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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    20 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    11 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Computing

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS (£31,650pa - £49,084pa) + 1 SEN £2,679pa

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a Computing Teacher; the role involves teaching pupils with medical needs who are unable to access mainstream education. Many of our Young People have gaps in their education and we strive to implement creative teaching strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and committed to enabling all pupils to thrive. We are looking for a qualified teacher with tenacity, positivity and experience of teaching the subject at KS3, KS4 and KS5. You should have QTS and a track record as a consistently good practitioner.

What the school offers its staff

James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining us.


‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.

This is the Vision Statement of James Brindley Academy.

  • Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
  • Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
  • Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team!


Further details about the role

Full applications are to be submitted by email at vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk.

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.

Commitment to safeguarding

James Brindley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this. Please be aware that this post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check and any offer of employment is made conditional of this. You will also be required to register and pay for the DBS update service and ensure that documentary evidence is produced to ensure annual compliance and updates. You will also be required to provide written consent for the employer to access this information at any time.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk

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About James Brindley School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 19
School size
137 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 19
Ofsted report
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James Brindley is a specialist academy which aims to provide a high quality education in a safe, supportive and aspirational environment for all children and young people unable to attend mainstream school because of health related or special educational needs.

We provide education for children and young people aged 2 – 19 who are in hospital or unable to attend mainstream school due to their medical conditions or special educational needs.

James Brindley Academy delivers education across 10 sites including teaching centres and hospitals throughout Birmingham.

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