Green Primary School, Birmingham, B24 9SR

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2025

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 July 2025

Job details

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

Class Teacher/ EYFS Leader - Maternity Cover job summary

This is a seconded role for an experienced teacher to lead to the EYFS Team for maternity cover starting from December 2025 until August 2026. It comes with a TLR and is an excellent opportunity for someone to develop their leadership experience within the Early Years phase. The role ideally is for a full time post.

Interviews will be held in September 2025. Interested applicants can contact Birches Green on 0121 464 4310 or by email to enquiry@birchesgreen.co.uk. We strongly encourage visits to the school as part of the application process.

We are a very friendly and busy school. We are situated in the heart of Erdington; with a passion for improving the lives of our community.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed classroom practitioner to join our successful team. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate they have:

• A proven track record of consistently delivering Good and Outstanding outcomes

• High expectations and a commitment to raising standards for all learners

• The ability to deliver learning in innovative and exciting ways

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work successfully as part of a team

• Experience and passion for leading a subject.

Birches Green Primary School is a bustling and popular school, set in beautiful grounds with dedicated staff, supportive parents and enthusiastic pupils who are happy and enjoy school life.

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.

Safeguarding

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.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. All candidates will be subject to an online search.

Terms and conditions

RHMAT is a Living Wage employer.

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: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• 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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