Early Years Classroom Teacher

Lift Percy Shurmer, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9ED

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  27 November 2026 at 2:43pm

• Date listed

  13 November 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (795)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34069 - £46940 per annum

Early Years Classroom Teacher job summary

Are you a passionate and enthusiastic Early Years teacher looking to make a real difference in children's lives?

Lift Percy Shurmer offers an exciting opportunity to join our welcoming, inclusive school community, which Ofsted graded Outstanding in May 2023 for both the school and its Early Years provision.

We are looking for an ambitious, dedicated EYFS Classroom Teacher passionate about giving children the best start in their education.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Early Career Teacher (ECT) looking to start their career in a supportive, nurturing environment, with access to mentoring, professional development, and growth opportunities. We also warmly welcome applications from experienced teachers who share our commitment to delivering exceptional Early Years education.

Your New School

Lift Percy Shurmer is a thriving two-form entry primary academy situated in the heart of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, educating approximately 460 pupils aged 3 to 11.

Led by our dedicated Principal, Miss Duffy, we are proud to be an inclusive, ambitious and welcoming school where children are encouraged to develop confidence, independence, resilience and a lifelong love of learning.

Ofsted graded our school Outstanding in May 2023, including an Outstanding judgement for our Early Years provision, reflecting our commitment to giving children an exceptional start to their educational journey.

Our Early Years setting provides a stimulating, nurturing environment where children explore, discover, and develop through purposeful play, engaging learning experiences, and high-quality teaching.

Across Nursery and Reception, we place a strong emphasis on communication and language development, early literacy, phonics, mathematics and opportunities for children to learn through both indoor and outdoor activities.

We are particularly proud of our inclusive approach to education, including our specialist Deaf Learning Base, which supports children with significant hearing loss and additional communication needs.

At Percy Shurmer, we believe strong relationships with families, a supportive school community, and high expectations are essential to helping every child flourish.

Your New Role

As an EYFS Classroom Teacher, you will help shape children's earliest educational experiences and create a positive, engaging, and inclusive learning environment where every child feels valued and supported.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about Early Years education and child development.
• Has high expectations for all pupils and is committed to helping every child achieve their full potential.
• Can create a stimulating, inclusive learning environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and independence.
• Understands the importance of purposeful play and delivering a well-structured EYFS curriculum.
• Can effectively assess children's progress and adapt teaching to meet individual learning needs.
• Recognises the importance of developing early communication, language, literacy and numeracy skills.
• Builds positive relationships with children, families and colleagues.
• Is enthusiastic, reflective and committed to continuous professional development.

For Early Career Teachers, this role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching practice within a supportive, collaborative school community, with access to mentoring, coaching, and professional development.

What You'll Need to Succeed

You will be a qualified teacher with enthusiasm, creativity and a genuine passion for supporting young children's learning and development.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and child development.
• Can plan and deliver engaging learning experiences that support children's progress across all areas of learning.
• Understands the importance of early language development, communication, phonics and early mathematics.
• Can adapt teaching to meet the needs of all learners, including children with SEND and EAL.
• Creates a safe, nurturing, and inclusive classroom environment where children feel confident exploring and learning.
• Demonstrates professionalism, resilience and flexibility.
• Works collaboratively with colleagues and families to support children's development.
• Has a commitment to continuous professional development.

We warmly welcome applications from Early Career Teachers (ECTs).

School Visits

We warmly encourage prospective candidates to visit Lift Percy Shurmer to experience our welcoming school community, meet our dedicated staff and see our pupils enjoying their learning.

To arrange a school visit or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Paula Baldock, PA to Miss Duffy, at

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

This position is due to commence in January 2027 and is full-time and permanent.

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

Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Percy Shurmer

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 459 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Percy Shurmer website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/percy-shurmer-academy

Lift Percy Shurmer is a very special learning community. We are a 2 form entry primary based in Balsall Heath and proud to serve the communities around Central Birmingham. Over the last three years, significant investment in our building and commitment from our talented staff team has meant that attainment has risen and we are a securely ‘good’ school (Ofsted 2020).We work closely with our primary partner Lift Montgomery, and we share resources, staff, training and place an emphasis on effective and tailored professional development.

Lift Percy Shurmer and Lift Montgomery work in partnership to provide our children with an outstanding education. As partner schools we have an overarching vision and shared values that bind our schools together. Through our collaboration both schools are strengthened. The efficient use of shared resources enables the partnership to provide additional resources to our pupils and offer a wide range of opportunities for pupils, parents, staff and the wider community. We ensure success for all our pupils through innovative and inspirational teaching , as both schools work together to share best practice.

Lift Percy Shurmer and Lift Montgomery are led by an Executive Principal and one management board. Each school has a Head of School. Their role is to ensure that each school gains the optimum benefit from the partnership, as they translate the values and vision to ensure success for each unique school.

Our Curriculum

We believe that children learn best when their learning experiences are evocative, therefore we teach most of our subjects through a connected curriculum. This works by delivering a different theme in each year group for each term throughout the year. The curriculum is planned so that as many learning experiences as possible are linked to this theme; this allows the children to see that their skills are all connected. During the children's learning we try to integrate as many real life experiences as possible that are related to the area they are studying. Literacy, Numeracy and ICT underline our curriculum to ensure that the key skills children need for success, are fully learned before the children move on to secondary education. Therefore, our curriculum is skills based and children learn to apply these skills in every part of their learning.To view our curriculum across the year please click here

Reasons to come and work with us

The chance to work in a Talk for Writing training school
High quality CPD for all staff, including bespoke leadership programmes
Exciting opportunities to work within a Hearing Resource
Two well resourced schools with opportunities for development and promotion in both
The opportunity to work across both schools
Work alongside artists in residence, storytellers, specialists in outdoor learning
Be part of our journey to excellence; innovation and inspirational ideas are welcomed and encouraged
Opportunities to become Specialist Leaders in Education
Friendly, supportive staff. Social events arranged throughout the year
Action research encouraged and funded appropriately
Polite, respectful children who are willing to learn
WHY JOIN OUR SCHOOL?

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

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