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EYFS Teacher

Four Dwellings Primary Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 1PJ

This job expired on 5 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  5 May 2025 at 2:55pm

• Date listed

  7 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15727 - £21669 per annum

EYFS Teacher job summary

Hours: Part Time (16.15 hours per week) Contract: 1 year FTC initially but likely to be extended or made permanent Salary: FTE teacher salary £31,650 - £43,607, Actual salary: £15,727 - £21,669 + well-being cash plan + pension + additional Lift Schools benefits Start date: September 2025 This is a rare part-time opportunity to join a fantastic team with a brilliant Early Years Lead. We welcome applications from both teachers or higher level TA's to join our Nursery from September. Your new school Part of Lift Schools, Four Dwellings Primary Academy is one of 57 schools within our Trust. Based in a lovely modern building the school is led by a passionate and dedicated Head, Mrs Michelle Court. Originally from Birmingham, Michelle has worked within various schools across Lift, since joining Four Dwellings in March 2022 she has recruited a strong management team. In 2023 they obtained the first Good Ofsted, which was incredibly strong and are now pushing for outstanding. It's an exciting time to join as they look to recruit an early years teacher on a 1 year FTC, part time basis for mornings only. Your new role Our nursery is open five mornings from 8.40am until 11.45am and we are looking for a teacher or HLTA to lead our class. We are very fortunate to have a rich and stimulating learning environment, a lovely classroom and an expansive outdoor area with access to a woodland area where children regularly visit. You will help to develop our children's sense of independence and support children to ensure they feel respected, included and engaged in a range of tasks that are designed to foster strong relationships with the adults in our academy and the other children in their class. What you'll need to succeed You will either be a qualified teacher or have a level 3 HLTA qualification with an understanding of what an excellent education looks like in the classroom. You'll be able to quickly adjust teaching methods to meet the needs of all children. You'll have flexibility to be able to handle unexpected situations with professionalism and patience in interactions with a variety of children and situations, with a calm demeanour. We offer you: * Comprehensive training: Access to some of the best developmental training to boost your career. * Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered. * Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives. We will review applications as we receive them so please don't wait to apply. Closing date: Wednesday 30th April 2025 Interview date: Week commencing 5th May 2025 Please note the HLTA salary will differ depending on experience. If you would like a tour of the school or a confidential discussion with Michelle Court, please contact us. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people 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. Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line 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.

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About Four Dwellings Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 341 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Four Dwellings Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/four-dwellings-primary-academy

Lift Four Dwellings Primary is a 2 form-entry primary school, in the heart of Quinton, Birmingham with over 300 pupils on roll. Pupils from 3yrs to 11yrs come here to learn, explore, investigate, discover, build aspirations, question and to solve problems through an engaging and challenging curriculum and school life.

Working with the community

We are committed to working in partnership with our parents and carers and our wider community. We work in school and with our parents to always have the best interests of our children at our heart. We work to maintain an open and respectful dialogue with our parents, carers and other partners in order to benefit the children.

We also work to develop the 'school within the community' and work with our partners in the Lift Schools cluster and other Local Authority partners and businesses to achieve our aims.

Building trust, working together and keeping our vision for the school and our children is always at the forefront of our planning, discussions and decision making. We are here for our children; it is our responsibility to do our best for them, to care for their needs and to support our parents and carers in the enormous and exciting task of raising young people in an ever more complex and global society. We know we have a privileged place in that process and our promise to our parents, children and other stakeholders is that we will do our best for each child and use our resources wisely to achieve our goals.

Our curriculum

At Lift Four Dwellings Primary, we are committed to delivering a complete and cohesive curriculum which allows for opportunities to use and apply various skills and a variety of contexts thereby deepening and evolving pupil’s understanding over time. We believe that a primary curriculum should be broad and balanced, and should allow the pupils to experience a wide range of activities.

We have achieved this by creating a thorough Curriculum document which promotes links between subjects and has trips and experiences built into it. Curriculum content is taken from the new National Curriculum in England 2014 document. English and Maths are taught with a focused approach in discrete lessons and then these key skills are then applied within other contexts when teaching the Foundation Curriculum. Our Religious Education Curriculum is taken from the Birmingham Agreed Syllabus for RE.

Planning

Where possible, the Foundation Curriculum links subjects through a skills and knowledge based cross-curricular approach. The document below details the skills which are to be taught by each class teacher throughout the year. These skills have been taken directly from the new National Curriculum in England 2015 document and subject co-ordinators have ensured that there is progression within their throughout the school. Medium term plans (for Foundation subjects) or weekly plans (for English and Maths) are written from these half term overviews which detail the lessons themselves.

Closing the Gap

In order to ensure that pupils' basic skills are embedded, it is necessary (at times) for the pupils to complete interventions during curriculum time, in order to provide small group focused learning which will tackle a specific barrier to learning (which may be either an academic or pastoral barrier). These interventions are designed by the class teacher, phase leader, SENDco or pastoral manager to address a specific issue and are intended to be designed as a short term removal from the Standard Curriculum.

Assessment

English and Maths are assessed by the teacher through the use of Formative assessment techniques which enable the teacher to continually adapt the teaching to suit the needs of the pupils. These subjects are then assessed summatively through the use of ‘Age Related’ tests (Yrs 3 - 5), National assessments (SAT’s - Yr 2 & Yr6, Phonics - Yr 1) and other assessment materials (e.g. Pm Benchmarks, Target Tracker statements etc).

Assessment Tasks are built into the Foundation Curriculum, which enable the teacher to assess the pupils achievements against a particular skill in a subject, are built into the medium term planning. All children are targeted to meet age-related expectations (at least) by the end of the academic year.

Our Early Year and Foundation Stage Curriculum

In the Early Years and Foundation Stage (EYFS) there are seven areas of learning - 3 prime and 4 specific. Each area has associated Early Learning Goals (ELGs).

WHY JOIN OUR SCHOOL?

We passionately believe that every child can discover their own remarkable life. It’s what motivates us around here. We know this vision requires something extra. Which is why at Lift Schools, you’ll find more. More opportunities, so you can forge your own path. More care and support, so you can prioritise what matters most. More purpose, for you and for the children we’re inspiring. Come inspire their remarkable with us.

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.

Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with Lift Schools.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our Lift Schools Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

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