- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002505
- Job Title
- Reception Phase Lead
- Job Start Date
- 1 September 2025
- Salary Range
- MPR/UPR + lower TLR2
- Hours Per Week
- Full time
- School Address
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Ward End Primary School
Ingleton Road
Birmingham
B8 2RA
Telephone number: 0121 464 5424 - Contact Email
- v.deathridgeclark@wardend.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 23 February 2025, 12 midday
- Job Information
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Reception Phase Lead to teach, lead, inspire and support EYFS team at Ward End Primary School.
We are seeking an experienced, talented and professional leader who shares our vision of high aspirations and achievement with a passion for learning. You will be innovative and creative in your teaching and be a strong team player able to motivate others to your high expectations. We are a Reading School - you will have a passion for reading and developing this fully within the curriculum and more widely. Half a day weekly is allocated as phase leader time to work alongside colleagues coaching for success. Additional non-contact time is determined along school priorities.
Ward End is a 4 form Primary School with a 52 place Nursery (26 am/ 26 pm) EYFS is supported by Early Years AHT who you will work closely with to develop high standards.
What we are looking for:
- experience of working in EYFS
- be enthusiastic and motivated to high standards for success
- be able to develop positive relationships with the team and our young children
- be able to develop an understanding of the educational, welfare and social needs of the children whom we are supporting
- be able to stay calm and objective when presented with challenges
- be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
- be a confident and clear communicator with parents
- a commitment to raise the achievement of all students of all abilities
- a successful track record of improving performance outcomes
- 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.
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How to apply:
Please download the job description and person specification and Apply Online
Please see our website for further details, and come for a look around!
Interviews week commencing 10 March 2025.
- 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.
- 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.
- How to submit your application
- Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above.