KS2 Class Teacher - English and Phase Lead
Brownmead Primary Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 6SS7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS and TLR 2B (£5,645)
KS2 Class Teacher - English and Phase Lead job summary
Brownmead Academy is looking for an outstanding, inspirational and hard-working Key Stage 2 Class Teacher with responsibility for leading English across the school and leading our Key Stage 2 Phase. You will join our friendly team, be enthusiastic, committed to raising standards, have high expectations and will work alongside a conscientious, hardworking and welcoming team. You will play a significant role in the development of your pupils and English across the school, working closely with staff, pupils and parents.
You will have a significant impact on our journey of continuous improvement. You should be passionate about making a difference to the lives of students with a range of needs and dedicated to maximising student’s achievement; have high expectations of behaviour and learning ensuring that every child reaches their full potential; a positive approach to challenge and change; be a flexible team player.
Core Requirements of the Post:
In fulfilling the requirements of the post, the teacher will demonstrate essential professional characteristics, and in particular will:
- Inspire trust and confidence in pupils and colleagues
- Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom
- Engage and motivate pupils
- Demonstrate analytical thinking
- Improve the quality of pupils’ learning
- Contribute to the school improvement plan and promote the learning priorities of the school AIP
- Contribute to the development and / or implementation of school policies
- Use the professional growth process to advance pupil learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school’s aspirations and priorities
- Have lead responsibility for a core subject or aspect of the school’s work and develop plans which identify clear targets and success criteria for it's development and / or maintenance and can demonstrate impact
- Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school and the Washwood Multi Academy Trust Six Circle
In addition to the requirements of a class teacher and any other agreed responsibilities the TLR post holder will be accountable for the following areas:
- Strategic direction and development of the School, in co-operation with, and under the direction of, the Head Teacher
- Teaching and Learning
- Leading and managing staff
- Effective deployment of staff and resources
- Transition
- General
In return, we will offer you:
- A collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment, both within your schools and Trust-wide.
- An opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as Level 7 Senior Leaders Masters, with regular twilights.
- Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth and Performance (PPG) process.
- A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to a Wellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views.
- Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “My Possible Self”.
- Access to a suite of supportive policies, such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly.
- Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users.
- Opportunity to be part of key Trust-wide collaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI working group) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support.
- Onsite parking at all schools.
We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Brownmead Academy as an Early Careers Teacher.
We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process.
We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded
Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.
As part of our recruitment process, we carry out rigorous online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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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 are not accepted.
About Brownmead Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 336 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brownmead Primary Academy website
School location
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