Experienced EYFS Class Teacher

St James Catholic Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9BN

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  3 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,351.00 Annually (Actual)

Experienced EYFS Class Teacher job summary

Experienced EYFS Class Teacher

Grade: Main scale teacher

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 3rd July 2026

We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and highly motivated EYFS teacher to join our hard-working team from January 2027.

We can offer you:

A dedicated, experienced and welcoming staff team.

• A wonderfully inspiring Catholic community.
• A supportive multi academy company- Lumen Christi.
• Well behaved and hard-working pupils.
• Supportive parents.
• A commitment to your career development.

The successful candidate will:

Inspire, challenge and motivate children within EYFS to achieve.

Have a clear understanding of Catholic education and is committed to maintaining and enhancing our Catholic ethos.

Have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

Create an outstanding learning environment.

Be creative and tailor the curriculum and teaching strategies to best suit the needs of the

children.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by contacting Mr Ingram on 0121 4649700 or email c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk

Closing date and Shortlisting: Friday 3rd July 2026

Interview date: Thursday 10th July 2026

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities

St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School is part of Lumen Christi who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.

Please review our Safeguarding Policy Here

We aim to be anequal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

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

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare
Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. Shortlisted candidates will be
subject to online checks, in line with KCSiE Sept 2022.

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 James Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St James Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-james-catholic-primary-school

St James’ Catholic School is a thriving and vibrant one-form entry primary school in its community. Being a fully inclusive school, we value every individual and the contributions they make. We want our children to experience the pleasure of achieving personal academic successes, linked to a strong sense of morality and fairness, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ within our Christian faith. At the school’s last Section 48 inspection in May 2019, St James’ was judged to be an ‘Outstanding’ Catholic school.

‘The school’s mission, ‘In the loving peace, justice and joy of Jesus, we achieve,’ is at the heart of its daily life and is understood and put into practice by everyone in the community.’

Section 48 / May 2019

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