Vacancy Reference
JOB003344
Job Title
Class Teacher
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
MPR/UPR
Hours Per Week
Full Time
School Address
Dorrington Primary Academy,
Dorrington Road,
Birmingham
B42 1QR
Contact Email
recruitment@dorrington.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
2 May 2025, 4:00pm
Job Information

Dorrington Academy is a large, vibrant, and inclusive school with a strong sense of community at its heart. Our new senior leadership team and trustees are committed to appointing passionate and driven individuals who will help us achieve our vision. As a school, we are guided by our core values of compassion, contribution, respect, perseverance, and positivity. Our motto, "Together we are stronger," reflects our belief in the power of collaboration and our dedication to ensuring the development of the whole child. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a forward-thinking school that prioritises safeguarding and provides an exceptional range of opportunities for professional and personal growth. If you are a committed, enthusiastic, and innovative educator, we would love to hear from you.

How to apply:

For further information and an application pack, please send an email to recruitment@dorrington.bham.sch.uk. No CV's will be accepted due to our recruitment processes.We highly recommend an informal visit.  To do so, please contact the school office by on 0121 464 5330 or by email as above.

The following dates are available for a look around:

Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 4pm

Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 4pm

Thursday 3 April 2025 at 9.30am

Monday 7 April 2025 at 9.30am 

Interviews - TBC

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.