Teacher

Baskerville School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 9TS

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) Plus SEN Allowance

Teacher job summary

We are looking to appoint an inspirational teacher to join our ‘Good’ school (Ofsted June 2022) and dedicated team of staff and Governors.

Baskerville School is a friendly, welcoming school with a supportive staff team where your professional development will be nurtured. Please look at our website and, in particular our Vision and Core values, before deciding whether or not Baskerville School is the right place for you.

Are you interested in playing a pivotal role in developing and expanding a sequential curriculum that allows all student to reach their potential throughout Secondary school?

Are you a hardworking and flexible teacher with the enthusiasm for delivering inspirational and aspirational lessons designed to engage and captivate pupils with complex Autism and communication difficulties?

Have you experience of working with pupils and/ or young people with Autism? Would you like to play a crucial role in helping to transform the lives of students and their parents?

Successful candidates will:

• have previous experience and skills of working with student with complex Autism and communication difficulties across at least 2 Key Stages
• have experience of working in a primary setting
• be able to teach all subjects at a primary level
• be flexible in their ability to use their skills to meet the needs of the range of pupils we have across the school
• have a good knowledge of Autism and a willingness to learn more
• be an enthusiastic, hardworking professional who can motivate and inspire student
• be punctual, reliable and have a real sense of perspective
• have high expectations of themselves and others and be committed to raising standards in teaching and learning
• demonstrate drive, ambition and openness to learning and personal development
• be an excellent team player and role model and be able to work collaboratively with all school staff
• you will be part of a large class team and the need to be able to work well day in day out with other adults in a complex environment is essential
• be flexible to the needs of the school with an “I can do” attitude and willingness to work in any class and with any pupils across the school
• be “radiators” who bring energy and positivity to the school
• have a commitment to safeguarding our students
• have good communication skills in order to be able to effectively communicate with pupils, parents and families

We can offer you:

• an opportunity to have a very fulfilling and rewarding job
• the chance to transform lives and make a vital contribution to society
• a school where ‘doing the right thing’ is always the aim
• a hardworking and supportive staff team
• a welcoming, active and supportive governing body
• a highly supportive senior leadership team
• excellent coaching and opportunities for professional and career development
• a very well organised school including well established school systems and practices
• access to support services such as mental health and well-being
• support in achieving a good work/ life balance

Baskerville School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Closing date: 21st October 2025 at 9:00am
Interviews: W/C 20th October 2025

Start date: As soon as possible

Informal visits are highly recommended. Please telephone school on 0121 427 3191 to make an appointment.

How to apply:

Application forms can be downloaded from our website. Please return the completed application form to m.singh@baskvill.bham.sch.uk

CV’s will not be accepted.

If you do not receive a response to your application 17th October 2025, please assume on this occasion you have not been successful

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

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references

Short-listed candidates

- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

Rehabilitation of Offenders

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.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Baskerville School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 190 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Baskerville School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/baskerville-school

Baskerville School is a specialist secondary school based in the wonderful city of Birmingham. We provide education for children with autism and learning difficulties that may not otherwise be met in a mainstream setting. We set out to make a difference to the learning, wellbeing and future life chances of children with additional needs. The school cultivates a safe and caring environment where children can thrive and have the opportunity to meet their full potential.

We are very proud of our school, our students and their achievements. You will discover more about us by exploring the rest of this website. Please look around our site by clicking the links at the side of the page to discover more about the school and what our wonderful children and young people achieve.

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