Class Teacher Maternity Cover - Fixed Term

Highters Heath Community School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 4LY

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) MPR - UPR

Class Teacher Maternity Cover - Fixed Term job summary

Highters Heath Community School is seeking to appoint an exceptional Class Teacher, duties will include:

• Planning and preparing learning for pupils.
• Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils assigned to her/him including the setting and providing feedback of work carried out by those pupils in school and elsewhere.
• Providing a stimulating classroom environment which encourages pupils to become independent learners.
• Assessing, recording, and reporting on the development, progress and attainment achieved by those pupils.
• Communicating and consulting, in accordance with current guidelines and circulars, with the parents of the pupils she/he is assigned to teach.
• Be a reflective practitioner keen to participate in research and self-directed Professional Growth.

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 Highters Heath Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highters-heath-community-school-birmingham

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