Vacancy Reference
JOB002492
Job Title
KS2 Teacher
Job Start Date
Spring term 2025
Salary Range
MPR/UPR
Hours Per Week
Full time
School Address
Acocks Green Primary School
Westley Road
Birmingham
B27 7UQ
Telephone number: 0121 706 2165
Contact Email
s.carpenter@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Fixed term
Period of Fixed Term Contract
1 year
Closing Date
24 November 2024, 23:59
Job Information

Outstanding Key Stage 2 Class Teacher required for Spring term 2025. This is a 1-year contract in the first instance, with the potential to be made permanent for the right candidate.

Acocks Green has recently been inspected (July 2024) where the school was graded ‘Good’ within 2 areas and ‘Outstanding’ in 3 areas, including Early Years. We are a very popular and oversubscribed school, on a constant drive for excellence and are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and hardworking teacher who are able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice. If you also have a proven track record of being a subject leader then we want to hear from you.

What do we look for in an excellent teacher? 

• someone who is able to inspire, challenge and motivate all children to achieve

• has the highest expectations of pupils in all areas

• has a creative approach to the curriculum and to delivering lessons in exciting ways

• someone who is willing to ‘go the extra mile’

• self-driven in their career, an ambitious team member, who is aspiring to further their career in teaching

In return, we will offer you:

• enthusiastic, hardworking and well behaved children

• a supportive staff and Governing Body

• a commitment to your professional development and well-being

If you have the skills required and are interested in joining our school then we would like to hear from you.

How to apply:

For an application pack please email: recruitment@acocksgreen.bham.sch.uk

Walkarounds to the schools are encouraged and will take place on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 November.  Please call the school office on 0121 706 2165 to book a time.

Interviews will take place week commencing 2 December 2024.

 

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; 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.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
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.