Class Teacher Y2
Garden Village Primary Academy, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4EG22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
5 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.50 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M3 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Fierté Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint a reflective, creative and enthusiastic Year Two teacher to join our wonderful new 210-place free school.The successful candidate will join our mutually supportive team of staff who passionately believe in providing the best education for our children. The successful candidate will be a committed professional capable of providing high quality teaching.
Garden Village Academy opened in September 2024; it currently has a Nursery, Reception Year One class but will grow year-on-year up to Year 6. We welcome applications from suitably experienced teachers who will work closely with the Headteacher to provide an enriched Year Two learning journey for children in the newly built community.
Our vision for Garden Village Primary Academy is to work in close collaboration with parents, the local and wider community enabling every child to soar to excellence.With state-of-the-art facilities, the site also boasts abundant outdoor learning opportunities for children in a beautiful natural environment.
At Garden Village Primary Academy, we are committed to understanding every child as an individual and meeting their needs effectively so that they can realise their limitless possibilities. We can offer an incredible team, a warm and nurturing work environment and development opportunities to support your own professional growth.
In addition to fulfilling the Person Specification, the successful candidate will:
- be ambitious andahighly skilled classroompractitioner;
- support our belief that every child has the right to the best possible learning experience;
- be committed to providing learners with superb knowledge, skills and understanding through an irresistible learning adventure;
- have high aspirations for every child in our school, and strive to ensure that every second of their journey is magical, memorable and of the highest possible standard;
- be committed to their own professional learning;
- be able to contribute and support the school's relentless drive to enable limitless possibilities for every child;
- be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.
How to apply
Applicants should submit a completed application form to hr@fierte.org by the closing date. To find out more information about the role or to arrange a visit to the Academy please contact office@GardenVillage.fierte.org
The application pack and full details of the role can be found on our website Fierté Multi-Academy Trust - Vacancies (fierte.org).
Please note that CV’s will NOT be accepted.
Application timeline
Closing date: Thursday 5th March 2026 at 12:00pm
Shortlisting: Thursday 5th March 2026
Candidates who have been shortlisted will be notified on: Friday 6th March 2026
Interview will take place on: Friday 27th March 2026
Safeguarding Statement
Fierté Multi-Academy Trust and Garden Village Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
A copy of Garden Village Primary Academy Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here Garden Village Primary Academy - Safeguarding and Child Protection.
What the school offers its staff
Garden Village Academy opened in September 2024; it currently has a Nursery, Reception Year One class but will grow year-on-year up to Year 6. We welcome applications from suitably experienced teachers who will work closely with the Headteacher to provide an enriched learning journey for children in the newly built community.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Garden Village Primary Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 20 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Garden Village Primary Academy website
- Email address
- office@GardenVillage.fierte.org
- Phone number
- 01827 214631
Arranging a visit to Garden Village Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@GardenVillage.fierte.org.
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