Vacancy Reference
JOB002095
Job Title
Class Teacher
Job Start Date
1 January 2025
Salary Range
ECT/MPR/UPR + SEN Allowance
Hours Per Week
32.5
School Address
Cherry Oak School
60, Frederick Road
Selly Oak
Birmingham
B29 6PB
Telephone number: 0121 4642037
Contact Email
recruitment@cherryoak.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
27 September 2024, midday
Job Information

We are looking to appoint a teacher who can demonstrate they can deliver good to outstanding lessons and who is passionate about quality SEN education.

Cherry Oak School is a Primary Special School for pupils with cognition and communication difficulties who have a diverse range of specialist learning needs. Federated with Victoria School and Victoria College, Cherry Oak School provides pupils with a bespoke curriculum for all our explorers and connectors. The school is preparing for an exciting new chapter and are seeking to appoint outstanding teachers to our vacancy. The successful candidate will be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching. Candidates will be able to inspire and engage our pupils and will be keen to join our committed staff team on our journey to becoming an outstanding school.

You will have the highest expectations for all pupils to achieve well, with an excellent understanding of the challenges they face. Your planning will effectively support the individual needs of the pupils you teach. You will be able to make good use of a range of technology to support both learning and communication. Special school experience would be an advantage however, for the right candidate, as long as you are motivated, enthusiastic and ready for a challenge, Cherry Oak could be the place for you!

Application packs can be sought by downloading from our school website 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. 

Due to the high number of applications for this post, unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.

How to Apply

Download an application pack from our website.

Safeguarding
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; 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.