English Lead Primary Teacher

Brookfields Primary School, Birmingham, B18 6PU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• 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 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Plus TLR 2 (£3,527)

English Lead Primary Teacher job summary

About the role:

We are looking to recruit a permanent KS1/KS2 teacher with a TLR to lead English across the school.

As English Lead, you will lead, and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding English curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment in English.

The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening the quality of English across the school, ensuring that strong foundations are established from the earliest years and built upon throughout each stage of a child's learning journey.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with teachers to develop and refine the English curriculum, ensuring alignment with national standards and the school's educational goals.
• Provide guidance and training to teachers on best practices in English teaching.
• Observe classroom instruction, provide feedback to teachers, and conduct regular evaluations of English teaching and learning outcomes, ensuring high standards of quality and consistency.
• Communicating with parents and caregivers about English curriculum, student progress, and ways to support literacy development at home, fostering positive partnerships between home and school.
• Collaborating with SENCO to ensure that English teaching meets the needs of students with diverse learning abilities, providing tailored support and accommodations as needed.
• Promote integration of English language and skills across the curriculum, working with colleagues in other subject areas to reinforce skills in various contexts.

You will have the following skills/ experience.

Working with a positive approach with pupils in a Primary setting.

Have genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every student

Be motivated to continually improve standards and achieve excellence

Responding to pupils’ individual needs whether academic, personal, social or emotional.

We will offer a range of CPD opportunities from across our MAT.

How to Apply:

For more information about the role please contact Louise Hooper, Senior Office Manager, on0121 675 1897 or email L.hooper@brookfields.create.org.uk. School visits or discussions prior to application are warmly welcomed. Applications using MyNewTerm (no CVs please).

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates for positions at Create Partnership Trust. The searches are carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the Trust might want to explore with the candidate at interview.

Please find a link to our safeguarding policy https://www.create.org.uk/governance/policies-documents you are encouraged to read this policy prior to applying to work with us.

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 Brookfields Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 391 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Brookfields Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfields-primary-school-birmingham

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