Class Teacher

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 3PN

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 27

• Closing date

  12 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,351.00 Annually (Actual)

Class Teacher job summary

KS2 Class Teacher

Grade: ECT/Main scale teacher

Contract Type: fixed term

Closing Date: Monday 12th October 2026 at 9:30am

St John Fisher is a popular thriving one form entry Catholic Primary school, in the south of Birmingham. We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and highly motivated teacher to join our hard-working team from 4th January 2027 until 31st August 2027.

We can offer you:

A dedicated, experienced and welcoming staff team.

• A wonderfully inspiring Catholic community.
• A supportive multi academy company- Lumen Christi.
• Well behaved and hard-working pupils.
• Supportive parents.
• A commitment to your career development.

The successful candidate will:

Inspire, challenge and motivate children to achieve.

Have a clear understanding of Catholic education and is committed to maintaining and enhancing our Catholic ethos.

Have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

Create an outstanding learning environment.

Be creative and tailor the curriculum and teaching strategies to best suit the needs of the

children.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by contacting the school office on 0121 475 3489 or email for an application pack to c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk

Closing date and Shortlisting: Monday 12th October 2026

Interview date: Monday 19th October 2026

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is part of Lumen Christi who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.

Please review our Safeguarding Policy on the school website https://www.stjonfsh.bham.sch.uk/policies/

We aim to be anequal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

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 St John Fisher Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 206 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St John Fisher Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school-birmingham

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