ECT - BDMAT ECT Pool

St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0UX

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 Annually (Actual) 2025/26 - M1 - £32,916

ECT - BDMAT ECT Pool job summary

The BDMAT ECT Pool - Securing the Best Talent Early

At Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust (BDMAT), we know that great teachers make the greatest difference. That’s why we aim to secure the services of the very best Early Career Teachers (ECTs) as early as possible for our schools.

What is the ECT Pool?

The ECT Pool is a central recruitment process for teachers who will begin their careers in September 2026. Instead of applying to individual schools, you apply once to join the BDMAT ECT Pool. Successful candidates are guaranteed a teaching position within one of our 19 schools (18 primary and 1 secondary) across Birmingham, Solihull, and North Warwickshire.

Why a Pool?

• Efficiency for Candidates - One application, one interview process, multiple opportunities.
• Strategic for the Trust - We can match the right teacher to the right school based on:
• Recruitment needs across our schools.
• Your strengths, skills, and interests.
• Early Security - Successful applicants know they have a job secured well in advance, giving peace of mind and time to prepare.

How Does It Work?

Apply to the ECT Pool - Submit your application through our central recruitment process.

Selection & Interview - We assess your potential, character, and alignment with our values: LOVE, HOPE, WISDOM.

Offer & Placement - If successful, you receive an offer to join the Trust. Your specific school placement will be confirmed later, based on:

• Where your skills will have the greatest impact.
• The needs of our schools.
• Your ambitions, preferences and desires.

Induction & Support - You will start your career with a structured two-year ECF programme, a dedicated mentor, and access to Trust-wide CPD.

Our Commitment

We recruit for character and potential, not just experience. If you share our passion for putting children first and have the drive to grow, we will provide the training and support to help you become an outstanding teacher.

IMPORTANT: This role is for an ECT position at a BDMAT school. It is not necessarily for a role at St. Michael's, Handsworth.

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 Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-michael-s-cofe-primary-academy-handsworth

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