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Class Teacher - Resource Base

Topcliffe Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B35 6BS

This job expired on 19 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  19 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/ UPS + SEN Allowance (Dependent on experience)

Class Teacher - Resource Base job summary

'Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted' Dr Seuss

Do you:

Embrace the principles of equality and inclusion?

Plan and deliver high quality and creative lessons?

Demonstrate consistency?

Inspire greatness from your pupils?

If the answer is YES, then we would love for you to come and be part of our team!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate class teacher with experience and skill in working within Early Years stage and/ or with pupils with ASC and difficulties in communication, social interaction, learning behaviours and sensory needs.

Topcliffe is a welcoming and highly inclusive one form entry mainstream school with two additional specialist resource base provisions to support pupils with Speech, Language and Communication needs (2 classes) and Autistic pupils (5 classes). Topcliffe is an exceptional place to teach and learn. We are very proud of what we have to offer, and visits are always very welcome!

We are looking for a teacher who is:

An inclusive practitioner with a passion for supporting children with Autism and associated complex communication and sensory needs

Experience in Early Years and/or SEND provision

focused on providing pupils with creative learning experiences to get the very best outcomes for all

An effective practitioner with high expectations and

An innovative and highly motivated teacher

An excellent communicator and team player

Why work at Topcliffe Primary School?

• Topcliffe is a friendly and welcoming school community, with the benefits of being part of a thriving family of 7 local schools as part of the Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
• Our HARRI values (Heathy, Aspirational, Resilient, Respectful and Independence are important to our whole school community and drive everything we do.
  

• We are a highly inclusive setting and strive to achieve the very best for all in our school community
  

• Children work hard and behave well; we encourage them to reach for their 'personal best', academically and in the way they relate to others

In return, we will offer you:

- A collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment, both within your schools and Trust-wide.

- An opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as Level 7 Senior Leaders Masters, with regular twilights.

- Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth and Performance (PPG) process.

- A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to a Wellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views.

- Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “My Possible Self”.

- Access to a suite of supportive policies, such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly.

- Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (LGPS).

- Access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users.

- Opportunity to be part of key Trust-wide collaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI working group) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support.

- Onsite parking at all schools.

Informal chats or visits to our lovely school are warmly welcomed.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

(NB CV’s will not be accepted)

AI - Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded. 

As part of our recruitment process, we carry out rigorous online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Topcliffe Academy.

  We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process.

  We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.

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.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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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.

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About Topcliffe Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 248 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Topcliffe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/topcliffe-primary-school

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