Class Teacher - KS1 or KS2
Acocks Green Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7UQ13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 April 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
- Fixed term - 12 months in the first instance, with the potential to be made permanent for the right candidate
Pay scale
- MPS to UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Outstanding Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 Class Teacher required for September 2025
This is a 1-year contract in the first instance, with the potential to be made permanent for the right candidate.
Acocks Green Primary School, Westley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 7UQ.
Tel: 0121 706 2165
e-mail: s.ward@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk for a full application pack
Acocks Green has recently been inspected by OFSTED (July 2024) and was graded ‘Outstanding’ in 3 areas, including Early Years and ‘Good’ within 2 the other two.
We are a very popular and oversubscribed school, on a constant drive for excellence and are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and hardworking teacher who are able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice. If you also have a proven track record of being a subject leader then we want to hear from you.
What do we look for in an excellent teacher?
- Someone who is able to inspire, challenge and motivate all children to achieve.
- Has the highest expectations of pupils in all areas.
- Has a creative approach to the curriculum and to delivering lessons in exciting ways.
- Someone who is willing to ‘go the extra mile’.
- Self-driven in their career, an ambitious team member, who is aspiring to further their career in teaching.
If you have the skills required and are interested in joining our school then we would like to hear from you.
Walkarounds to the schools are welcomed and will take place on Thursday 1st May and Thursday 8th May. Please call on 0121 706 2165 to book a time.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 9th (noon). Interviews will take place Friday 16th May.
Acocks Green Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We therefore expect all staff and volunteers to work to and within school policies and procedures, including safeguarding, child protection and health and safety.
This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to the interview, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, online searches, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we will offer you:
- Enthusiastic, hardworking and well behaved children.
- A supportive staff and governing body.
- A commitment to your professional development and well-being.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to s.ward@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Acocks Green Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 483 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Acocks Green Primary School website
- Email address
- s.ward@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01217062165
Acocks Green Primary is a standalone academy in the centre of a bustling village. Acocks Green Primary is home to an eclectic mix of families, from those from privileged backgrounds to those in high levels of deprivation. We have a representation from wide range of cultural, religious and spiritual backgrounds from nursery all the way to year 6. Our school motto ‘Everyone is different, everyone is equal, everyone is welcome’ sets our whole school approach. Our school focuses on fostering positive relationships, developing children and individuals, enabling them to be the best that they can be by the time they leave us at the end of year 6.
Our school values of caring, respect, understanding justice, honesty and resilience are modelled by all staff and pupils. We support each other and are keen to work together to further develop and fine tune our forward-thinking school. We pride ourselves on an open-minded approach with children’s best interests at the centre of everything we do.
Arranging a visit to Acocks Green Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.ward@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk.
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