27 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    1 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    27 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Full time position

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months

Pay scale

MPS - UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

The headteacher and governors are looking to appoint an experienced, passionate and committed teacher to join our established, experienced team. The successful candidate will work with our SEND teaching team, including our headteacher (SENCO), assistant headteacher for SEND and SEND teaching assistants to meet the needs of our children with profound and multiple, severe and complex needs. Ideally, this person would be looking to develop and train to be a SENCO within school in the future. Please note that this post is a 12 month fixed post in the first instance.

We are looking for someone to join our highly skilled team, who can build excellent relationships with our children and is committed to high standards in the classroom as part of a highly motivated and hardworking team. You should have knowledge and understanding of specialist education and early childhood development. Successful applicants will need an understanding of the issues and support strategies relating to children with complex special educational needs.

What the school offers its staff

At our school, we place a high priority on staff well-being. The list below shares some of the things that we offer staff but this is not exhaustive and it is continually added to:

  • Staff have a wellbeing day off, paid, for birthday or a special day for them to relax/doing something for their own wellbeing
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Free school lunch
  • Free after school fitness sessions
  • Staff have slightly more than minimum PPA, including TAs who have an hour a week
  • Option to take PPA at home
  • Remodelled marking and feedback policy to reflect the needs and the children’s learning but also balance what feedback is most helpful and how this is presented to the children in books or verbally
  • Staff surveys to see how staff are feeling at various points of the year and feedback acted upon
  • Staff meetings are relevant for staff CPD as development coaching. If we don’t need one, we don’t have one
  • Staff Well-being policy, Mental Health policy, Smoking cessation policy, Alcohol and substance abuse policy
  • New starter induction which includes wellness check ins
  • Open door for anyone who wants to talk
  • Thrive at Work accreditation
  • Well-being award for Schools accreditation
  • Senior Mental Health Leader
  • Mental Health first aiders for adults, Mental Health first aiders for children
  • Nurture mentor supports children who need more layers of support than class teachers can give them whilst in class. This is very flexible and with the needs of the child at the heart of the support
  • Signposting for external support for anyone who feels they need some help with mental health, physical health, diet, alcohol, bereavement or stress (for those preferring to speak to someone separate to school)

Further details about the role

For walkarounds, please contact Ms Carpenter, Business Manager on 0121 706 2165, or for an application pack, please email recruitment@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk

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About Acocks Green Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
483 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01217062165

Acocks Green Primary is a standalone academy in the centre of a bustling village. Acocks Green Primary is home to an eclectic mix of families, from those from privileged backgrounds to those in high levels of deprivation. We have a representation from wide range of cultural, religious and spiritual backgrounds from nursery all the way to year 6. Our school motto ‘Everyone is different, everyone is equal, everyone is welcome’ sets our whole school approach. Our school focuses on fostering positive relationships, developing children and individuals, enabling them to be the best that they can be by the time they leave us at the end of year 6.

Our school values of caring, respect, understanding justice, honesty and resilience are modelled by all staff and pupils. We support each other and are keen to work together to further develop and fine tune our forward-thinking school. We pride ourselves on an open-minded approach with children’s best interests at the centre of everything we do.

Arranging a visit to Acocks Green Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk.

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